TV Channel Overview
SBS is a national public television channel operated by the Special Broadcasting Service, Australia's multicultural public broadcaster. Based in Sydney, New South Wales, the channel serves audiences across Australia with a general-interest schedule shaped by the broadcaster's multicultural public-service role.
The channel features Australian stories, international news and current affairs, drama, documentaries, cultural and factual programs, entertainment, and sports. Its programming brings together Australian productions and content from other countries, reflecting different cultural perspectives and experiences within a national television service. This approach is closely connected with the SBS Charter, which gives the broadcaster a specific responsibility to reflect Australia's multicultural society and support cultural and linguistic diversity.
SBS television broadcasting began in 1980, initially serving Sydney and Melbourne before expanding to other parts of the country. Today, the SBS channel remains the principal general-interest television service within a broader network that also includes Indigenous, specialist, and multilingual media services.
Basic Information
- Genre
- General (News, Documentaries, Drama, Culture, Entertainment)
- Language
- English, Multilingual
- Country / Location
- Home > Oceania > Australia
- Headquarters
- Artarmon, Sydney, New South Wales
