SBS World News Channel
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| SBS World News Channel | |
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| SBS World News Channel Logo | |
| Launched | 12 June 2002 |
| Closed | 1 June 2009 |
| Network | SBS Television |
| Owned by | Special Broadcasting Service |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Website | sbs.com.au/digital |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| SD Digital | Channel 32[1] |
| Satellite | |
| Foxtel Digital | Channel 648 |
| Austar Digital | Channel 610 |
| Cable | |
| Foxtel Digital | Channel 648 |
| TransTV Digital | Channel 17 |
The SBS World News Channel is an former Australian television channel broadcast by SBS Television that launched on 12 June 2002 and ended 1st June 2009. The channel, that used to be only available to digital television viewers in Australia, was the first digital-only multi-channel for the Special Broadcasting Service. The news service broadcasted eighteen hours per day, 7 days a week, retransmitting news from fifteen countries.[2] In between news retransmissions, the channel displayed weather information, news headlines, and some commercial advertising. SBS has replaced the channel on 1st June 2009, replacing it with SBS Two.[3]
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[edit] History
The SBS World News Channel was officially inaugurated by Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston on 12 June 2002, with the launch broadcast simultaneously live onto the channel.[2]
It was previously known as The World News in its first year.[4]
Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Arabic language broadcasts were added to SBS' WorldWatch schedule in 2003.[5]. The Vietnamese service, taken from the government-controlled channel VTV4, was heavily protested against by the Vietnamese community, many of whom found the bulletin's portrayal of the communist Vietnamese flag and Ho Chi Minh offensive. The Vietnamese Community of Australia, claimed that the program's lack of reports on political arrests and religious oppression were also offensive, especially to those who fled the country following the Vietnam War[6]
The backlash resulting from these events prompted SBS to begin showing disclaimers before all externally-produced bulletins, distancing the broadcaster from each bulletin's editorial content.
Genre restrictions imposed by the Australian government on digital multi-channelling were lifted along with the media ownership laws passed through the Australian parliament on 18 October 2006.[7]
Between broadcasts, a commercial for the channel was shown. The dialogue is as follows:
The SBS World News Channel delivers more than 200 news programs from around the globe each week, providing an up to date and varied perspective on the headlines of the day. Each bulletin is in the language and format of the country of origin. From 5.20 am Monday to Saturday, continuous telecasts from international broadcasters via satellite from some of the most respected news bureaus of the world. From 7 am Sundays, news reviews and magazine style information programmes. The most comprehensive international news channel in the world, with unparalleled access to continuing news and current affairs from 17 countries in languages other than English. Available only on the SBS World News Channel.
The channel was set up as an experimental full service channel[8]
[edit] Programming
The SBS World News Channel broadcasted eighteen hours per day, retransmitting over two-hundred news programs per week, from fifteen countries, in eighteen languages other than English.[2] The channel's programming line-up consisted of retransmissions of bulletins from news services throughout the world, including:
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These programs are also presented on SBS TV, along with PBS's Nightly Business Report and The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, SBS TV broadcasts World News Australia, and the English version of Deutsche Welle's bulletin, as part of its WorldWatch timeslot.
[edit] earthTV
earthTV was broadcasted on the SBS World News Channel when news programs are not broadcast. It also acted as a filler when news programs are delayed.
[edit] Availability
As of 1st June 2009 SBS World News Channel has ceased broadcasting, being replaced by SBS Two.
[edit] Logos
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[edit] References
- ^ SBS — Australia-wide Digital Upgrade
- ^ a b c "SBS launches World News Channel". dba.org.au. August 2002. http://www.dba.org.au/newsletter/IBaugsep02-full.asp#PROGRAMMING2. Retrieved on 2007-10-12.
- ^ SBS's Plans for the Future
- ^ INQUIRY INTO THE UPTAKE OF DIGITAL TELEVISION
- ^ "SBS Timeline". Special Broadcasting Service. http://www20.sbs.com.au/sbscorporate/index.php?id=1201. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
- ^ "Crunch time for SBS over Vietnamese news bulletin". Sydney Morning Herald. 2003-12-02. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/01/1070127351359.html?from=storyrhs. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
- ^ "Australia opens up media investment". MediaGuardian.co.uk. guardian.co.uk. 2006-10-18. http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,1925263,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ "INQUIRY INTO THE UPTAKE OF DIGITAL TELEVISION". http://www.aph.gov.au. http://www.aph.gov.au. 11. http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/cita/digitaltv/subs/sub62.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-03-24.
6 Not Just anyone for SBS TV's Help Courtesy of The Age Newspaper
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