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The ABC Kids channel was an ABC Television channel available to viewers of digital terrestrial television in Australia. Launched on 1 August 2001, the channel offered repeats of popular ABC Kids programmes both simulcast and timeshifted.〔 The channel was hosted by Eliot Spencer in the popular and humorous segment in between shows called Rollercoaster. After 5 years of hosting, he decided to pursue something more monumental to his entertainment skills. The creative Rollercoaster show ended soon after the 1000th episode and the interactive (Rollercoaster website ) is still up today. The ABC Kids channel closed on 30 June 2003 due to funding shortages. The ABC launched another digital channel aimed towards children, ABC3, in December 2009. ==History== The ABC Kids channel commenced transmission nationally on 1 August 2001, becoming ABC Television's first digital multichannel service. The channel, broadcast from 6:00am to 6:00pm, was officially inaugurated by former ABC Managing Director, Jonathan Shier, at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra on 7 August 2001. The ABC launched the channel without additional funding, hoping that its success would prompt an additional government grant. The ABC Kids channel was discontinued on 30 June 2003 along with Fly TV in the first of a series of cuts to save around A$25 million a year for the ABC. The ABC could not secure government funding to keep the channel on-air, and the sluggish uptake of digital television in Australia at the time made justifying a digital-only channel with a low viewership against the cost of keeping the channel on air difficult. However, the ABC Kids brand still remained on ABC TV, ABC2 and ABC Online. With government backing, the ABC also launched another children's digital channel, ABC3, in late 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ABC Kids channel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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