Comments on: Flicking the switch on ABC3. http://idents.tv/blog/2009/12/21/flicking-the-switch-on-abc3/ television idents and broadcast design from around the world Sat, 05 May 2012 05:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: The Strikester http://idents.tv/blog/2009/12/21/flicking-the-switch-on-abc3/comment-page-1/#comment-276801 The Strikester Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:02:59 +0000 http://idents.tv/blog/?p=1870#comment-276801 Only because the PM can't count! :-) Only because the PM can’t count! :-)

]]> By: sulvo http://idents.tv/blog/2009/12/21/flicking-the-switch-on-abc3/comment-page-1/#comment-276781 sulvo Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:04:41 +0000 http://idents.tv/blog/?p=1870#comment-276781 Still waiting for the follow-up post... Still waiting for the follow-up post…

]]> By: AndyOZ http://idents.tv/blog/2009/12/21/flicking-the-switch-on-abc3/comment-page-1/#comment-256588 AndyOZ Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:55:48 +0000 http://idents.tv/blog/?p=1870#comment-256588 the original ABC Kids (as well as FlyTV) were started in 2001 after the Howard government ordered the ABC to create digital programming to encourage the uptake of set top boxes....despite the fact that the government at the behest of people like Kerry Packer had made rules that the ABC couldn't show things like news, comedy or drama on digital channels. however the Howard government refused to give the ABC any money to run the 2 extra channels. you cant run 2 channels for no money. so when the abc was given yet another budget cut by howard, they responded by axeing the two channels as well as their breakfast news program and behind the news. the original ABC Kids (as well as FlyTV) were started in 2001 after the Howard government ordered the ABC to create digital programming to encourage the uptake of set top boxes….despite the fact that the government at the behest of people like Kerry Packer had made rules that the ABC couldn’t show things like news, comedy or drama on digital channels. however the Howard government refused to give the ABC any money to run the 2 extra channels. you cant run 2 channels for no money. so when the abc was given yet another budget cut by howard, they responded by axeing the two channels as well as their breakfast news program and behind the news.

]]> By: ZanderSchubert http://idents.tv/blog/2009/12/21/flicking-the-switch-on-abc3/comment-page-1/#comment-255749 ZanderSchubert Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:11:35 +0000 http://idents.tv/blog/?p=1870#comment-255749 There was: it was called "ABC Kids", but it had no budget and no viewers, so they closed it down. There was: it was called “ABC Kids”, but it had no budget and no viewers, so they closed it down.

]]> By: Sean O'Brien http://idents.tv/blog/2009/12/21/flicking-the-switch-on-abc3/comment-page-1/#comment-255685 Sean O'Brien Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:57:31 +0000 http://idents.tv/blog/?p=1870#comment-255685 Didn't ABC have a kids channel in the early 2000s which wasn't under the ABC brand? I like the way they only count down to 3! Didn’t ABC have a kids channel in the early 2000s which wasn’t under the ABC brand?

I like the way they only count down to 3!

]]> By: Dave Grant http://idents.tv/blog/2009/12/21/flicking-the-switch-on-abc3/comment-page-1/#comment-255594 Dave Grant Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:23:05 +0000 http://idents.tv/blog/?p=1870#comment-255594 That was hard to watch, pure fake. That was hard to watch, pure fake.

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