Fly TV was an ABC television channel available to digital television viewers in Australia. On November 1 2001, a half-day Fly TV launched nationally, with ABC's chilren-orientated ABC Kids Channel airing during Fly TV's downtime. The ABC launched the channel without additional funding, hoping that its success would prompt an additional government grant. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australias national public broadcaster. ... ... An Austar Remote Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. ... Singtel Optus Pty Ltd is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SingTel (ASX: SGT). ... The ABC Kids Channel was a Digital TV channel in Australia run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, while the brand for childrens programming on ABC TV and ABC2 is called ABC Kids . ...
Fly TV was available from 6:00pm to 6:00am on both digital terrestrial television and subscription services: Austar and Optus Television. However, it could not gain carriage on Foxtel.
The channel broadcasted a 6 hour block from 6:00pm to 12:00am, which was repeated again from 12:00am to 6:00am.
Closure
Fly TV closed on June 30 2003, along with the ABC Kids Channel, in the first of a series of cuts to save around $25 million a year for the ABC. The ABC could not secure government funding to keep the channel onair.
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