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Save Our SBS, Saturday, 6 May, 2017
Save Our SBS, Wednesday, 26 April, 2017
Save Our SBS released the findings of a nationwide survey today that showed 91% of SBS viewers want an end to SBS broadcasting betting and gambling advertisements.
Save Our SBS President, Steve Aujard said, "SBS viewers believe that such advertisements are not good for social cohesion. This finding is significant because the SBS Corporate Plan states that the purpose of SBS is to contribute to a cohesive society" (SBS Corporate Plan 2016-17, pg 2).
Mr Aujard said, "The survey of 1,176 people was conducted in the first week of April and included people from every State and
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Save Our SBS, Wednesday, 26 April, 2017 95% of SBS viewers nationally do not want increased advertising on SBS and say that if there is an increase in ads, then the law ought to restrict advertisements to before or after programs only – except in sport – like SBS used to be.
The results are in of the Survey 2017 about SBS. It is the third in the series of periodic surveys undertaken about SBS.
Across all three surveys, three different cohorts totalling 4953 SBS viewers nationally have been surveyed from every State and Territory.
In this latest survey,
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Save Our SBS, Saturday, 1 April, 2017
This comprehensive survey seeks your views on SBS advertising, Charter, programming, relevance, and more. It will take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete. Your participation in this survey may help shape the future and your thoughtfulness in completing the survey and informing your friends to take part is much appreciated.
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 14 February, 2017
SBS has a new Chairman, Dr Bulent Hass Dellal AO. Dr Dellal is no stranger to SBS.
The Minister for Communications, Senator Mitch Fifield announced the appointment today.
Save Our SBS president, Steve Aujard welcomed the appointment and said, “Dr Dellal was appointed as a Director to the SBS Board in 2010 and has been the Deputy Chairman since 2011. He has been Acting Chairman for the past year. Previously we have met with Hass and look forward to working with him in the future.”
SBS Managing Director, Michael Ebeid said, “On behalf
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Save Our SBS, Saturday, 10 December, 2016
A PDF of the Save Our SBS submission to the 2016 SBS Radio Services Review is here.
Below is the same text in web format.
10 December, 2016
SBS Radio Services Review 14 Herbert Street Artarmon NSW 2064
sent by email to: radioservicesreview@sbs.com.au
Feedback to the SBS radio review 2016
Introduction
Save Our SBS welcomes this opportunity to participate in the 2016 SBS Radio Services Review and public consultation process.
Save Our SBS is the peak body for supporters & friends of SBS with members in all States and
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 18 October, 2016
At Senate Estimates today, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Communications & The Arts, Nerida O’Loughlin said that the government would soon introduce a bill to increase advertising on SBS.
Later, SBS Managing Director Michael Ebeid acknowledged the advertising bill remark.
Last year Save Our SBS gathered 62,000 signatories in a petition opposing the bill that would have increased commercial disruption on SBS to similar levels as seen on commercial free-to-air television.
Currently SBS airs 5 minutes of advertisements per hour – limited by legislation – plus about 4 minutes
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Save Our SBS, Saturday, 1 October, 2016
A couple of months ago, when the ABC’s 4 Corners program broadcast the excellent but heart wrenching documentary titled “Children on the Frontline: Escape from Aleppo“ by Marcel Mettelsiefen, something was inadvertently portrayed about SBS — what it is not doing.
The entire Children on the Frontline program was in a language other than English (LOTE). All this occurred in primetime.
Children on the Frontline was told through the eyes of four children filmed over three years in Syria and Germany. Fleeing the Syrian conflict, the four siblings and mother eventually take refuge in Germany.
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Save Our SBS, Thursday, 1 September, 2016
Today, Independent MP Andrew Wilkie and Senator Nick Xenophon gave notice of a joint motion calling on the Minister for Communications Senator Mitch Fifield to limit gambling advertisements on SBS.
The motion comes on the back of SBS broadcasting Sportsbet ads in the mid-year UEFA Cup.
In July, Save Our SBS called for a total ban of all betting and gambling advertisements on SBS.
In a statement Mr Wilkie said, “The new Parliament presents a perfect opportunity to finally achieve meaningful gambling reform and we’re starting with tackling gambling advertising. .
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Save Our SBS, Thursday, 21 July, 2016
Forever chasing the commercial dollar, SBS has succumbed to broadcasting advertisements that promote betting in their sporting programs. Viewers watching the recent UEFA Cup competition would have seen Sportsbet ads on SBS at 5:30pm on Sundays and 6:30pm on weekdays.
The broadcaster has proceeded down this path under the SBS Codes of Practice and as an associate member of Free TV Australia, under the advertising and betting restrictions contained in the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice. The Code permits betting and gambling advertisements in all sports and news programs, irrespective
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Save Our SBS, Monday, 20 June, 2016
Save Our SBS put six questions – the same questions – to the Coalition, Labor and Greens parties about their policies for SBS. This is what they promised.
The full unedited answers are in the Q&A section lower down this screen.
The Greens are the only party who will move advertising away from programs on SBS. Labor does not plan to alter the advertising arrangement at all. The Coalition have already introduced a Bill to increase primetime advertising. Labor has not promised to return the cuts made to SBS by the Coalition but the Greens have.
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 3 May, 2016
Triennial funding for SBS was announced tonight.
SBS Managing Director Michael Ebeid has welcomed an additional $15.1m in funding for SBS on top of its base funding allocation over the next three years.
SBS will receive $814.2m to 2019 in base operational funding, plus $6.9m in 2016‑17 to replace revenue that could not be raised due to the "delayed passage" of the Communications Legislation Amendment (SBS Advertising Flexibility and Other Measures) Bill 2015.
Last year, SBS had forecast it would have generated $6.9m in 2016-17 if the
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Save Our SBS, Friday, 8 April, 2016
Following talk last month of an ABC-SBS merger and ongoing public concern that SBS had deviated from its Charter, SBS has announced changes on how it will commission programs so they reflect the special nature of the broadcasting service and the SBS Charter.
Next month, the SBS commissioning team will become two teams, scripted and non-scripted.
The non-scripted team will be responsible for documentaries, food, entertainment and factual programs, while the scripted team will be responsible for drama and comedy.
“The SBS Charter is at the heart of SBS commissioned
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Save Our SBS, Monday, 7 March, 2016
Today, Save Our SBS President Steve Aujard welcomed the introduction of SBS Arabic24, a new 24 hours a day Arabic digital radio service and an online hub for Arabic speakers.
Mr Aujard said:
Arabic speakers are the third largest group in Australia and its very pleasing to see SBS providing this service which is spot on charter. SBS radio broadcasts nationally in 74 languages.
The station will deliver the latest Australian and international news, information and analysis to Arabic-speaking Australians.
Commenting, SBS Managing Director Michael Ebeid said:
SBS Arabic24 delivers
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Save Our SBS, Thursday, 3 March, 2016
Although SBS is currently without a permanent chairman, this week high profile supporter of multicultural broadcasting and former chair of SBS Joseph Skrzynski AO spoke out against the idea of an ABC-SBS merger. Mr Skrzynski wrote in Fairfax Media that for every $1 SBS spends to reach each TV audience member, the ABC spends $3, and SBS delivers double the amount of TV per TV employee compared to the ABC. The former SBS chairman detailed why a merger made no economic sense and echoed concerns of the wider community opposed to a merger of the two
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Identity theft or giving up on Charter: how the ramping up of commercialism has weakened SBS a decade on
A couple of months ago, when the ABC’s 4 Corners program broadcast the excellent but heart wrenching documentary titled “Children on the Frontline: Escape from Aleppo“ by Marcel Mettelsiefen, something was inadvertently portrayed about SBS — what it is not doing.
The entire Children on the Frontline program was in a language other than English (LOTE). All this occurred in primetime.
Children on the Frontline was told through the eyes of four children filmed over three years in Syria and Germany. Fleeing the Syrian conflict, the four siblings and mother eventually take refuge in Germany.
Click here to read the full story . . .