ABC1 (British and Irish TV channel)
| Programming | |
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| Picture format | 576i (4:3 SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
| Launched | 27 September 2004 |
| Closed | 26 September 2007 |
| Replaced by |
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| Links | |
| Website | www.abc1tv.co.uk (archive) |
| Availability (at time of closure) | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 15 (except Wales) (06:00–18:00) |
ABC1 was a television channel owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company (50%) and Sky plc (50%), available to the viewers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ABC1 used the branding of the Disney-owned American network, ABC.
The channel had general entertainment programming with programming from the US parent channel, apart from the weekend morning programming block Playhouse Disney, which was aimed at children and also aired on Disney Channel in the United States of America.