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TO the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Securing Public Funding to Support SBS Independence a submission by Save Our SBS Inc to the REVIEW OF OPTIONS TO SUPPORT THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE NATIONAL BROADCASTERS[1]
31 August 2023
Table of Contents Securing Public Funding to Support SBS Independence Why Save Our SBS supports the Review Objectives Earlier this year, a government initiated Options paper authored by the Australian Communications and Media Authority with Screen Australia considered how best to support Australian stories on-screen generally, and proposed SBS carry a quota of children’s content. The communications department then asked stakeholders to comment on the options in the paper. Below is the submission that Save Our SBS made in respect of that. To enable Save Our SBS to continue our work of excellence in the public good, please donate Save Our SBS Inc 
The Directors on the SBS Board have been asked to consider a new, different type of TV channel. The new channel – proposed in a submission by Save Our SBS to the SBS Board – is for a free-to-air television channel scheduling programs predominately in languages other than English – LOTE TV – with programs subtitled in English. The submission, which was driven by community views and published evidence from reputable sources including separate studies of four different cohorts totalling 6,202 viewers from every metropolitan and rural region nationwide, also called for This year, the Senate’s communications committee has been inquiring into the economic and cultural value of Australian content on our media services. Written submissions to the committee from SBS and Save Our SBS put the case for set quotas of Australian content saying it ought to be fully-funded. Save Our SBS argued that if content were fully-funded, there would be no point in SBS carrying advertisements. To stay faithful to its Charter, Save Our SBS said that SBS needs to present more programs in languages other than English, and that could be done On 22 June this year, Save Our SBS lodged a detailed submission to the ‘Inquiry into the Competitive Neutrality of the National Broadcasters’. A condensed version of the Save Our SBS submission is below, in which a number of chapters have been excluded and other text edited for quick reading. The full unedited evidence based original is here. To enable Save Our SBS to continue our work of excellence in the public good, please donate Inquiry into the Competitive Neutrality of the National Broadcasters Attaining Last October the Senate’s communications committee launched an inquiry into the "economic and cultural value of Australian content on broadcast, radio and streaming services". Submissions were received from industry groups and stakeholders. The outcome of the inquiry will be reported in May. To enable Save Our SBS to continue our work of excellence in the public good, please donate A copy of the Save Our SBS submission is below. Australian content on SBS and related matters Senate Environment and Communications 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 This is best printed in colour as it contains colour coded graphs A submission to the Budget Policy Division, Department of the Treasury Pre-Budget Submission 2016: The SBS Community View A submission from the peak body representing supporters & friends of SBS There is strong evidence that SBS’s ability to comply with its Charter obligations was severely diminished by disrupting programs for commercial breaks, thus making it less efficient in its primary function. A PDF of this submission is here
Budget Policy Division Department of the Treasury Langton Crescent A submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications The commercialisation of SBS versus efficiency A response to the Communications Legislation Amendment (SBS Advertising Flexibility and Other Measures) Bill 2015 To Committee Secretary, Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications, PO Box 6100, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 Sent by email ec.sen@aph.gov.au 15 April 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Save Our SBS opposes the Communications Legislation Amendment (SBS Advertising Flexibility and Other Measures) Bill 2015 and any moves that would potentially see a A submission to the Department of Communications Commercialising SBS by stealth A response to the SBS Advertising Flexibility Regulation Impact Statement A PDF of this submission may be read here. There is strong evidence that SBS’s ability to comply with its Charter obligations will be severely threatened with increases in advertising, thus making it less efficient in its primary function
To Director, ABC and SBS Section, Media Branch, Department of Communications Sent by email SBSads@communications.gov.au 9 March 2015 Table of Contents Executive Summary. Options offered. Advertising impacts Last December, Save Our SBS was invited to appear before a joint Party Senate Select Committee looking into the budget cuts imposed on SBS and the government’s proposal to increase SBS advertising. Save Our SBS gave oral evidence having made a written submission to the Committee. Save Our SBS President, Steve Aujard addressed the Committee- Thank you for inviting Save Our SBS to this hearing. Save Our SBS has a dual purpose–advocating as a supporter and friend of SBS and also for consumers of SBS. Whilst we put the case for greater Earlier this year, Save Our SBS undertook a study of 2044 viewers of SBS television. Those studied came from every State and Territory. More than a third were not born in Australia. The findings of the study form part of a detailed submission to the SBS Community Advisory Committee & the SBS Board. The full submission may be read in HTML or PDF format. Five recommendations are made. The study found that SBS had not been inclusive of a significant portion of its television (SBS ONE & TWO) audiences, giving preference to advertisers Save Our SBS reviewed the government’s Media Reform Bills Package in relation to SBS. If passed in its current form, advertising will continue on SBS’s internet service but without any of the constraints that apply on SBS free-to-air. The package allows online advertising – something SBS does anyway – but provides no mechanism for consumer complaints and in this respect will permit SBS to side step the industry regulator, ACMA. Advertising on SBS digital and online services would not be required to be subject to the SBS Codes of Practice. SBS’s Board would develop 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 19 December 2011 Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation Parliament House, Canberra, ACT, 2600 Copy sent to: Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Minister for BCDE sent by post and email Funding the SBS in the 2012-15 triennium — Executive Summary Save Our SBS Inc examined the role of the SBS and how it could be funded in the forthcoming triennium including the impact of advertising policies and revenues. SBS has a unique role in Australian society and an increase in public funding is justified. Income from |
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