ABC Asia is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s new digital home for content relating to Asia, connecting our region with Australian stories and conversations.
Find the latest regional news and current affairs from Australia's most-trusted broadcaster, watch our selection of ABC Australia documentary, factual and lifestyle programs, follow our coverageof Australian sport and events, or simply enjoy conversations for and about Asia with a uniquely Australian perspective.
ABC Asia offers in-language content developed by the ABC’s Asia Pacific Newsroom’s specialist Chinese-language and Bahasa Indonesia teams. Our target audience is tech-savvy, digital first residents across Asia, expatriate Australians living in the region and the Asian diaspora within Australia.
The ABC first launched international broadcasting with the Australia Calling radio service in December 1939. Today, the ABC delivers Australian stories and conversations to audiences around the world online, on mobile, via social media, and through traditional linear broadcast platforms ABC Australia television and ABC Radio Australia.
ABC Asia is the latest addition to this suite of broadcast and digital services run by ABC International for overseas audiences.
ABC Australia
ABC Australia is the ABC’s international digital and television service, available in 38 countries across Asia and the Pacific. It aims to inform, entertain, and inspire international audiences with a uniquely Australian perspective.
ABC Australia showcases outstanding Australian content, including trusted and independent news and current affairs from the ABC’s newsrooms and correspondents across the globe.
The service also offers live coverage of Australian sport including the AFL and iconic special events such as the Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks and a selection of compelling Australian documentary, factual and lifestyle programs carefully selected to appeal to audiences in the Indo-Pacific region.
For more information on how to watch ABC Australia in your country, go to Ways to Watch.