http://saveoursbs.org critical supporters of SBS Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:50:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A PDF of this may be downloaded from:  http://saveoursbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Save-Our-SBS-submission-to-the-SBS-Review.pdf Mr Skrzynski, SBS Chair, & the SBS Board Locked Bag 028 CROWS NEST    NSW   1585 sent by email and post Dear Mr Skrzynski & the SBS Board, Save Our SBS submission to the SBS Review We welcome the approach taken by SBS to conduct ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/998 A PDF of this may be downloaded from: http://saveoursbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/SBS-Internet-Funding-May-2010-Budget-Request.pdf 17 December 2009 To: The Treasurer Parliament House Canberra Copies: Minister for Broadband, Communications & Digital Economy; Minister for Finance; Chairperson of SBS; Managing Director of SBS Dear Mr Swan SBS Internet Funding: May 2010 Budget Request Funding for our public broadcasters has normally been on a triennial basis although there have been prior ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/921 The purpose of the SBS, the reason it exists, is to be found in the Charter at section 6 of the Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991. The Charter is very clear: “The principle function of the SBS is to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services . . .” Section 45 ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/935 Email politicians about SBS before the election is called (eNewsLetter 8) Below is some important news from Save Our SBS. As a result of the continued inadequate government funding for SBS and the annoying reliance on commercial breaks interrupting programs, we are often asked: What can I do now? Email every ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/907 Now is the time to ask all politicians or candidates who intend to stand at the next federal election to explain their policy in relation to funding and advertising on SBS. Do they value our multicultural broadcaster? Don't wait until after the election. Act now! Send an email ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/788 Save Our SBS has welcomed the appointment of Joseph Skrzynski A.O. as the new Chair of the SBS. He replaces Ms Carla Zampatti A.C. whose five year term expires in mid December. Commenting on the appointment Save Our SBS spokesperson Darce Cassidy said: “Mr Skrzynski is well qualified to lead Australia’s multicultural ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/760 Yesterday the Greens spokesperson for Communications, Senator Scott Ludlam, introduced a Bill that would ban SBS-TV from interrupting programs for commercial breaks. The Bill, would allow SBS-TV to run advertisements between programs only. In a media statement Senator Ludlam said: “The Bill will not prevent SBS from generating advertising revenue, nor ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/647 For a quick overview click to read: No ad breaks on SBS part 1: When is a policy not a policy? In the May 2009 Senate Estimates the Greens spokesperson for Communications, Senator Ludlam questioned Minister Conroy about Labor's pre-election policies in regard to SBS interrupting programs for commercial breaks. Part ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/477 Has the Minister for Communications, Senator Conroy denied the Labor Party’s opposition to the interruption of SBS-TV programs for advertisements? Responding to Senator Scott Ludlum (Greens) in a recent Senate Committee hearing, Senator Conroy suggested that statements he made before the 2007 election, which had severely criticized SBS management for ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/475 MEDIA RELEASE from Save Our SBS www.SaveOurSBS.org Will the real SBS TV please stand up? Save Our SBS www.SaveOurSBS.org congratulates SBS-TWO on its prime time* TV schedule. It goes more than half way in serving Australians whose native tongue is not English. For the week ending Friday 5 ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/422 On 25 May 2009 at Senate Estimates, the Greens spokesperson for Communications, Senator Scott Ludlam questioned the Managing Director of SBS, Mr Shaun Brown as to how the broadcaster could justify forcing breaks into programs that were never intended to be interrupted. BBC programs and cinema release ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/443 Last month, the Managing Director of SBS, Shaun Brown publicly admitted that SBS did not ask for any funding to "wind back the amount of advertising". Brown was being questioned in Senate Estimates (25 May 2009). Senator Scott Ludlam, the W.A. Greens spokesperson for Communications had been questioning ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/369 Save Our SBS has welcomed the Budget announcement that the SBS will receive an additional $20 million over three years to help the broadcaster lift its level of Australian production. Save Our SBS spokesperson Darce Cassidy said “The government has made the first move.  It is now time for the SBS ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/357 The Home Page of the SaveOurSBS.org website is archived from time to time for historical purposes. To see how the Home Page looked on 10 May 2009 click http://saveoursbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/saveoursbsorg-archive-home-page-10-may-2009.htm http://saveoursbs.org/archives/356 Below is an important update from Save Our SBS about stopping commercial breaks on SBS and how you can help before the May Budget is delivered. Recently we emailed you asking if you would send an email to the Treasurer and Prime Minister to ensure that SBS is ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/355 Save Our SBS has launched a campaign to see SBS better funded in the 2009 triennial federal Budget and as part of an ongoing objective that would enable SBS to be the public, non-commercial, multicultural 'special' broadcaster it once was. The Budget is the time to right recent past policies ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/339 Dear Supporter of Save Our SBS Please read this important email from Save Our SBS www.SaveOurSBS.org SBS is about to be funded for the next three years. We are inviting you to participate in our latest campaign to see SBS properly funded in the May 2009 Federal Budget and to put an ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/342 11 December 2008 To: The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Sent by email to: abcsbsreview@dbcde.gov.au submission THE ABC SBS REVIEW A chronology of events: Public to Commercial Since advertising was first allowed on the SBS in the early nineteen nineties, there has been a steady drift away from the original multicultural mandate of ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/334 Save Our SBS conducted an online one minute multiple choice question survey about SBS. In addition to the nine multiple choice questions, we also asked for each persons post-code and provided an open ended comments box, for those who wanted to express concerns beyond the questions asked. The survey commenced in ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/332 Make a submission to government today Following our recent eNewsLetter of a couple of weeks ago Save Our SBS has received enquiries from many people who would like some assistance in making a submission to the public enquiry into SBS. The feedback to us is that the Minister's 36 page ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/333 Welcome to the Spring 2008 edition of the Save Our SBS eNewsLetter from www.SaveOurSBS.org Below is some important news about SBS and an update about on how you can help restore and help rid it of advertisements. It is now just over one year since Mary Kostakidis was reported walking from SBS, ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/328 The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, is consulting the public on the future of Australia’s national broadcasters, the SBS & ABC. Comments from the public are welcome. This may be a once in a lifetime opportunity to make your thoughts about SBS known directly to ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/324   A PDF of the statement below may be viewed at: http://saveoursbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/the-sbs-must-be-special-signed.pdf   The SBS Must Be Special The Special Broadcasting Service was established by the Fraser coalition government, building on the creation of the publicly funded multi-lingual radio stations 2EA and 3EA by the Whitlam government. ‘EA’ stood for Ethnic Australia. Concrete government support ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/318 Former Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, whose government established the Special Broadcasting Service, has been joined by ethnic community leaders and key figures from public life, literature and the arts in calling for the SBS to focus on the needs of viewers rather than on selling consumers to advertisers. The statement, headed ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/319 Save Our SBS is conducting a one minute survey at www.SaveOurSBS.org that seeks to find out peoples views in relation to SBS. The survey asks a series of multiple choice questions about advertising, programming and the Charter of SBS and seeks to find out what people think about the 'commercialisation' ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/322   The Minister responsible for SBS, Senator Stephen Conroy wrote to Save Our SBS on 26 August 2008 in response to the petition that we gave to his staff on 8 April 2008. Senator Conroy apologised for his late reply and wrote.    SBS is one of Australia’s most important public institutions. The Australian ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/316 SBS Triennial Funding Submission (for 2009-2010; 2010-2011; 2011-2012) as proposed by Save Our SBS Inc submitted to Senator Stephen Conroy 5 August 2008 SBS funding for the next triennium - Executive Summary By any reasonable measure the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS) has been under funded. SBS total revenue (for both its radio and television services) ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/323 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 Below are some of the very first references and links made about Save Our SBS by other organisations and main stream media. A CERTAIN SCRIBE: “Dylan's true legacy is before us” by Errol Simper (The Australian 16 August 2007). We believe that Errol Simpers story was the first reference ... http://saveoursbs.org/archives/616 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