A-PAC
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| Launched | 20 January 2009 |
| Owned by | Foxtel |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
| Slogan | Australia's Public Affairs Network |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Website | a-pac.tv |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Austar | Channel 648 |
| Foxtel | Channel 648 |
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| Foxtel | Channel 648 |
| Optus TV | Channel 648 |
| Internet television | |
| Available free to all internet users | http://www.a-pac.tv/ |
A-PAC (/ˈeɪpæk/ AY-pak; Australian Public Affairs Channel) is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available on Foxtel and Austar platforms. On 15 November 2009, A-PAC's channel location for Foxtel changed from Channel 607 to Channel 648.
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History[edit]
A-PAC is a public affairs television network in Australia (initially launched as "A-SPAN").[1] The network is funded by Pay TV company Foxtel and is produced by Sky News.[1] The channel officially launched on the morning of 20 January 2009 (Australian time), just in time to cover the inauguration of US President Obama using a feed from U.S. cable channel, C-SPAN.[2] It is similarly named to the comparable CPAC channel.
The channel is available on Australian subscription television services and online.[1] It claims to work with free-to-air television organisations, but itself is not available as a free-to-air channel. The channel format is modelled on the American public affairs network C-SPAN.[2] A-PAC content features live broadcasts from Australia's Parliament House in Canberra (including sittings of the House of Representatives, the Senate, parliamentary Committee meetings and political press conferences), the parliaments of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland as well as sittings of the United States Congress, live broadcasts of speeches from the Australian National Press Club and a program which provides coverage of the New Zealand and British parliaments.[2] Material from the United Nations and the European Parliament will also be carried.
In December 2008, then Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd hailed the creation of the network as being "good for our democracy" given the lack of such raw access prior to its founding.
A-PAC began Widescreen broadcasting along with sister channels Sky News Business Channel and Sky News Australia on Sunday, 17 May.[3]
Related links[edit]
- CPAC - Canadian Public Affairs Channel (similar broadcast in Canada)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Rudd hails new A-Span TV network". ABC News. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ^ a b c Archer, Lincoln (8 December 2008). "A-SPAN, non-stop public affairs channel, launched". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 December 2008.[dead link]
- ^ Sky News to broadcast in widescreen - Australian-Media.com.au News
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