Atlantic Broadcasting Network

The Atlantic Broadcasting Network (known as ABN) is a Dahrconian television broadcasting network. The company was founded in 1964. It was run by Sabana-Winston Television Distribution in 1964. Sabana-Winston Television Distribution was rebranded as Sabana Atlantic Broadcast Holdings (or SABH) in 1985 until 2014 and is part of the ABN Domestic Television Corporation. SABH recently became rebranded as Champion Digital Broadcasting.

ABN operates the 24-hour motorsports cable network, The Racing Channel (TRC) under the ABN Sports banner. The company also operates the national cable news network, ABN News. ABN.com is the network's primary Internet web page with links to their respected divisions' web pages including TRC3.com, a live interactive web streaming service for out-of-market viewers.

ABN's headquarters are located in Starfire City, Oreconsin.

50th Anniversary

ABN celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2014. As a commemoration of its past five decades of service, ABN reintroduces its 1964 logo design and modernized it with the current ABN block text. The red diamond-blue octagon cross was ABN's first official ident prior to ABN using the full blue oval and diamond cross, commonly known to ABN viewers as simply the "diamond oval". Above, the text reads, "1964-2014: 50 Years of Excellence" with the slogan in between the dates. A similar application is shown for ABN Sports since it launched the same year as ABN itself.

Launching ABN in High Definition (720, 1080, 1200 & 1600p Ultra HD)
Beginning in 1996, ABN begun launching their experimental 1200Xi XHF (experimental high fidelity) picture format rendering pictures in a 1,200 pixel "letterbox" format and a 1,920 x 1,200 pixel "widescreen" format. The 1200Xi XHF experiment was well received by viewers so much so that ABN began high definition broadcasting in 1997 in 720p resolution. By 2000, programming was upgraded to 1080 and 1200p resolution. Starting in 2015, ABN made television history by becoming the first domestic television network to launch programming in the 1600p Ultra High Definition format. The picture dimensions are 2,560 pixels in width x 1,600 in height, nearly four times the resolution of the standard 1080p making this the most advanced resolution in ABN's history. New Ultra HD studios were built at ABN's Starfire City headquarters, The studios officially launched Ultra HD broadcasting in January of 2015. Live ABN programming will air in the 1600p Ultra HD format while all other ABN programming will remain in the native 1080p and 1200p HD formats. The network has phased out the 720p format. As of January 10, 2015, all ABN programming no longer airs in the native 720p format.

Expansion
1981 - ABN forms SGBS to distribute programming to 20 countires and territories.

1995 - ABN begins high defnition expansion fully implementing HD programming in 1997.

2005 - ABN begins ultra high definition expansion fully implementing Ultra HD programming in 2014.

2008 - ABN goes into full digital HD prgramming one year before the analog to digital transition.

2016 - ABN begins Hyper HD expansion which was fully implemented in 2017.

Competition with other networks
ABN mainly competes with networks like KBC and ABS. There is no direct competition between ABN and minor networks like ESN and QAX Television. The network on some occasions will work directly with those who are not among ABN's chief competitors.

The Strike of 2012
Possibly one of the most notable events for ABN was a 1 month industrial dispute in 2012, which led to the subsequent shutdown of several ABN affiliates, broadcasts, and productions. This shutdown and the dispute lasted from September 3, 2012 until October 22, 2012. Trouble first occurred at Superabet City's DNPAC when electricians refused to accept, what they considered, a derisory pay increase. Management attempted to operate a normal service but other transmission staff refused to co-operate. An order by the union was given to cease the strike or be terminated. Some managed to follow the protocol, others did not and had lost an exorbitant amount of funds while losing pay benefits in the process.

Viewers were greeted with blank television screens on the morning of September 3 and 4 of 2012, and were left without regular programs, most importantly various lifestyle, news, weather, and sporting events.

The strike ended with victory for the unions in a dispute estimated to have cost ABN $495 million in lost revenue. It is the most expendable in ABN's history since the 1982 strike which cost the company $144 million in lost revenue. Several stations almost lost ABN affiliation and threatened to switch affiliations during the strike. Finally, after the settlement was paid, programming resumed at 6:00 am on October 30, 2012. Returning viewers were greeted with a new jingle, "Go Beyond". When the strike ended, ABN was greeted the daunting task of luring back viewers from other stations. This proved difficult as production of original programming had stopped and wouldn't even be available for several months; ABN consequently as a result of the strike and dispute suffered in the ratings at the hands of other stations. Two and a half months after ABN began broadcasting again, it was finally ready to air additional original programming and viewers began switching back. This is by far the worst strike in the history of Atlantic Broadcast Network and the Champion Digital Broadcasting company.

Specials

 * ABN Classics NEW!
 * ABN Hot Summer Nights
 * ABN's Dahrconian Thanksgiving
 * A Loli-Rockin' Christmas! NEW!
 * ABN Rockin' New Eve (New Year's Eve show)

Sitcoms

 * 66 Rock 
 * Ashley 
 * My Super Dooper Crazy Life 
 * Everybody Knows Billy 
 * Jesse and JJ
 * Hot In SoCal
 * 60 Seconds to Mercury
 * Scrubbers
 * Jet City 
 * Montana Exposure 
 * Mr. Beaver's Neighborhood 
 * Audrie 
 * Jack of Spades 
 * Alanland 
 * The Kevin Duke Show 

Daytime Talk Shows

 * Kaylah (The Kaylah Higgins Show) 

News and Documentary Programs

 * ABN Evening News (nightly news program)
 * Sunrise Dahrconia (morning news program)
 * Dahrconia 360 (news documentary program)
 * ABN News Sunday Edition
 * ABN Unsolved Mysteries

Drama

 * CSI Superabet City
 * CSI Portville
 * Kingpin
 * Seekers
 * Rogue Agents
 * Cross
 * Vanessa and Vittel
 * City of Devils
 * Hawkeye
 * Centurions |
 * The Dark 

Late night comedies

 * Late Show with Vince Laverty
 * The Midnight Show with Bruce Simms
 * The Dave Callahan Show 

Soap operas

 * Timeless
 * The Bold Dahrconians
 * The Journey
 * Code Black: Extreme ER
 * My Family
 * Saints of Carcer
 * Love Riders

Syndicated lifestyle shows

 * Grille City Dahrconia (food culture and cooking)
 * XR Hollywood Tonite (entertainment news)
 * The Digital Movie Theater (film and box office news)
 * The Muscle Car Temple (automotive lifestyle)
 * Home Transformation (home makeover/remodel/decoration)
 * Pop City (music and lifestyle news program)
 * Flippers (loosely based on Pimp My Ride)
 * U Style Makeover Extreme (distrubuted by U Style Entertainment) (styling and fashion)
 * Fast Line (racing show)

Syndicated courtroom shows

 * Lance Norton
 * Hatchet
 * Judge Lucy Lopez
 * Dahrconia’s Court 

List of ABN network affilliated stations
See List of ABN affilliates

Jingles
These are the jingles that aired on ABN over the years.

You Are #1 to Us
''ABN. ABN. You are number one to us!''

''We bring you cheer! We bring you laughter!''

We excite you on your brightest days!

No matter the task, ABN is here for you!

''You are number one to us (on ABN)! ''(repeat twice)

You are Number One...on ABN!

Dahrconia Turns Us On
''Come one, come all! ''

You know it's us when Dahrconia turns us on!

You feel the passion!

You see the joy!

''So come on! What'cha waitn' for?''

''Turn us on! We are ABN!''

''Dahrconia turns us on! Dahrconia turns us on!''

For the best, for the brightest stars!

''It's here on ABN! So turn us on!''

See It, Feel It, Live It
I can see you move.

I can feel your love.

I'm livin' it up!

See what's on!

Feel the magic!

Live it up!

See it!

Feel it!

Live it!

ABN!