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Page Archive: SBS Ads & ABC

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If SBS is allowed to keep interrupting TV programs for commercials, will that threaten the ABC?

SBS estimates that it will raise more money from advertising by interrupting programs for commercial breaks than previously when

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Page Archive: SBS Doc’s: Truth About Ads

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SBS Secret Documents Reveal Truth About Ads

Since SBS began interrupting TV programs for advertisements in late 2006, SBS has maintained that ads in program are necessary for the operation of SBS. However current

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No Advertisements OR Sponsorship on SBS: petition

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 appreciate the important role that SBS plays in Australian life as our valued public broadcaster, that reflects and enriches Australia’s diversity and multicultural society.

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What are the policies of the candidates and political parties about SBS funding and advertising on SBS?

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.

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SBS Staff Views

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. You can tell your story here without fear of consequences if you write under an alias.

SOSBS wants to know is it true that many of the SBS staff have effectively been silenced by SBS and are

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Page Archive: FAQ SBS Advertising & Legislation

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What is the relevance of section 45 of the Special Broadcasting Service Act?

SBS is set up under an Act of parliament, the Special Broadcasting Service Act (1991).

Advertising

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Page Archive: A Petition To Save SBS

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 wait while you are redirected to the petition server.

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About the Save Our SBS Petition

An on-line petition is now available that addresses the issues of funding for SBS, advertisements and commercial breaks in programs. The goal of the petition is that our

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Tell Us What You Think About SBS

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 placed all the ads between the end of one program and the start of the next program? Were programs easier to watch then? Do the breaks into program now seem un-natural? Are they obtrusive?

You can tell us your opinion below.

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Regular Writers For SOSBS

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 a writer and would like to become a regular Contributor, please let us know via email on the ‘Contact Us’ page. Generally you need to have had at least one article published elsewhere or written Comments and had your Comments

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Tell Us What You Think About SBS Radio

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 to make a general observation or write about a specific program. Please write your comments below.

A Comment may or may not be published for others to read. To write a Comment

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Are There Any Programs on SBS-TV That Are Not Interrupted For Commercial Breaks?

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? Was it easier to watch with no ad breaks? Is this a regular program that usually has no breaks? If it is a regular program that does not have commercial breaks inside it, others would like to know.

Other than overseas

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Programs That Were Never Meant To Be Interrupted For Advertisements

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 was in. What did you think of the program? How obtrusive was that interruption in the program at that point? Was it the 1st, 2nd, 3rd break in program that seemed ‘forced’? Was it more difficult to follow the program that had ad breaks ‘forced’

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Page Archive: FAQ Petition

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What’s wrong with interrupting programs on SBS-TV for commercial breaks?

Below are some frequently asked questions about the petition.

It is very annoying to watch any program that is

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