SBS to launch second TV channel tonight

Tim Burrowes

June 1, 2009 10:29

SBS’s new digital TV channel, SBS2, launches at 6pm tonight.

The relatively low key first evening will see animated short Harvie Krumpet as the first show, a simulcast with SBS1 of World News Australia, followed by German drama series 112 Emergency.

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Tim Burrowes

I write about the world's media and marketing industry from an Australian perspective Australian lens. I've worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia. I founded Mumbrella, which we sold in 2017.

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4 COMMENTS

Visitant 1 Jun 09

Er, you mean SBS1, not ABC1, right?

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mumbrella 1 Jun 09

Yikes! Thanks, Visitant – now corrected. Never wrong for long…

Neerav 1 Jun 09

I was hoping to see quite a lot of new content on SBS2 but after the paltry funding raise they got in the federal budget this looks unlikely

Realistically SBS2 will be mostly world news + spillover + repeats

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peter 1 Jun 09

lets hope its not too many of these lovely harvy norton commercials

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