The SBS World News Channel is an Australian television channel broadcast by SBS Television that launched on June 12, 2002. The channel, only available to digital television viewers in Australia, is the first digital-only multichannel for the Special Broadcasting Service. The news service broadcasts eighteen hours per day,7 days a week, retransmitting news from fifteen countries.[1] In between news retransmissions, the channel displays weather information, news headlines, and some commercial advertising.(24/7)
History
The SBS World News Channel was officially inaugurated by Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston on June 12, 2002, with the launch broadcast simultaneously live onto the channel.[1]
Genre restrictions imposed by the Australian government on digital multichanneling were lifted along with the media ownership laws passed through the Australian parliament on October 18, 2006.[2]
Between broadcasts, a commercial for the channel is shown. The dialogue is as follows:
The SBS World News Channel delivers more than 200 news programmes 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 5:20am Monday to Saturday, continuous telecasts from international broadcasters via satellite from some of the most respected news bureaus of the world. From 7am 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.
Programming
The SBS World News Channel broadcasts eighteen hours per day, retransmitting over two-hundred news programs per week, from fifteen countries, in eighteen languages other than English.[1] The channel's programming lineup consists of retransmissions of bulletins from news services throughout the world, including:
These programs are also presented on SBS TV, along with PBS's Nightly Business Report and Newshour with Jim Lehrer, and the English version of Deutsche Welle's bulletin, as part of its WorldWatch timeslot.
earthTV
earthTV is broadcasted on the SBS World News Channel when news programs are not broadcast. It also acts as a filler when news programs are delayed.
Availability
- Further information: SBS Television
The SBS World News Channel is available on all of SBS Television's digital television transmitters in 576i SD Digital, as well on most satellite and cable services.
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