Logo used since 2022 | |
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Network | SBS Television |
| Programming | |
| Language | Various |
| Picture format | 576iSDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Special Broadcasting Service |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | 23 May 2022; 3 years ago (23 May 2022) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 35 |
SBS WorldWatch is an Australianfree-to-airtelevision channel owned and operated by theSpecial Broadcasting Service (SBS). The channel shows multilingual international news bulletins in more than 30 languages, as well as two local bulletins in Mandarin and Arabic.[1][2][3]
In early 2022, SBS officially launched their ownArabic andMandarin local news bulletins onSBS On Demand and announced the launch of the WorldWatch channel.[1] The channel would also offer non-English news bulletins in more than 30 languages from around the world; most of these were transferred from theWorld Watch programming block, which had aired onSBS andSBS Viceland.[4] The channel was launched on 23 May 2022 on channel 35, along with the SBS-produced Arabic and Mandarin bulletins.[2][3] Both SBS and SBS Viceland continued to airEnglish news bulletins from international news channels in morning and midday timeslots under the current World Watch block.[4]
(in English language with Arabic and Mandarin subtitles)
| Language | Country of origin | Network/Broadcaster | Program name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | SBS | SBS عربي News(SBS Arabic News) | |
| Cantonese | TVB(TVB Jade International)[a] | TVB News Bulletin(overseas edition) | |
| French | TV5Monde[a] | 64' Le Monde en français | |
| German | DW(DW Deutsch) | Der Tag | |
| Hindi | DD(DD News)[a] | न्यूज़ @ 10(News @ 10) | |
| Hungarian | MTVA(Duna/M1 viaDuna World)[a] | Híradó | |
| Mandarin | SBS | SBS 中文 News(SBS Mandarin News) | |
| Somali | Universal TV[a] | Warka | |
| Tamil | DD(DD Podhigai)[a] | செய்திகள்(Ceytikal) |