ABC Commercial


ABC Commercial is the revenue earning division of Australia’s national public broadcaster, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC Commercial has operated in various forms for over 45 years.
ABC Commercial’s primary purpose is to generate income for the ABC through the sale of ABC and third-party content and intellectual property. ABC Commercial extends the reach of the ABC’s content into Australian and international markets.
ABC Commercial creates, licenses, and markets both physical and digital products globally through its business divisions as well as its own business affairs, rights clearance, royalties and finance support functions.
ABC Commercial is fully self-financed through its operations and does not receive public funding. Revenue from ABC Commercial is returned to the ABC to spend on the creation of content and to further its ABC Charter activities.

Business units

ABC Retail

ABC Shops were managed under the ABC Retail department. ABC Shops operated over 40 retail shops and 80 centres, an international delivery service on the internet as well as developing and licensing ABC brands and programs, and providing production resource hire to the general public and industry alike.
The national network of ABC Shops closed late 2015 and moved to an online only model, with the ABC Centre franchise network still operational within other retailers. The continued decline of physical product sales as customers moved to digital consumption of content together with global competition in the retail sector saw the ABC Shop Online closed in late 2018.  The last ABC Centre franchises closed at the end of February 2019.
ABC products are available through a variety of physical and online retailers.