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| Division of: | Special Broadcasting Service |
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| Founded: | 1980 |
| Headquarters: | 14 Herbert Street,Artarmon, New South Wales |
| Area served: | Worldwide |
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| Parent: | Special Broadcasting Service |
| Website: | sbs.com.au/news |
SBS World News is the news service of theSpecial Broadcasting Service inAustralia. Its flagship nightly bulletin is broadcast at6:30 pm onSBS with additional weeknight late bulletins from10:30 pm on SBS. SBS News is also available as a newsapp and website.
The World News began as a half-hour bulletin, first seen in 1980, soon after the launch of the then-named Channel 0/28.George Donikian was the service's first presenter; veteran newsreaderMary Kostakidis began reading the weekend news in 1986. The network's long-running investigative documentary seriesDateline started in 1984.[citation needed]
Closed captioning for the SBS World News television service was introduced in March 1997.[citation needed]
In 2002, a digital-onlyWorld News Channel was launched, aimed at providing a comprehensive foreign-language news channel, mainly showing additional bulletins already seen in SBS' morning WorldWatch timeslot. No English-language bulletins were shown on the channel until its demise in 2009.[citation needed]
World News Australia was relaunched in its current one-hour format in January 2007 taking over the timeslot ofToyota World Sport and signingCNN correspondentStan Grant to co-present alongsideMary Kostakidis. The merger between the two programs took place as a result of a claimed drop-off in viewers between programs, when a solid block of advertising would be shown. As a result, the relaunch saw the introduction of commercial breaks during the bulletin.[1]
The new bulletin format has since lost viewers, with the late bulletin often out-rating the flagship 6:30 pm bulletin;[citation needed] most of this has been attributed to the perceived commercialisation of the bulletin by the SBS Board.[citation needed]
A dispute between longtime presenterMary Kostakidis and the network arose in August 2007, when she walked out of the network in frustration at what she saw as increased commercialisation at the network, and a shift away from the original values of both the news service and the station in general.[2] It was widely speculated that Kostakidis' contract stipulated she would be the network's main news presenter, and maintain editorial control over bulletins, somewhat altered byWorld News Australia's change in format. Kostakidis took legal action[3] against SBS for breach of contract.
In 2009, World News Channel was replaced withSBS Two which becameSBS Viceland in 2016.[citation needed]
In February 2014,World News Australia was relaunched with new graphics along with a name,SBS World News.[citation needed]
In 2017,SBS World News was upgraded with a new set and improved website.[4] The program can now be streamed on theSBS News website as well as the SBS News app.
From 1980 to 1991,Processional Fanfare by thePhilip Jones Brass Ensemble was used as the maintheme. Since 1991, theWorld News andWorld News Australia themes have been written byAustraliancomposerNigel Westlake.[5]
SBS World News is broadcast nightly at 6:30 pm and is Australia's only locally-produced news bulletin that focuses on world events. It is presented byJanice Petersen from Sunday to Thursday, andAnton Enus on Friday and Saturday.[6] Finance is presented byRicardo Gonçalves on weeknights.[citation needed]
Fill in presenters for the bulletin include:Ricardo Gonçalves and Darren Mara (News);Robert Grasso, Mariana Rudan and Lucy Zelić (Sport); and Catalina Flórez, Virginia Langeberg or Darren Mara (Finance).[citation needed]
SBS World News Late was originally known asWorld News at Nine (reflecting its original 9:00 pm position), then asWorld News Tonight when it moved to 9:30 pm. It no longer has any branding distinct from the main 6:30 pm bulletin. In 2012, the bulletin moved to a later timeslot of 10:30 pm.[citation needed]
Regular presenters for this bulletin includeRicardo Gonçalves, Darren Mara and Catalina Flórez. Occasional presenters for the bulletin include Virginia Langeberg and Lin Evlin.[citation needed]
Previous presenters includeAnton Enus,Ben Fajzullin, Neena Mairata,Amrita Cheema,Indira Naidoo and PJ Madam.[citation needed]
Until its end in August 2006, the specially produced online news bulletins were presented by Ashleigh Nghiem. The online bulletins have since been replaced by stand-alone reports.[citation needed]
SBS radio news bulletins are broadcast throughout the day—including the flagship national bulletins, but also feature more national and international news stories.[citation needed]
The main national bulletins are broadcast onSBS Radio on the hour, 24 hours a day, SBS World News Radio airs weekdays from 6 am and 6 pm on SBS Radio 1. National bulletins air on SBS Radio broadcasts the foreign-language news bulletins on SBS World News Australia Radio.[citation needed]
Former presenters of World News Australia include Mary Kostakidis andStan Grant, who both departed in 2007,Amrita Cheema[7] who resigned in June 2008 andBen Fajzullin who resigned in 2010. In October 2010, it was announced that Neena Mairata would leave SBS due to cost-cutting measures.[citation needed] In 1999, Susanne Annabellem Robinson and Micahel both filled in on the World Tonight.[citation needed]
Lee Lin Chin worked for almost 40 years with SBS. In 2018, she announced her resignation.[8]
Their website is available at sbs.com.au/news. There is also an app called SBS News.[9][non-primary source needed]
