Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Summary
Australian Broadcasting Corporation is a television network[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of television network entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,856 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union[3], International Federation of Television Archives[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: New South Wales[5]
- Country: Australia[6]
- Instance of: statutory corporation[7], radio network[8], information[9], public broadcaster[10], organization[11]
- Founder: Lyons Government[12]
- Owned by: Australian Government[13]
- Headquarters location: Sydney[14]
- Has organizational division: ABC News[15], ABC Television[16], ABC Classics[17]
- Child organization or unit: ABC Local Radio[18]
- Commons category: Australian Broadcasting Corporation[19]
- Industry: broadcasting[20], journalism[21], media industry[22]
- Archives at: ABC Archives[23]
- Chairperson: Ita Buttrose[24]
- Inception: July 1, 1932[25], July 1, 1983[26]
- Coordinate location: -33.8824, 151.20189[27]
- Official website: https://www.abc.net.au/[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation[29]
- Director / manager: David Anderson[30]
- Employees: 3730[31]
- Described by source: Open GLAM Survey[32]
- Official name: Australian Broadcasting Corporation[33]
- Legal form: statutory corporation[34]
- Commons Institution page: Australian Broadcasting Corporation[35]
- Short name: ABC[36]
- Owner of: ABC Classic[37], ABC[38], ABC Australia[39], ABC Radio Darwin[40], ABC Riverland[41], ABC Ballarat[42], ABC Radio Newcastle[43], ABC Radio Brisbane[44], ABC Radio Canberra[45], ABC Radio Sydney[46], ABC Radio Perth[47], ABC Alice Springs[48], ABC Radio Adelaide[49], ABC Sunshine Coast[50]
Product Details
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Type: Holding[51]
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Country: AU[52]
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Began / founded: 1932-07-01[53]
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MusicBrainz ID: 194dce10-13b7-4c00-b9ba-d71ae6bdd68c[54]
Why It Matters
Australian Broadcasting Corporation has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
It is credited with the discovery of Panama Papers[57], an information leak[58], in Panama[59]. Works attributed to it include ABC Online[60], a website[61], in Australia[62], founded in 1995[63], headquartered in Hobart[64] and Pool[65], a website[66], in Australia[67], founded in 2008[68].
FAQs
What did Australian Broadcasting Corporation discover?
Australian Broadcasting Corporation is credited as discoverer of Panama Papers[57].