ABC Looking at 24 Digital News Channel

ABC News might be getting into the 24 hours news game with a new digital channel.

The Disney owned network is exploring the possibility of a new 24-hour digital news channel, according to the NY Post. 

The post says that the channel wouldn’t launch until next year.

ABC used to have its own stand-alone news channel, ABC News Now, which it rolled together with Univision’s Fusion.

But when ABC exited the Fusion joint venture, it left the network without a stand-alone channel, just at a time when other outlets were recording sky-high ratings thanks to the election.

ABC News chief James Goldston is spearheading the effort, and is bullish on it given the election bump from recent Facebook live experiments.

Stay tuned.... 

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