History Creator / SBS

Not to be confused with [[Manga/OnePiece Eiichiro Oda's]] Q&A column, the [[Creator/SBSSouthKorea SBS network in South Korea (Seoul Broadcasting System)]], or [[UsefulNotes/FlemishTVStations SBS Belgium]] (which is known in Germany as the [[UsefulNotes/GermanTVStations ProSieben group]]) which both have the same abbreviations.

Since pay TV has helped to provide TV for non-Anglophones, SBS finally expanded to more popular English-language programmes. Despite showing hits such as ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' and ''Series/IronChef'', the network again ran into monetary problems, and even faced the threat of being merged with Creator/TheABC (although the government abandoned this idea after a backlash from ethnic minorities). To help increase their budget, SBS began accepting advertising in the late 1980s. Viewers who kept with the network since its inception were worried and upset that it was betraying its roots, while other people weren't watching SBS anyway because they thought it was just filled with [[FunWithAcronyms Sex and Bloody Soccer]].

* '''SBS ONE''', formerly simply known as '''SBS''': the original channel.

SBS was first established in 1975 as a state-funded radio service for the approximately 25% of Australians who have English as a second language. It expanded to television in 1980. It contained a variety of factual and fictional programmes from a wide range of countries and in a wide number of languages. There were just two small problems -- 1) no Anglos watched the channel, meaning it bled money, and 2) there was no single minority large enough to provide it a single stable audience, unlike Spanish-language TV in the United States. As a result it diversified its schedule a little, adding quirky programmes from overseas, like anime or cult U.S. programmes. It also became an enthusiastic supporter of sports popular with migrants, but not the Australian mainstream, like UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball. As a public broadcaster, the SBS was exempt from the Commercial Television Code of Practice, and took advantage by broadcasting raunchy foreign-language movies in late time slots. This combination earned it the [[FunWithAcronyms backronym]] ''Soccer Before Sex''

* '''[[Creator/{{SBS2}} SBS Viceland]]''', launched June 2009 but rebranded on 1 April 2013 as a channel for young people, with a greater focus on cult comedy shows like ''Series/{{Community}}'', Japanese GameShows like ''Series/UnbeatableBanzuke'', and a variety of foreign dramas and quirky documentaries. However, in the morning it still runs a whole slew of international foreign-language news-feeds. In 2016, it co-branded with the multinational Viceland network, mixing its original documentary-style programming into its existing lineup.

Not to be confused with [[Manga/OnePiece Eiichiro Oda's]] Q&A column, the SBS network in South Korea (Seoul Broadcasting System), or [[UsefulNotes/FlemishTVStations SBS Belgium]] (which is known in Germany as the [[UsefulNotes/GermanTVStations ProSieben group]]) which both have the same abbreviations.

Since pay TV has helped to provide TV for non-Anglophones, SBS finally expanded to more popular English-language programmes. Despite showing hits such as ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' and ''Series/IronChef'', the network again ran into monetary problems, and even faced the threat of being merged with Creator/TheABC (although the government abandoned this idea after a blacklash from ethnic minorities). To help increase their budget, SBS began accepting advertising in the late 1980s. Viewers who kept with the network since its inception were worried and upset that it was betraying its roots, while other people weren't watching SBS anyway because they thought it was just filled with [[FunWithAcronyms Sex and Bloody Soccer]].

* '''SBS World Movies''', a channel which airs independent movies, and movies from other countries; took over the channel which aired a SD simulcast of SBS Viceland.

!!!SBS broadcasts four different television channels altogether:

* '''Food Network''', A licensed Australian version of Creator/FoodNetwork.

* '''[[Creator/{{SBS2}} SBS Viceland]]''', launched June 2009 but rebranded on 1 April 2013 as a channel for young people, with a greater focus on cult comedy shows like ''Series/{{Community}}'', Japanese GameShows like ''Series/UnbeatableBanzuke'', and a variety of foreign dramas and quirky documentaries. However, in the morning it still runs a whole slew of international foreign-language news-feeds. In 2016, it co-branded with the U.S.-originated Viceland network, mixing its original documentary-style programming into its existing lineup.