Australian Media: Difference between revisions

** '''[[ABC 3]]''' (SD, 23), Australia's only free-to-air channel exclusively for kids' shows.

** '''ABC News 24''' (HD, 24), [[Overly Narrow Superlative|Australia's most watched]] [[24-Hour News Networks|24 hour news channel]].

* '''[[SBS]]''' was originally created to provide programming to Australians who have English as a second language. However, due to budget concerns, the problems catering to such a broad audience, and the rise of foreign-language pay TV services, the SBS has had to supplement its income through advertising. These days, SBS has a range of alternative programmes, including documentaries (both from Australia and the overseas market), sports (''especially'' [[The Beautiful Game|soccer]]), foreign-language series such as Austria's ''Inspector Rex'' and Denmark's ''Unit One'', foreign language films, a block of American imports such as ''[[Big Love]]'' and ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', foreign news programs, and a tradition of at least one hour of sex-related viewing, documentary or [[Porn with Plot|other]][[Porn Without Plot|wise]], every Friday night. (This mix has led to the [[Memetic Mutation|commonly-used]] [[Fun with Acronyms|backronym]] "Sex and Bloody Soccer".) SBS has two channels broadcast in digital available nationwide, and is the only network to still simulcast its main channel in Standard and High Definition. The broadcasting type and LCN for each channel is noted below in brackets (one has multiple LCNs).

** '''SBS ONE''' (SD, 3 & 33 & 34;<ref>The latter two are placeholders for future channels; they are labelled "SBS 3" and "SBS 4" but currently just run duplicate broadcasts of SBS ONE</ref> HD, 30), a "general" channel (if it can be called that), also broadcast in analogue on channel 28.