Australia Network closes tonight - enter Australia Plus

[joncl]

Australia Network

As you may have heard, just after midnight tonight, Australia Network will turn off. You may be able to continue to watch our new Australia Plus Television service, depending on where you are located. Please keep reading for some frequently asked questions which we hope may help....

WHY IS AUSTRALIA NETWORK BEING TURNED OFF?

Due to government cuts, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will no longer be providing the Australia Network television service to audiences in the Asia and Pacific region from September 29.

WHAT IS AUSTRALIA PLUS?

Australia Plus is brought to you by the ABC, Australia's most trusted broadcaster, which also broadcast Australia Network. Australia Plus is a place to share stories, explore our worlds and discover the things that connect people and cultures

WHY SHOULD I WATCH AUSTRALIA PLUS?

The Australia Plus service will deliver many of the programs you are used to seeing on Australia Network. They’ll be available on our partner rebroadcasters across the region and on our expanding digital platforms.

WILL I STILL BE ABLE TO WATCH MY FAVOURITE PROGRAMMES?

If you are in the broadcast zone, yes. Australia Plus will bring you your old favourites but some also some great new programs from Australia and the region.

Find out if you are in the broadcast zone here: http://ausp.lu/1vfEG8z

WHAT ARE THE POPULAR PROGRAMMES ON AUSTRALIA NETWORK THAT WILL CONTINUE ON AUSTRALIA PLUS?

The Australia Plus service will bring you the same mix of programs viewers have previously enjoyed on the Australia Network. The service's line up will include Sports coverage, News, Entertainment, Drama, Reality, Documentary, the Arts and Education - something for everyone. It will also cover the big events from Australia including the Melbourne Cup, Sydney's New Year's Eve Fireworks and the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. You'll also find Giggle and Hoot, Play School and the most famous bananas in the world - B1 and B2 in our award-winning children's program block. During the day there's a selection of the best documentaries from ABC Australia as well as English Language Learning programs such as Study English and Living English.

Early evening presents a block of lifestyle shows such as Fashion Asia, great food shows like Gourmet Farmer and a selection of the best Australian TV drama both contemporary and historical.

Later in the evening Australia Plus brings you our news block centred round the flagship program The World. The program covers up-to-the-minute news from around the region and the world from ABC's network of international correspondents. This is followed by in-depth business and finance analysis centred on Asia and the Pacific. Australia Plus news and current affairs coverage also extends to the ABC's international current affairs program Foreign Correspondent, ‪#‎TalkAboutIt‬, which looks at the trending topics on social media in Asia and ‪#‎Insight‬ - a studio audience discussion on the news topic of the week.

WILL I STILL BE ABLE TO WATCH?

A full list of countries where Australia Plus Television is available can be accessed on our website here: http://ausp.lu/1vfEG8z This list is being constantly updated. If your country is not listed here, please contact us in the comments, or email us at [email protected]

WILL THE AFL STILL BE SHOWN NEXT YEAR?

Our footy fan viewers are very important to us and we are looking to extend our coverage of the AFL season and the growth of the AFL across the region next year.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THIS FACEBOOK PAGE?

This Facebook page will look a bit different next week, with the name changing to Australia Plus Expats. We’ve been working on something that will offer Australians living, working and travelling abroad even more news, information and stories from home, and this page will provide the perfect place to connect with Aussies abroad around these stories.

[Yme]

Links don't work

[joncl]

that is a shame - as it works here, maybe you have a internet set up issue anyway it translate to http://tv.australiaplus.com/tuning

[tlcwaterfall]

Australia Plus is up and running. So very happy that I can still access the news and programs such as Q&A, Insight, Four Corners etc.

Well done ABC.

[angryfarang]

Is says Truevisions have it, but I can't find it on any channel?

[Sparkles]

Removed from CTH..no surprise there ,how do you get it ? never going back to TRUE VISIONS

[kotsak]

Australia Plus has replaced Australia Network on True Visions (channel 170)

[Sayonarax]

Is says Truevisions have it, but I can't find it on any channel?

they've never had it.

[Sparkles]

Well done Australian Government, cut out the ABC Network budget by $40 m then gave one of the worlds most corrupt governments Cambodia $40 m to house refugees Australia has refused.

First intake is about 3 refugees but they don't have to go to Cambodia if they don't want to and why would they.

ABC network used to go to 46 countries..our window to the world promoting tourism ,business and encouraging students to go to Australian universities.

Remember Abbott's pledge before the election "There will be no cuts to the ABC or SBS by my Government"........................ couldn't lie straight in bed.

Australia Plus is just a poor imitation of what we enjoyed before ,repeats,repeats ,repeats