SBS is the Special
Broadcasting Service, a service available in
Australia. It offers a number of
radio stations and a
television station. It was set up by
Malcolm Fraser in the 1980's as a foil to the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Its focus is and has always been
multicultural media; it's in the organisation's
charter. This means that they show a lot of
foreign movies, as well as
series on their television station; and they have a very internationally oriented news and current affairs schedule. The
radio station focuses on non-English broadcasts, usually on a time-shared system (e.g. Arabic program is 8am to 9am on Tuesdays and Thursdays).
Although the focus is multicultural, they also venture into experimental television. South Park first aired on SBS in Australia, before it was popular. They also, for example, have shows like Eat Carpet, which despite the name has nothing to do with lesbianism, rather it is a TV show devoted to short films, experimental television and generally weird stuff.
They have recently expanded their role, starting SBS films, and also SBS World Movies, which is a cable tv channel available on Optus.
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