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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 1 January, 2013
“Distinctive, creative and daring”. That’s how an SBS spokesperson described this year’s television programs. Some of it is. A lot is much the same as last year. While the spokesperson maintained SBS programs “must remain diverse and relevant ”, like all broadcasters the programs on SBS ONE & TWO will vary. However for a number, there is nothing especially ‘SBS’ about them. If programmed on another network it’s doubtful anyone would think, "Hey, that’s an SBS program!"
If you are wondering what to watch this year our sneak-peak review will help. At time of publication, SBS was not
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 1 January, 2013
In April SBS will change their 19 year old established Radio Schedule.
Last April, SBS Radio began a public consultation for a proposed Selection Criteria which outlined how languages could be determined in a review of the radio schedule. SBS television could learn from this process of developing a criteria to assist TV in meeting their Charter obligations too.
Almost 1200 submissions were received during the public consultation and considered carefully in determining the final Selection Criteria.
The final language Selection Criteria applied to develop the new SBS Radio Schedule is below:
For Analogue (AM/FM)
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Save Our SBS, Saturday, 1 December, 2012
At 12 noon (AEDT) on 12 December, SBS will launch another television channel, NITV. The National Indigenous Television channel will broadcast on SBS4-digital. NITV has been broadcasting since 2007.
The Channel Manager, Tanya Denning, said: “NITV has been creating and delivering innovative content representing the many voices of the country’s first Australians. We remain dedicated to having our unique languages and culture reflected within the media landscape, and we’re excited to invite Australians of all backgrounds to tune in, and join us in celebrating our rich and unique culture.”
Save Our SBS President, Steve Aujard, welcomed the launch
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Save Our SBS, Monday, 1 October, 2012
Have you ever missed a program on SBS and wished you had a second chance to view it? Well, there is a way – it’s called SBS On Demand and it’s available from the SBS website.
This service has existed for some time but a while ago underwent a significant upgrade which has resulted in more features. It currently lists an impressive number of programs including short clips such as news and other items.
The service allows you to freely view any of the available programs at your leisure. SBS suggests a minimum connection speed of
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 11 September, 2012
SBS now has six radio stations.
In addition to SBS’s two AM and FM national radio networks, the multicultural broadcaster has four digital radio stations. Two are new. All six stations are available on-line.
Less than a month after it was launched SBS PopDesi is proving very popular. It’s the new digital music radio station playing South Asian pop music. Until PopDesi, little was available to satisfy the growing number of young people seeking this. The 2011 census data showed a big increase in Australia’s multicultural youth, with a massive increase in Indian language speakers.
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Save Our SBS, Saturday, 1 September, 2012
Veteran activist Mannie De Saxe has launched an on-line petition to SBS requesting the broadcaster voluntarily cease in-program commercial breaks. The petition is independent of Save Our SBS and is the initiative of Mr De Saxe.
In a statement De Saxe said, "after years of frustration it seemed it was about time to try [a petition] because, we have all been complaining about this for so many years without any breakthrough". He said that in 2006 he put a petition on his blog together with some email exchanges between SBS and himself. He
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Save Our SBS, Saturday, 4 August, 2012
If SBS were a commercial or community broadcaster, the law would require it consult the public and provide adequate opportunity for community comment before changing its Code of Practice. Established under an Act of Parliament SBS does not hold a commercial licence however that should hardly matter as since 2010 the broadcaster has had a social inclusion policy and stakeholders are consulted from time to time on various matters.
Back in June, SBS amended its Code of Practice to include an interim NITV Code from 1 July, the date SBS took over the Indigenous
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Save Our SBS, Sunday, 1 July, 2012
Last month SBS launched the SBS Census Explorer an interactive online tool featuring demographic data gathered in the 2011 Census. The tool can be used to explore the results of the Census data.
On 21 June the Australian Bureau of Statistics released some of the data collected on Census night, 9 August 2011. More data will be released later and added to the SBS Census Explorer.
This is a fantastic tool for visualising Census data.
Demographic data released and appearing in the SBS Census Explorer include: age, religious affiliation, personal income, Indigenous
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Save Our SBS, Sunday, 10 June, 2012 The significance of the funding increase to SBS will be lost on the electorate due to a failure of government to address the commercialisation of SBS. The spirit, the very essence of public broadcasting has been lost to the ongoing commercial influence and interference which now has such a strong foothold that any notion of SBS resolving this themselves is fanciful. Until such time as viewers see a less commercial looking SBS, one without in-program disruptions, the government will have failed to gain support from a significant cohort of electors.
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 8 May, 2012
SBS has received the biggest funding increase ever.
The Government will provide an additional $158.1 million to the SBS over five years. SBS will use some of the funds to launch a new indigenous free-to-air television channel when it acquires NITV, the National Indigenous television channel. NITV was never a free-to-air-service.
SBS’s Managing Director, Michael Ebeid said “SBS is honoured and excited to be delivering this new service which will vastly increase the opportunity for the telling of stories from and by Indigenous communities, and make those stories more accessible to audiences across the country.” The
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 8 May, 2012
In the month before the May Budget some 9,171 messages were sent from people in every State and Territory to selected politicians urging government to steeply increase public funding for SBS and remove the disruptive commercial breaks from SBS television. The general public sent emails to the finance and communications ministers, some members of Cabinet, and other politicians according to a preset method. SaveOurSBS.org provided background material about SBS’s finances and links to the Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Natural Program Breaks and Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2012.
Here we publish a representative sample of all emails sent.
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 8 May, 2012
In the month leading up to the May Budget, Save Our SBS ran a campaign where supporters were given the opportunity to send a personal email to the finance and communications ministers and other politicians in the Make SBS Special Again campaign published on the SaveOurSBS.org website. The purpose was to press government for a steep increase in funding for SBS with the removal of in-program commercial breaks from SBS television.
On the campaign webpage visitors were presented with an example of an email text and asked to compose an email in their own words. Most did.
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Save Our SBS, Monday, 30 April, 2012
Save Our SBS Inc was invited to participate in the SBS Radio Consultation 2012 review. SBS believed it was time to examine their Radio schedule and on their website wrote "The last major reschedule of SBS’s analogue radio service was conducted in 1994 (minor changes in 2003). Since that time, changes in Australia’s migrant intake has meant that the relative size of languages spoken in the country has changed and new languages are being spoken in the community. Technology has also rapidly advanced, allowing SBS audiences to consume content through more platforms than ever before."
As
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Save Our SBS, Saturday, 21 April, 2012
From time to time Save Our SBS archives the Home page. This is how it looked on 21 April 2012, less than two weeks before the government was to announce future funding for the SBS https://saveoursbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SaveOurSBS.org-HOME-page-Archive-21-April-2012.htm
Save Our SBS, Wednesday, 4 April, 2012
Recently a Bill was introduced to the Senate that would gradually phase out disruptive breaks on SBS-TV. Funding for the SBS over the next three years is being considered by government this month. If you want to see SBS better funded with a removal of in-program advertising, we ask you visit SaveOurSBS.org and join our campaign.
Simply click the graphic – Make SBS Special Again – on the Home page at SaveOurSBS.org and you will be taken to a page where you can send an email to the finance and communication ministers, and other politicians.
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Budget review: ads to stay
The significance of the funding increase to SBS will be lost on the electorate due to a failure of government to address the commercialisation of SBS. The spirit, the very essence of public broadcasting has been lost to the ongoing commercial influence and interference which now has such a strong foothold that any notion of SBS resolving this themselves is fanciful. Until such time as viewers see a less commercial looking SBS, one without in-program disruptions, the government will have failed to gain support from a significant cohort of electors.
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