World Watch

*World Watch*
World Watch
Genre	World news
Country of origin	Australia; International
Original language	Various
Production
Running time	20-60 minutes (per program)
Original release
Network	SBS (1993–present); SBS Viceland (2009–present); SBS WorldWatch (2022–present)
Release	24 August 1993 –; 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.

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

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

Non-English News bulletins on SBS WorldWatch

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

Currently suspended

Language	Language branch and family	Country of origin	Broadcaster	Program
English	Germanic (Indo-European)	China	CGTN^[a]	The World Today
Mandarin	Sinitic (Sino-Tibetan)	China	CCTV (CCTV-4)^[a]	中国新闻 (China News)
English	Germanic (Indo-European)	Russia	Russia Today^[b]	Live simulcast
Russian	Slavic (Indo-European)	Russia	NTV^[b]	Сегодня (Segodnya)

Former bulletins

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

Notes

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Currently available on SBS On Demand
^ Listed as "Latin American News"

References

^ ^a ^b "Monday 23 August 1993 — MELBOURNE". Television.AU. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
^ Gibbs, Stephen (2 December 2003). "Crunch time for SBS over Vietnamese news bulletin". The Age. Fairfax Media.
^ "A brief history of SBS (Archived)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007.
^ Sainsbury, Zoe (6 October 2015). "SBS to bring more breaking international news & culture to TV". SBS Radio. Special Broadcasting Service.
^ "SBS WorldWatch". SBS Corporate. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^ "FAQ's – World Watch". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ "SBS World Watch Intro for no news from ERT, Greece". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
^ "BBC News at Six news joins SBSs morning World Watch line-up". SBS Media Centre. Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
^ "SBS suspends Chinese-sourced news programming after receiving human rights complaint". SBS News. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
^ "Statement from SBS regarding acquired Russian TV news programming". SBS Corporate. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^ "Télé Liban (TL)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "Asia Television Limited (ATV)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "SBS Television - What's on". Special Broadcasting Service. 22 February 2004. Archived from the original on 22 February 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ "Antenna Television SA (ANT1)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ "Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

External links

[CHN-9] 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.

[RUS-12] 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]

[SBSOD-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Currently available on SBS On Demand

[LatAm-18] Listed as "Latin American News"

[television_au-1] "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] "SBS WorldWatch". SBS Corporate. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 23 May 2022.

[6] "FAQ's – World Watch". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

[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. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

[:0-10] "SBS suspends Chinese-sourced news programming after receiving human rights complaint". SBS News. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

[11] "Statement from SBS regarding acquired Russian TV news programming". SBS Corporate. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[13] "Télé Liban (TL)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[15] "Asia Television Limited (ATV)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[16] "SBS Television - What's on". Special Broadcasting Service. 22 February 2004. Archived from the original on 22 February 2004. Retrieved 5 June 2022.

[17] "Antenna Television SA (ANT1)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[19] "Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP)". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 21 October 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

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