For the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC Commercial is responsible for the management of a range of media businesses delivering products and services to the global marketplace.
Revenue earned from ABC Commercial activities is returned to the Corporation for investment in the production of ABC content and programming.
ABC Commercial's product activities include the creation, licensing and marketing of consumer products and services relating to the programming and charter activities of the ABC.
Each year more than 800 new consumer products are created or licensed, including DVDs, music, books, magazines, audiobooks, toys, novelties and clothing.
These products are made available through ABC Shops, ABC Centres, ABC Shop Online and other retail outlets including department stores, specialist retailers and direct marketers.
ABC Books publishes more than 180 children's and adult titles per year in a wide range of subjects including ABC program-related books, biography, science, politics, history, adult fiction, sport, Australiana, lifestyle and children's such as Play School and Bananas in Pyjamas.
Popular ABC TV programs are available through ABC DVD, together with programs from the BBC and independent producers.
ABC Events stages concerts and events for children and adults, including ABC Kids concerts and the nationwide Gardening Australia Expo.
ABC Licensing manages a wide range of popular children's and adults' properties for global licensing.
ABC Magazines manages a stable of lifestyle and children's magazines, including delicious, Life etc, Limelight, Gardening Australia, Organic Gardener and jmag.
ABC Music releases a unique range of children's, country and contemporary music from some of Australia's leading artists. Australia's premier producer of classical music CDs, ABC Classics, releases recordings by the Australian symphony orchestras and leading classical music artists.
ABC Music Publishing represents a number of Australian composers and actively promotes Australian music compositions and performances.
ABC Commercial's sales activities include the sale of programs, content, information feeds and footage sourced from the ABC broadcast divisions and leading independent producers, to broadcasters, educational institutions, video and DVD distributors, airlines, production companies, museums, internet and mobile operators worldwide. Custom copies of programs not available in ABC Shops and ABC Centres are also sold to individuals for private viewing use.
ABC Retail owns and manages 41 ABC Shops and licenses 99 ABC Centres throughout Australia. It provides a Customer Delivery Service that processes orders via phone, fax, mail and online through its dedicated shop website at abcshop.com.au. The ABC Online Shop also features a mobile phone ring tone and music download site.
ABC Resource Hire uses spare capacity in ABC production resources to offer clients expertise in television production. These include outside broadcast, live minicam sports and events coverage, production services and corporate videos. It offers 40,000 individual costumes for hire to consumers and businesses, plus a costume and mascots manufacture service. ABC Resource Hire also hires ABC venues, including studios and rehearsal spaces.
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