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Save Our SBS, Monday, 27 February, 2012
Greens Communications spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam has introduced a private Bill that, if passed, would gradually phase out commercial breaks from interrupting SBS television programs by 2016.
When introducing the Bill, Senator Ludlam made clear it was intended to bring advertising practices back into line with Parliament’s original intentions when debating the SBS Act in 1991.
The Senator said SBS received less than a quarter of the ABC’s budget before pointing out that the station had moved-arguably in contradiction of its Act, to full in-program advertising and that this situation had not only damaged SBS and created considerable
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Save Our SBS, Monday, 6 February, 2012
When the SBS was established as a corporation under the SBS Act in 1991, the Parliament granted SBS the right to broadcast advertisements before and after programs, and in “natural program breaks”. Although the Act did not define that phrase, the Hansard of the day clearly shows the Parliament intended that “natural program breaks” meant “half time in a soccer match”. No other definition was given.
On this basis, advice was provided to the SBS that it was not allowed to place ads in programs except sport. Ads only appeared between programs – except for sport
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Save Our SBS, Sunday, 1 January, 2012 This year SBS has come up with a television schedule that shows lots of promise. We review more than 15 SBS television programs for 2012. Definitely there are many worth watching. Find out what’s screening, what to watch or catch up on, during the year.
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Save Our SBS, Monday, 19 December, 2011
On Thursday 22 December at 8.30pm SBS-TWO will broadcast their new conversation series CQ: Cultural Intelligence, bringing together experts and commentators to discuss topics of national importance. Hosted by World News Australia’s Anton Enus, the first SBS CQ forum explores who influences the debate on asylum seekers and cultural diversity; does the media drive public opinion or does public opinion drive the media?
This show appears to be a rehash of the many panel and discussion programs that have come before it and at first you wonder what CQ can bring to the Australian public that hasn’t been
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Save Our SBS, Monday, 28 November, 2011
Last week an event of significance took place in the Senate that may have important implications in the funding of SBS, leading to a considerable reduction in the number of adverts cluttering up television programs.
On Wednesday (26/11/11) the government voted in favour of a motion, tabled by Senator Scott Ludlum, communications spokesperson for the Greens, reiterating the value of SBS to Australian society. He also gave notice of a private bill, aimed at removing commercial breaks during programs on SBS television.
The Special Broadcasting Service Amendment (Natural Program Breaks and Disruptive Advertising) Bill 2012 will be tabled
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Save Our SBS, Wednesday, 23 November, 2011
Today Greens Communications spokesperson, Senator Scott Ludlam told the Senate that he was giving Notice for a Bill to amend the Special Broadcasting Service Act. He said that would occur in 2012.
It is believed this is for the long awaited Bill to address the issues around the commercialisation of the SBS that has occurred over the past five years. Senator Ludlam promised as much during the 2010 election campaign.
We await with bated breath for an opportunity to read the Bill referred to today, when it becomes available.
SBS has been permitted to broadcast advertisements since 1991.
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Save Our SBS, Monday, 21 November, 2011
SBS have released another app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod. This one is for radio. It’s called Your Language. One for Android is on its way. The SBS Audio and Language Content Director, Dirk Anthony, said “I hope [the Android version] will be available within months”.
The SBS Your Language app has a range of great functions including live streaming of SBS Radio 1, Radio 2, POPAsia, and SBS chill, audio on demand – a mix of podcasts and audio highlights. It also has the ability to listen to previous
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Save Our SBS, Sunday, 9 October, 2011
When SBS speaks at public forums about the ways in which it would like to expand its services, to some extent it’s talking about ‘catching up’ with other media outlets. There’s a long list.
For example, SBS is the only broadcaster without a third television network. And there’s a need for an increased number of SBS radio stations too. After all, there are many more languages in Australia now than when SBS radio began 36 years ago. New and emerging communities, especially from African nations are expanding, although under-represented in our media than their established counterparts. Just as
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 4 October, 2011
Three Parliamentarians from opposing sides have united to form a new Parliamentary Friends of group. This one is for SBS. There are many Parliamentary Friends of groups – in our Federal Parliament, but never before has there been one for the SBS.
The group is the joint initiative of Steve Georganas (Labor Member for Hindmarsh), Senator Scott Ludlam (Greens Senator for Western Australia), and, Paul Fletcher (Liberal Member for Bradfield).
In a statement the group
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Save Our SBS, Tuesday, 23 August, 2011
In June of 2011 SBS broadcast Go Back to Where You Came From, a three part documentary that saw six Australians sent on the reverse journey taken by hundreds of refugees who come to our country. The series generated a great deal of interest in the Australian media (mainstream and social), with comments and reviews on commercial and ABC radio & television, and in The Australian, The Age and on the Amnesty international website. SBS also reported that set new records for online performance on their website. Within 24 hours of the first episode
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Save Our SBS, Saturday, 11 June, 2011
Commencing Tuesday 21 June, over three consecutive nights, SBS-ONE will premier a world first event: Go Back To Where You Came From. It’s an unscripted, unstaged, doco-drama-reality program that follows the journey of six Australians from different backgrounds. Their journey will be the reverse of the journey taken by many refugees who come to Australia every year. Together these six will experience the trials many refugees face during the search for asylum.
At the start of the journey, one of the six
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Save Our SBS, Sunday, 1 May, 2011
SBS radio has advanced from its humble beginnings of the mid seventies. Then, 2EA Sydney and 3EA Melbourne were it! In the years since, SBS radio has been broadcasting nationally on AM and FM from SBS-Radio-1 and SBS-Radio-2. These have also been available on the ‘net for years and in recent years on digital radio too. But less than a year old are two SBS on-line radio stations.
POPAsia http://www.sbs.com.au/popasia The site blurb reads: “The very best non-stop Asian pop hits in Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean and more – streaming 24/7”. Before establishing POPAsia it
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Save Our SBS, Friday, 15 April, 2011
Mr Michael Ebeid will be the new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of SBS. He will commence on 13 June 2011.
Ebeid’s broadcast experience has been in the public and commercial spheres.
Previously Ebeid was at the ABC, where he was the Executive Director of Corporate Strategy and Marketing.
Prior to that Ebeid spent ten years with Optus Communications. His last role was Director of Commercial Operations for the Consumer Division, responsible for strategy, business development, regulatory and finance across internet, Pay TV and telephony. Earlier, Ebeid worked at IBM for nine years in Australia and
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Save Our SBS, Saturday, 19 February, 2011
With all the to-ing and fro-ing by the Immigration Minister and the Opposition about a nine year boy orphaned on Christmas Island being shuttled to Sydney for an emotional funeral, then back to Christmas Island and now with the boy returning to relatives on the mainland, the recent Click here to read the full story . . .
Save Our SBS, Friday, 7 January, 2011
When SBS announced their 2010/11 content lineup with the pledge to ‘push boundaries’, you may wonder how further episodes of Who do you think you are? constitute anything but more of the same. One new program however may actually come good on their promise. Immigration Nation: A Secret History Of Us is a documentary that explores a conflict existing within Australian history; how a nation constructed on utopian ideals of progress and enlightenment harboured paradoxical notions of racial superiority. Beginning with Federation in 1901, Immigration Nation charts Australian
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Parliament did not intend in-program breaks
When the SBS was established as a corporation under the SBS Act in 1991, the Parliament granted SBS the right to broadcast advertisements before and after programs, and in “natural program breaks”. Although the Act did not define that phrase, the Hansard of the day clearly shows the Parliament intended that “natural program breaks” meant “half time in a soccer match”. No other definition was given.
On this basis, advice was provided to the SBS that it was not allowed to place ads in programs except sport. Ads only appeared between programs – except for sport
Click here to read the full story . . .