Online Australian Broadcasting Corporation



an experimental multimedia unit established in 1995, charged developing policy abc s work in web publishing. unit continued until 2000, when new media division formed, bringing abc s online output division similar television or radio. division had on million pages of material published late 2003.


in 2001 new media division became new media , digital services, reflecting broader remit develop content digital platforms such digital television. in addition abc online, division had responsibility on abc s 2 digital television services, fly tv , abc kids channel, until closure in 2003. in march 2005 division oversaw launch of abc2, free-to-air digital television channel, in effect replacement abc kids , fly.


in conjunction abc s radio division, new media , digital services implemented abc s first podcasts in december 2004. mid-2006 abc had become international leader in podcasting on fifty podcast programmes delivering hundreds of thousands of downloads per week, including trial video podcasts of chaser s war on , jtv.


in february 2007, new media & digital services division dissolved , divided amongst other areas of abc. replaced new innovation division, manage abc online , investigate new technologies abc.


in 2015 innovation division replaced digital network division.








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