http://saveoursbs.org SBS. FRIENDS OF SBS. SAVE SBS. SAVE OUR SBS. SOSBS. LOBBY GROUP FOR SBS. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:07:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In 2007 SBS-TV forced almost 6000 commercial breaks into some 2000 program broadcasts that were never intended to have commercial breaks. Programs made for non-commercial networks, such as the BBC, were interrupted for ads when screened on SBS-TV. In the public interest, Save Our SBS is publishing the times to ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/312 A few days ago SBS-TV re-branded itself. Their logo changed. SBS will continue to emphasise its commercial approach but with a new look. This is the second time SBS has re-branded in a little over 12 months. Just over a year ago SBS World News Australia changed the set and adopted ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/287 The man responsible for interrupting programs for advertisements on SBS-TV, Shaun Brown, has just had his term of appointment extended despite a 24% drop in the ratings for World News and lower program quality overall. MEDIA RELEASE (opens a new window) Spoiling the ship for a ha’porth of tar MEDIA RELEASE http://saveoursbs.org/archives/270 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 ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/263 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 ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/255 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 ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/259 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 ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/258 by Darce Cassidy There have been major changes to the SBS since the introduction of advertising, but they have not happened overnight. While the impact was subtle in the early years, the volume and stridency of advertising has grown with time. Previously advertisements did not interrupt programs. They now do. We ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/194 Save Our SBS eNewsLetters Below is a copy of the Save Our SBS eNewsLetter as per the date given. Other editions posted in the "eNewsLetters" category on this web site. You can also access the eNewsLetters category at  http://eNewsLetter.SaveOurSBS.org Subscriber emails are sent occasionally to people ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/184 Save Our SBS eNewsLetters Below is a copy of the Save Our SBS eNewsLetter as per the date given. Other editions posted in the "eNewsLetters" category on this web site. You can also access the eNewsLetters category at http://eNewsLetter.SaveOurSBS.org Subscriber emails are sent occasionally to people on our ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/183 Over time this web site has changed in appearance. Due to historical interest we now show you the style of our early web site. From our scratchy but passionate inception on the web sometime around late April / early May 2007, the SaveOurSBS.org web site used the Patriotic Theme (which we modified) ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/225     Despite the election of a new government and the long time stated objection of the ALP to SBS interrupting programs for advertisements, the Managing Director of SBS, Shaun Brown was quick today to call for SBS to continue ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/209 A Joint Email Campaign Organised by SOSBS & FABC Save Our SBS and Friends of the ABC joined forces for a joint last minute campaign in the lead up to the 2007 Federal Election. Aside from this joint campaign, each organisation remains separate and independent from the other. ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/165 Save Our SBS eNewsLetters Below is a copy of the Save Our SBS eNewsLetter as per the date given. Other editions posted in the "eNewsLetters" category on this web site. You can also access the eNewsLetters category at  http://eNewsLetter.SaveOurSBS.org Subscriber emails are sent occasionally to people on our data base. They are ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/159 The SBS policies of each party explained: What are the policies of the political parties about SBS funding and advertising on SBS? Save Our SBS wrote to the each of the major political parties requesting them to tell us their party policies on SBS for publication on www.SaveOurSBS.org. We asked a series of ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/127 SaveOurSBS recently received the blog below about one families history of viewing SBS from its opening in 1980 until now. “SBS: A Sad Death of Great Television” by Derek Kell We started watching SBS on the first day of its transmission. Nearly ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/210 Sign the petition to protect SBS, stop the ads and maintain our multicultural public broadcaster funded fully by government. Click http://petition.saveoursbs.org and ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/173 SaveOurSBS has been granted permission to re-publish the story below in full by Quentin Dempster. It originally appeared in The Australian 23 August 2007. "SBS debate: 4th commercial network?" by Quentin Dempster THE Zampatti board at SBS has embarked on a strategy to turn SBS television into Australia's fourth commercial channel. In the ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/126 SBS BOSS ADDRESSES THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: Shaun Brown, Managing Director of SBS has felt under fire recently. So much so that Brown, who usually avoids talking to the media, felt the need to tell his side of the story at the National Press Club on 29 August 2007. However, ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/123 Last week many people voiced their opinion saying they want Kostakidis to return to SBS, to read the nightly News. We know. The Save Our SBS web site (www.SaveOurSBS.org) has been inundated with comments to that effect. In wondering why so many people have objected to Australia's best newsreader not ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/122 The purpose of this Category is to report on industrial issues that may affect staff at SBS. If what you want to say is not really an industrial matter, please look at placing your blog in another Category where it may be more appropriate. Although Save Our SBS is not ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/121 According to media reports Mary Kostakidis has walked out on SBS. Save Our SBS has been inundated with blog comments and emails from people who are supportive of Mary Kostakidis in her stand against the commercialisation of SBS. We publish some of those comments below and invite all bloggers who ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/119 What Is Happening With The Petition? In the first month since we launched the petition to protect SBS, stop the ads and maintain our multicultural public broadcaster funded fully by government, we clocked up some 1500 signatures. Everyone at www.SaveOurSBS.org has been very encouraged. We had had virtually no publicity ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/116 SaveOurSBS has been granted permission to re-publish the story below in full by Michael Shmith. It originally appeared in The Age on 10 February 2007. "Dear SBS: ad breaks just don't hold water" by  Michael Shmith A good 25 years ago, when SBS was still called Channel 0 and ran series such ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/113 I went along to the world premiere of the Steve Thomas documentary "Hope" on Friday as part of Melbourne International Film Festival. The documentary, which screened to a full house, tells largely in her own words the courageous and tragic story of the subject, Amal Basry an Iraqi survivor of ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/110 Sign the petition to protect SBS, stop the ads and maintain our multicultural public broadcaster funded fully by government. Click http://petition.saveoursbs.org and ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/176 SaveOurSBS has been granted permission to re-publish the story below in full by Quentin Dempster. It originally appeared in the July 2007 edition of the Walkley Magazine. “Come Clean On Commercialisation” by Quentin Dempster With the federal election campaign already in full swing Quentin Dempster previews the policy debate about the future ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/112 On Sunday 5 August 2007 Save Our SBS handed out the double sided sosbs-petition-brochure.pdf (76kb) to the general public at Melbourne’s Federation Square. Many people showed enthusiastic interest. A media release of the event is available here: MEDIA RELEASE: Launch Web Petition To Stop Ads ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/118 DOWNLOAD the double sided sosbs-petition-brochure.pdf (76kb) here. Print it several times. Give it to your friends, retailers and others. http://saveoursbs.org/archives/117 Tell Others About Save Our SBS DOWNLOAD the double sided sosbs-petition-brochure.pdf (76kb) here. Print it several times. Give it to your friends, retailers and others. EMAIL the message below to all your friends and colleagues etc. ******************************************************************* Like most people, I am annoyed by the ads interrupting programs on SBS-TV. SBS is ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/102 To download any of the Save Our SBS Media Releases and other publicity material published by us please look for the individual Posts reverse date order in the Category SOSBS Media Releases & Publicity Material. You might also like to look at the Category Help Promote Us on this web ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/108 Sign the petition to protect SBS, stop the ads and maintain our multicultural public broadcaster funded fully by government. Click http://petition.saveoursbs.org and ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/174 Sign the petition to protect SBS, stop the ads and maintain our multicultural public broadcaster funded fully by government. Click http://petition.saveoursbs.org and ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/175 Sign the petition to protect SBS, stop the ads and maintain our multicultural public broadcaster funded fully by government. Click http://petition.saveoursbs.org and ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/177 What does the petition say? A preview copy of the No Ads on SBS petition is below. You can still sign this petition until it is presented to the Minister in 2008. Read then click here to sign.  To The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, No Advertisements OR Sponsorship on SBS I ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/160 What are the policies of the candidates and political parties about SBS funding and advertising on SBS? Could SBS be saved as a result of the 2007 federal election? Let us know what you think. Write your comments below.   A Comment may or may not be published for others to read. ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/77 This Category is intended for SBS staff to express their views anonymously if desired. If you do or did work at SBS or a close friend or member of your family is or was employed by SBS you may want to tell others about what has been happening inside SBS. ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/72 Sign the petition to protect SBS, stop the ads and maintain our multicultural public broadcaster funded fully by government. Click http://petition.saveoursbs.org and ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/172 Sign the petition to protect SBS, stop the ads and maintain our multicultural public broadcaster funded fully by government. Click http://petition.saveoursbs.org and ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/170 In late 2006 SBS-TV began interrupting programs for advertisements and promos. However SBS is a public broadcaster and is funded by the tax payer. Many people are annoyed that SBS now interrupts programs for ad breaks. What do you think? Is it right? Did you prefer it before when SBS ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/59 In this section you can read material written by Contributors. Contributors usually write more detailed articles than other ‘bloggers’. Some may write on a regular basis. No one is paid to write for SOSBS. Most Contributors write elsewhere and are invited by SOSBS to do so here. If you are ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/60 SBS radio has been broadcasting advertisements on its radio services for years even though SBS is a public broadcaster and is funded by the tax payer. What do you think? Is it right? Are the ads on SBS radio intrusive? You can tell us your opinion below. You may want ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/61 If you have noticed any programs on SBS-TV that were not interrupted for commercial breaks, please give your feedback here. Tell us the name of the program, the date and time it went to air on SBS, and, which languages it was in. What did you think of the program? ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/62 If you have noticed any programs on SBS-TV where the ad break(s) looked like they were ‘forced’ into the program and seemed un-naturally placed, please give your feedback here. Tell us the name of the program, the date and time it went to air on SBS, and, which languages it ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/63 Sign the petition to protect SBS, stop the ads and maintain our multicultural public broadcaster funded fully by government. Click http://petition.saveoursbs.org and ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/171