World Watch

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World Watch
GenreWorld news
Country of originAustralia
International
Original languageVarious
Production
Running time20-60 minutes (per program)
Release
Original networkSBS (1993–present)
SBS Viceland (2009–present)
Picture formatPresentation
HDTV 1080i
Program formats
DVB-T 480i/576i 16:9/4:3
HDTV 1080i
Audio formatStereo
Original release24 August 1993 (1993-08-24)[1] –
present
External links
Website

World Watch, or WorldWatch, is a programming block on SBS and SBS Viceland in Australia that carries news bulletins from countries around the world. The World Watch service gives viewers the opportunity to see news bulletins in their native language. The majority of these bulletins are produced by public or state broadcasters.

History[]

The WorldWatch program began in 24 August 1993 with news bulletins from the People's Republic of China, the United States, Germany and Russia.[1]

In June 2002, SBS launched the SBS World News Channel, providing repeats of aired bulletins on SBS in addition to updated bulletins.

In October 2003, Filipino, Vietnamese and Arabic were added to the World Watch schedule. However, the Vietnamese service was controversial as the broadcaster chosen was the government-controlled VTV4, which was seen as deeply offensive and seen as propaganda to many Vietnamese Australians who fled after the Vietnam War.[2] It was quickly removed on 17 October.[3]

In 2009, SBS replaced the World News Channel with SBS 2 (now SBS Viceland), and the bulletins also moved to the new channel under the "World Watch" banner. Bulletins air from 6:00am to 6:00pm, whereas SBS airs the bulletins between 5:00am and 1:30pm.

In 2010, SBS added three new languages: Portuguese, Urdu and Hindi.

In October 2015, SBS added eleven new bulletins to the World Watch schedule: African English, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Nepali, Punjabi, Romanian, Sinhalese, Somali, Tamil and Thai; and created an English language line-up on SBS, which moved the Cantonese, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin bulletins from SBS to SBS 2.[4]

In early 2021, SBS suspended its Chinese-sourced Mandarin and English bulletins from CCTV and CGTN in response to a complaint from a human rights group that the channels were broadcasting "forced confessions."[5] In the bulletin's 6:30am timeslot airs an English-language Deutsche-Welle bulletin instead.

Usually, before a WorldWatch bulletin, an intro animation revealing the city and country of origin of the bulletin, sometimes also including the full title of the bulletin, is shown, as well as a disclaimer, which, following the previously mentioned backlash over the choice of Vietnamese news broadcasts, explains that the bulletin may not reflect the network's standards and may include distressing content.

After a bulletin ends, information about other airtimes for that bulletin and airtimes for the bulletin language's SBS Radio program are shown, explained by a voiceover in the bulletin's native language. If the bulletin is in English, then no relevant information as mentioned is shown.

Bulletins[]

In determining the World Watch schedule, the policy of SBS has been to match the selection of news programs with the ethnic composition of the Australian population. The World Watch schedule includes news bulletins from Armenia, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Chile, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Malta, Nepal, the Netherlands, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The programs are usually broadcast unedited, and between the times of 2:30 am and mid-afternoon. However, SBS does edit programs under "exceptional circumstances"[6] where it breaches broadcasting regulations and its Codes of Practices. In addition, commercials and sponsorship messages are edited out, while the end of the program will also be cut out when the program runs overtime in its timeslot. Also, due to SBS broadcast rights to certain sporting events, particular bulletins can be axed from schedule to allow airtime for the sporting events. Very rarely does SBS ever fill in broadcast gaps with WorldWatch bulletins.

In case that SBS does not receive the program on time, the program's timeslot would be filled with either its WeatherWatch program or English-language programming from DW-TV in Germany.[7]

Current bulletins[]

Network Language Country of origin Broadcaster Program name
SBS Arabic  France France 24 باريس مباشر (Live from Paris)
نشرة الأخبار (Nashrat Al'akhbar)
English Live from Paris
 Germany Deutsche Welle DW News
 Japan NHK World-Japan NHK Newsline
 Qatar Al Jazeera News
 United Kingdom BBC BBC News at Six[8]
 United States PBS PBS NewsHour
ABC ABC World News Tonight
This Week with George Stephanopoulos
Filipino  Philippines ABS-CBN/Kapamilya Channel
(via The Filipino Channel) 		TV Patrol
French  France France 2 Journal de 20 heures
German  Germany Deutsche Welle Der Tag
Greek  Greece ERT (via ERT World) ΕΡΤ Ειδήσεις (ERT Eidiseis)
Italian  Italy RAI TG1
Spanish  Spain RTVE Telediario
Turkish  Turkey TRT (via TRT Türk) Ana Haber
SBS Viceland Bengali  Bangladesh Channel i সংবাদ (Sambāda)
Cantonese  Hong Kong TVB Jade News at 6:30
Croatian  Croatia HRT Dnevnik HRT
Dutch  Netherlands NOS (via BVN) NOS Journaal
Hindi  India NDTV India NDTV India
Indonesian  Indonesia TVRI Klik Indonesia Petang
Japanese  Japan NHK (via NHK World Premium) NHK News 7
Korean  South Korea YTN YTN 24
Macedonian  North Macedonia MRT Dnevnik MRT
Polish  Poland Polsat Wydarzenia
Punjabi  India PTC Punjabi PTC Prime
Russian  Russia NTV Сегодня (Segodnya)
Serbian  Serbia RTS Dnevnik
Sinhalese  Sri Lanka SLRC රූපවාහිනී ප්‍රවෘත්ති (Rūpavāhinī Pravṛtti)
Thai  Thailand Thai PBS Thai PBS News
SBS Viceland (weekly) African English  France France 24 Eye on Africa
Armenian  Armenia ARMTV Լուրեր (Lurer)
Bosnian  Bosnia and Herzegovina BHT 1 Dnevnik
Hungarian  Hungary Duna (via Duna World) Híradó
Latin American Spanish[a]  Chile TVN Chile al día
Nepali    Nepal Nepal Television नेपाल टेलिभिजन समाचार (Nepal Television News)
Portuguese  Portugal RTP Telejornal
Romanian  Romania TVR (via TVRi) Telejurnal
Somali  Somalia Universal TV Warka
Tamil  India Polimer TV பாலிமர் செய்திகள் (Polimer News)
Urdu  Pakistan PTV شہ سرخیاں (Sheh Surkhiyan)
SBS Viceland (biweekly) Maltese  Malta PBS L-Aħbarijiet
Ukrainian  Ukraine UA:PBC Новини (Novyny)

Currently suspended[]

Language Country of origin Broadcaster Program
English  China CGTN[b] The World Today
Mandarin CCTV[b] 中国新闻 (China News)

Former bulletins[]

Language Country of origin Broadcaster
Arabic[c]  United Arab Emirates Dubai TV
Czech  Czech Republic ČT
Greek[c]  Cyprus CyBC
Malaysian  Malaysia TV1
Vietnamese  Vietnam VTV (via VTV4)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Listed as "Latin American News"
  2. ^ a b SBS suspended broadcasting programs from CCTV and CGTN following allegations that both broadcasters aired 'forced confessions'.[5]
  3. ^ a b Currently available on SBS On Demand

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Monday 23 August 1993 — MELBOURNE". Television.AU. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. ^ Gibbs, Stephen (2 December 2003). "Crunch time for SBS over Vietnamese news bulletin". The Age. Fairfax Media.
  3. ^ "A brief history of SBS (Archived)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007.
  4. ^ Sainsbury, Zoe (6 October 2015). "SBS to bring more breaking international news & culture to TV". SBS Radio. Special Broadcasting Service.
  5. ^ a b "SBS suspends Chinese-sourced news programming after receiving human rights complaint". SBS News. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  6. ^ "FAQ's – World Watch". Special Broadcasting Service.
  7. ^ "SBS World Watch Intro for no news from ERT, Greece". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  8. ^ "BBC News at Six news joins SBSs morning World Watch line-up". SBS Media Centre. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

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