SYDNEY: ABC will launch Australia's first free-to-air 24-hour digital news channel, ABC News 24, on 22 July.
The channel will begin broadcasting nationally at 7.30pm AEST, on 22 July. The channel will kick off with a launch show - "ABC News 24 Launch - ABC News Special" - that will also air on both ABC1 and ABC News 24.
The channel will break Australian and international news, sourcing information from more than a thousand ABC journalists and a dozen international bureaux. It will also be streamed live online, and will feature on the ABC iPhone app.
ABC news director, Kate Torney, said: "The channel expands the ABC's leadership in independent, quality journalism. ABC News 24 is news when you want it, on television, online and on mobile."
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