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Save Our SBS, Sunday, 12 August, 2007
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 the SIEV X sinking in 2001. Filled with emotion and sensitively edited, the documentary is a feature length 117 minutes.
According to the filmmakers at a Q&A session after the screening, the film struggled to gain the funding necessary, and that
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 7 August, 2007
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SBS Avoids Complaint About Ad Interruptions
SBS have devised a new protocol in broadcasting. If you have a complaint about SBS breaching its own advertising guidelines, there is no system to have
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 7 August, 2007
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 of public broadcasting.
“Stiff and stiffer.” Those erectile dysfunction ads on SBS television are helping to spotlight the Howard government’s insidious agenda for public broadcasting in Australia.
The 2004 Liberal Party election manifesto made no mention of stretching or reinterpreting the SBS Act’s definition of “natural
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Save Our SBS, Sunday, 5 August, 2007
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 On SBS – Fed Square Melb 5 August 2007 FINAL (1 page, 60kb).
Save Our SBS, Sunday, 5 August, 2007
DOWNLOAD the double sided sosbs-petition-brochure.pdf (76kb) here. Print it several times. Give it to your friends, retailers and others.
Save Our SBS, Sunday, 5 August, 2007
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.
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Like most people, I am annoyed by the ads interrupting programs on SBS-TV. SBS is a public broadcaster, paid for by our taxes and was intended to be commercial free, like the ABC.
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Save Our SBS, Sunday, 5 August, 2007
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 site.
Sign the petition to protect SBS, stop the ads and maintain our multicultural public
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Save Our SBS, Thursday, 26 July, 2007
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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FAQ What else can I do besides sign the petition?
Below are a series of suggestions that you can do to help save our SBS.
Tell all
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Save Our SBS, Wednesday, 25 July, 2007
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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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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Save Our SBS, Wednesday, 11 July, 2007
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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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Save Our SBS, Sunday, 1 July, 2007
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. To write a Comment about a Post you first need to Login. To Login you need to be registered which you do by first clicking on the Register
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Save Our SBS, Thursday, 28 June, 2007
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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Save Our SBS, Wednesday, 16 May, 2007
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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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Save Our SBS, Wednesday, 9 May, 2007
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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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Save Our SBS, Monday, 30 April, 2007
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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