World Watch

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World Watch
SBS World Watch Logo.svg
Genre World news
Country of originAustralia
International
Original languageVarious
Production
Running time20-60 minutes (per program)
Original release
Network SBS (1993–present)
SBS Viceland (2009–present)
SBS WorldWatch (2022–present)
Release24 August 1993 (1993-08-24) [1]  
present

World Watch, or WorldWatch, is a programming block on SBS and SBS Viceland, and a standalone television channel 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.

Contents

History

The WorldWatch program began on 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]

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.

In early 2022, SBS announced that they are relocating most of non-English news bulletins from the World Watch programming block into their newly launched in-house news channel SBS WorldWatch, which launched on 23 May 2022, along with SBS-produced local news in both Arabic and Mandarin (which the latter two was premiered early on SBS On Demand since earlier that year), as both SBS and SBS Viceland are making some space for special events such as live sports that has been interrupt World Watch news bulletins (see below), although English news bulletins from international news channels (not to be confused with SBS-produced SBS World News ) are still available to watch in the morning and midday. [5]

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, Canada, Croatia, France, Fiji, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Malta, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, 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

English News bulletins

NetworkCountry of originNetwork/BroadcasterProgram name
SBS Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia APAC NetworkAPAC Weekly
Flag of France.svg  France France 24 PrimeNews Paris
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DW (DW English) DW News
Flag of India.svg  India DD (DD India)News Night
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan NHK (NHK World-Japan) NHK Newsline
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines ABS-CBN (ANC/Kapamilya Channel) The World Tonight
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Al Jazeera News
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC (BBC One/BBC News) BBC News at Six [8]
BBC News at Ten
Flag of the United States.svg  United States PBS PBS News Hour
Washington Week
ABC ABC World News Tonight
This Week
SBS Viceland Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada APTN APTN National News Weekend
CBC (CBC TV/CBC News Network) The National
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji FBC (FBC TV)FBC News
Flag of France.svg  France France 24 Eye on Africa
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DW (DW English)Global Us
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Al Jazeera Newshour
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TRT (TRT World)Newshour
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Whakaata Māori Te Ao with Moana
Flag of the United States.svg  United States ABC Nightline
Indian Country Today ICT Newscast

Non-English News bulletins on SBS WorldWatch

LanguageLanguage branch and familyCountry of originNetwork/BroadcasterProgram name
Arabic Semitic (Afroasiatic)Flag of France.svg  France France 24 نشرةالأخبار (Nashrat Al'akhbar)
صباح فرانس 24 (Sabah France 24)
Armenian Armenian (Indo-European)Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia ARMTV Լուրեր (Lurer)
Bengali Indo-Aryan (Indo-European)Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Channel i সংবাদ (Sambāda)
Bosnian Slavic (Indo-European)Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT (BHT 1)Dnevnik
Croatian Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia HRT (HRT 1) Dnevnik HRT
Dutch Germanic (Indo-European)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NPO/NOS (NPO 1 via BVN) NOS Journaal
Filipino Malayo-Polynesian (Austronesian)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines ABS-CBN (Kapamilya Channel), A2Z (via TFC) TV Patrol
French Romance (Indo-European)Flag of France.svg  France France Télévisions (France 2) Journal de 20 heures
France 24 Paris Direct
German Germanic (Indo-European)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ZDF heute-journal
Greek Hellenic (Indo-European)Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT (ERT1 via ERT World)ΕΡΤ Ειδήσεις (ERT Eidiseis)
Gujarati Indo-Aryan (Indo-European)Flag of India.svg  India DD (DD Girnar)ઇવનિંગ ન્યૂઝ (Evening News)
Hindi Aaj Tak नॉनस्टॉप 100 (Top 100 News)
Indonesian Malayo-Polynesian (Austronesian)Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia TVRI (TVRI National) Klik Indonesia Petang
Italian Romance (Indo-European)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy RAI (Rai 1) TG1
Japanese Japanese (Japonic)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan NHK (NHK G via NHK World Premium) NHK News 7
Korean Korean (Koreanic)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea YTN (via YTN WORLD)뉴스N이슈 (News N Issue)
Macedonian Slavic (Indo-European)Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia MRT (MRT 1) Dnevnik MRT
Malayalam Southern I (Dravidian)Flag of India.svg  India DD (DD Malayalam)വാർത്തകൾ (Vārttakaḷ)
Maltese Semitic (Afroasiatic)Flag of Malta.svg  Malta PBS (TVM)L-Aħbarijiet
Nepali Indo-Aryan (Indo-European)Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Nepal Television नेपाल टेलिभिजन समाचार (Nepal Television News)
Polish Slavic (Indo-European)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Polsat Group (Polsat/Polsat News) Wydarzenia
Portuguese Romance (Indo-European)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal RTP (RTP1 via RTP Internacional) Telejornal
Punjabi Indo-Aryan (Indo-European)Flag of India.svg  India PTC News PTC News
Romanian Romance (Indo-European)Flag of Romania.svg  Romania TVR (TVR 1 via TVRi)Telejurnal
Serbian Slavic (Indo-European)Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia RTS (RTS1 via RTS.rs)Дневник 2 (Dnevnik 2)
Sinhalese Indo-Aryan (Indo-European)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka SLRC (Rupavahini) රූපවාහිනී ප්‍රවෘත්ති (Rupavahini News)
Spanish Romance (Indo-European)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain RTVE (La 1 via TVE Internacional) Telediario
Tamil Southern I (Dravidian)Flag of India.svg  India Polimer TV செய்திகள் (Ceytikaḷ)
Telugu Southern II (Dravidian) DD (DD Yadagiri)వార్తలు (Vārtalu)
Thai Tai (Kra–Dai)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Thai PBS Thai PBS News
Turkish Common Turkic (Turkic)Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey TRT (TRT Haber)Öǧle Ana Haber
Ukrainian Slavic (Indo-European)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Suspilne (Pershyi) United News
Urdu Indo-Aryan (Indo-European)Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan PTV (PTV Home/PTV News via PTV Global)Khabarnama

Currently suspended

LanguageLanguage branch and familyCountry of originBroadcasterProgram
English Germanic (Indo-European)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China CGTN [a] The World Today
Mandarin Sinitic (Sino-Tibetan) CCTV (CCTV-4) [a] 中国新闻(China News)
English Germanic (Indo-European)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Russia Today [b] Live simulcast
Russian Slavic (Indo-European) NTV [b] Сегодня (Segodnya)

Former bulletins

LanguageLanguage branch and familyCountry of originBroadcaster
Arabic Semitic (Afroasiatic)Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon TL [11]
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Dubai TV [c]
Cantonese Sinitic (Sino-Tibetan)Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong ATV [12]
TVB (TVB Jade International) [c]
English Germanic (Indo-European)Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Fiji TV (Fiji One)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
Filipino Malayo-Polynesian (Austronesian)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines NBN (now PTV) [13]
French Romance (Indo-European)Flag of France.svg  France TV5Monde [c]
German Germanic (Indo-European)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DW (DW Deutsch)
Greek Hellenic (Indo-European)Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus CyBC [c]
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ANT1 (via ANT1 Pacific) [14]
Hindi Indo-Aryan (Indo-European)Flag of India.svg  India NDTV (NDTV India) [c]
DD (DD News) [c]
Hungarian Finno-Ugric (Uralic)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary MTVA (Duna/M1 via Duna World) [c]
Latin American Spanish [d] Romance (Indo-European)Flag of Chile.svg  Chile TVN [c]
Polish Slavic (Indo-European)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland TVP [15]
Somali Cushitic (Afroasiatic)Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Universal TV [c]
Tamil Southern I (Dravidian)Flag of India.svg  India DD (DD Podhigai) [c]
Vietnamese Vietic (Austroasiatic)Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam VTV (via VTV4)

Notes

  1. 1 2 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." [9] CGTN bulletin for 6:30am timeslot was later replaced with English-language Deutsche-Welle bulletin instead.
  2. 1 2 Programming from NTV and Russia Today was suspended on 25 February 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine following feedback from Russian-speaking viewers. However, Russian-language programmes are still being offered on SBS Radio. [10]
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Currently available on SBS On Demand
  4. Listed as "Latin American News"

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