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 the Republic of Ireland.

[1][2] ABC1 channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004 but it only broadcast daily from 6am to 6pm[2] with the expectations to eventually broadcast 24/7 by 2010.

[8] In Summer 2006, a Playhouse Disney block was added to the schedule in the morning.

[1] It was announced on 7 September 2007, that ABC1 would close down, due to Disney deciding to concentrate on their other channels and lack of primetime availability on Freeview UK.

[9] Despite being scheduled to close down on 1 October 2007, ABC1 stopped broadcasting early on all UK and Republic of Ireland TV platforms at noon on 26 September 2007 after three years on-air.