SBS Australia

About SBS Australia

Location: Australia
Category: Public / Entertainment

The best of SBS entertainment, sport, drama, news, documentaries & more. Celebrating the world's diverse stories. SBS is a national public television network in Australia. Launched on 24 October 1980, it is the responsibility of SBS's television division, and is available nationally. In 2009, SBS had a 5.8% audience share. SBS began test transmissions in April 1979 when it showed various foreign language programs on ABV-2 Melbourne and ABN-2 Sydney on Sunday mornings. Full-time transmission began at 6.30 pm on 24 October 1980 (United Nations Day) as Channel 0/28. At the time, SBS was broadcasting on UHF Channel 28 and VHF Channel 0. Bruce Gyngell, who introduced television to Australia back in 1956, was given the task of introducing the first batch of programs on the new station.

Related TV Channels

ESPN Australia
Australia / Sport
ESPN Australia is a 24-hour sports channel offered in Australia and New Zealand. Initially, ESPN was known as Sports...

ABC Me
Australia / Entertainment
ABC Me is an Australian children's public digital television multichannel owned by the Australian Broadcasting...

Foxtel Arts
Australia / Public / Entertainment
Foxtel Arts is entirely devoted to serving discerning tastes in arts performance and factual insights into art, artists...

Australia Plus
Australia / Entertainment
Australia Plus is a TV broadcaster located in Australia. It’s a general entertainment channel that airs a mix of hit...

Arena TV
Australia / Entertainment
Arena Australia is a TV broadcaster located in Australia. It’s an entertainment channel that airs a potpourri of TV...