Sydney – Public broadcaster ABC has launched ABC Now, hailed as the first desktop application of its kind in Australia – and possibly the world – allowing audiences to aggregate TV, radio and news content within a single player downloaded to their desktop. Audiences can watch and read the latest news headlines, listen live to local radio, Radio National, News Radio, Classic FM, triple j, dig and Radio Australia, and listen and download podcasts. Among the TV programs on tap are the 7.30 Report, At the Movies, The Cook and the Chef, Gardening Australia, Enough Rope, Good Game, Insiders, Media Watch, The New Inventors and weather and sports bulletins. Vodcasts can also be downloaded. The system is built with Flash 8 and MProjector. Using a Flash interface, ABC Now pulls in XML content feeds for all the main content categories and sets up the overall structure of the player. It also accesses both Flash progressive and streaming video, with the latest Flash player (MovieStar). Windows Media and Real Player are used to stream the live radio content.