Country | Australia |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Network | SBS Television |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed on pay TV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Special Broadcasting Service |
Sister channels | SBS SBS HD SBS World Movies SBS Food NITV SBS WorldWatch |
History | |
Launched | 1 June 2009 |
Replaced | SBS World News Channel |
Former names | SBS TWO (1 June 2009 – 1 April 2013) SBS 2 (1 April 2013 – 15 November 2016) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel 7 |
Freeview SBS | Channel 31 |
SBS Viceland (stylised as SBS VICELAND) is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). It began as SBS TWO on 1 June 2009,[1] and was branded as SBS 2 between 2013 and 2016. On 8 April 2017, SBS Viceland began simulcasting in high definition.[2] On 17 June 2019, the standard definition broadcast was closed and replaced by SBS World Movies, leaving SBS Viceland as a high definition-only channel.[3][4]
Its flagship news and current affairs program The Feed aired on Thursday nights at 8:30pm.