ABC launches digital initiative to connect regional communities

Tim Burrowes

February 4, 2010 12:51

The government has unveiled the public broadcaster’s latest digital initiative aimed at developing the digital skills of regional and rural communities.

ABC Open will allow communities to create and share their ideas and tell their own stories in forums most relevant to them.

The material will be featured on the ABC’s new local websites and across its other sites. There will also be potential for content to be made available on other broadcast platforms including mobile, radio and TV.

ABC Open is being funded as part of the government’s allocated budget to support the roll-out of the National Broadband Network.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.