Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s chief executive Mark Scott has unveiled plans to triple the number of ABC TV channels and radio services in his vision for the pubcaster in the next 12 years ABC’s plans were published in an ‘ideas paper’ ahead of the Australia 2020 Summit called by the government on April 19-20, 2008 to convene with representatives from various industries to shape a long term strategy for the nation’s future. Targeting to raise levels of available Australian content and to stay relevant in the digital era, four new TV channels and ten new radio services are being proposed to complement ABC’s existing two TV channels and five radio services. The proposed TV and radio offerings will add to ABC’s multi-platform digital delivery of TV content to multiple in-home and mobile devices, supported by broadband delivery of on-demand content, niche Internet channels, archived material and interactive websites. Proposed channels include ABC3, a dedicated non-commercial children’s channel offering 50% Australian content including drama, animation and education; ABC4, a news and public information channel with live feeds of major events, press conferences and Parliament; ABC5, an education channel offering English language tuition, curriculum material and a digital resource for a newly developed national schools curriculum, with 50% Australian content; and ABC6, a channel showcasing foreign content including BBC material. ABC’s proposed digital radio services are expected to include niche channels offering country, jazz, metal and hip-hop music, a children’s channel and a sports channel.