Petition Closes

The No Ads on SBS petition closed today. It is expected to be presented to the Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy in early April.
The petition (full title: NO ADVERTISEMENTS OR SPONSORSHIP ON SBS) attracted more than 7000 signatures which was much more than the target of 5000.
Many people felt outraged when the world’s first multicultural broadcaster [...]

Posted on 23 March, 2008 by Save Our SBS
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Private Members Bill Bans Ads Interrupting SBS-TV

Today the leader of the Australian Democrats, Senator Lyn Allison, will introduce her private members bill into the Senate that would prohibit SBS from interrupting television programs for advertisements. The bill, the “Special Broadcasting Service (Prohibition of Disruptive Advertising) Amendment Bill 2008“, allows SBS to carry limited advertising between programs only. SBS began interrupting programs [...]

Posted on 12 March, 2008 by Save Our SBS
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Bill to Ban Ads Interrupting Programs on SBS-TV

Today the leader of the Australian Democrats, Senator Lyn Allison, announced that tomorrow she will introduce a private members bill that would prohibit SBS from interrupting television programs for advertisements. If her bill became law, SBS-TV would be allowed to carry limited advertising between programs only.
It is understood that the intention of her private members [...]

Posted on 11 March, 2008 by Save Our SBS
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Backlash against advertising on SBS by Darce Cassidy

Both in Canada and Australia anger is mounting against what many see as the destruction of public broadcasting.
In Australia more than 7,000 people have signed a petition at www.SaveOurSBS.org calling for a ban on interrupting programs with advertisements. In Canada a Senate inquiry has recommended a ban on advertising on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, [...]

Posted on 11 March, 2008 by Save Our SBS
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