ABC News Now

ABC News Now is an American 24-hour news channel offered via digital television, broadband and streaming video at ABCNews.com and on mobile phones. It delivers breaking news, headline news each half hour, and wide range of entertainment and lifestyle programs. The channel is currently available in the USA and in Europe. This station's "Talk Back" feature allows viewers to voice their own input through the submission of videos and personal thoughts on controversial issues and current topics.

It first appeared on July 26, 2004, for a trial test, with extended coverage of the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention.

On the 5th November 2007 Disney-ABC International Television announced plans to launch the channel in international territories including Germany, Spain and Belgium in 2008 on IPTV service Zattoo with more territories including the UK planned for the next 6 months, this marks the second international channel launched under ABC branding, the first being the general entertainment channel which closed on September 26, 2007.

Programming

• Tech This Out! -- Technology news and a consumer guide to the latest gadgets, hosted by Daniel Sieberg.
• Good Morning America Health -- GMA Health is a third hour of Good Morning America and also is themed toward health news and other health-related topics, airing 2pm/ET. Its predecessor was Good Morning America Now which was canceled due to lack of viewers. Its final......
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