Children's Programming On ABC Television

Children's Programming On ABC Television

ABC Television broadcasts the greatest amount of children's content than any other network in Australia. Prior to early 2009, there was a brand called ABC Kids (stylised as abckids) which was separate from regular ABC TV and contained all children's programming on the ABC. To prepare for the launch of ABC3, the brand has been completely removed and all children's programming now coexists with the rest of ABC 1 and 2. However, during preschooler's programming, the ABC network identities have been replaced with more kid-friendly animations which display a new "ABC For Kids" identity, which is similar to a former identity. They are still present in the programming aimed at older children.

On the 4th of December 2009, the children's programming block on ABC2 was rebranded "ABC For Kids On 2" with new identities, schedule and watermark. In addition to this, all children's content aimed at school-aged children was removed, effectively making this a preschooler's block. This was the same date as the launch of ABC3. In May 2011 this was again re-branded along with a consolidation of kids programming on ABC2 as ABC4KIDS This consolidation now creates a daily 13 hour block from 6am to 7pm of pre-school programming on ABC2.

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