Editing SABC 1 (section)

{{short description|South African television channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = SABC 1
| logo = New logo - SABC 1.png
| logo_size = 
| logo_alt = SABC 1's logo
| image = 
| launch_date = 1 January 1982 (as TV2/3)<br />March 1985 (TV4)<br />January 1992 (TV2/3/4 merged into CCV)<br />4 February 1996 (as SABC 1)
| closed_date = 
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]] <br/> (downscaled to [[576i]] for the [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]] feed)
| network = [[SABC]]
| owner = [[South African Broadcasting Corporation|SABC]]
| country = South Africa
| language = [[South African English|English]] and [[Nguni languages|Nguni]]<ref name="MDDA-draft">{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=70339|title=The Media Development and Diversity Agency - a draft position paper|date=November 2000|publisher=South African Government Information|page=68|access-date=2008-11-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831080611/http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=70339|archive-date=2009-08-31}}</ref>
| area = [[South Africa]]
| affiliates = 
| headquarters = SABC Television Park, Uitsaaisentrum, [[Johannesburg]], South Africa
| former_names = TV1 (1981-1996)
| replaced = SABC TV / SAUK-TV
| replaced_by = 
| sister_channels = {{Plainlist|
* [[SABC 2]]
* [[SABC 3]]
* [[SABC News]]
* [[SABC Lehae]]
* [[SABC Education]]
* [[SABC Sport]]
* [[SABC Encore]]
* [[SABC Children]]
}}
| timeshift_service = 
| website = {{URL|http://www.sabc1.co.za}}
| terr_serv_1 = [[Sentech]]
| terr_chan_1 = [[SABC DTT]] Channel 1
| sat_radio_serv_1 = 
| sat_radio_chan_1 = 
| adsl serv 1 = 
| adsl chan 1 = 
| online_serv_1 = SABC Plus OTT
| online_chan_1 = SABC Plus
| terr_serv_2 = [[DStv]]
| terr_chan_2 = Channel 191
| terr_serv_3 = [[OpenView HD|OpenView]]
| terr_chan_3 = Channel 101
| online_serv_2 = DStv Now
| online_chan_2 = Channel 191
| 3gmobile serv 1 = 
}}

'''SABC 1''' is a South African [[public television]] network operated by the [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] (SABC). It broadcasts programming in English and [[Nguni languages|Nguni]] languages.

SABC 1 was established in 1996 following the SABC's restructuring of its television channels. Much of its programming was carried over from the TV1 network, which had itself been formed from the timeshared channels TV2, TV3, and TV4 in the 1980s. SABC 1 attracts the largest audience in South Africa due to its diverse programming, including SABC's longest-running soap opera, ''[[Generations:The Legacy|Generations: The Legacy]]'', as well as ''[[Uzalo]]'' and ''[[Skeem Saam]].''

As of June 2018, the channel began broadcasting in high definition.<ref>{{cite web |title=SABC GOING HIGH DEFINITION FOR THE 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP IN RUSSIA|url=https://web.sabc.co.za/sabc/home/tvob/events/details?id=c13f39d6-77c7-432d-9ca0-a1076db7b7ca&title=SABC%20GOING%20HIGH%20DEFINITION%20FOR%20THE%202018%20FIFA%20WORLD%20CUP%20IN%20RUSSIA |access-date=11 July 2024 |website=SABC |date=7 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711111046/http://web.sabc.co.za/sabc/home/tvob/events/details?id=c13f39d6-77c7-432d-9ca0-a1076db7b7ca&title=SABC%20GOING%20HIGH%20DEFINITION%20FOR%20THE%202018%20FIFA%20WORLD%20CUP%20IN%20RUSSIA |archive-date=11 July 2024}}</ref>