Special Broadcasting Service

Special Broadcasting Service

Logo used since 2019
Company type	Public service broadcaster
Founded	1 January 1978; 46 years ago (1978-01-01)
Founder	Fraser government
Headquarters	14 Herbert Street, Artarmon, Sydney, Australia
Area served	Australia
Key people	George Savvides (Chair) James Taylor (Managing Director)
Revenue	$159.146 million (2024)
Operating income	$2.113 million (2024)
Net income	$1.558 million (2024)
Total assets	$353.253 million (2024)
Total equity	$243.738 million (2024)
Owner	Australian Government
Number of employees	1,319[a] (2024)
Divisions	SBS Television SBS Radio
Website	sbs.com.au
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The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from tax revenue.^[2] SBS operates six TV channels (SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World Movies, SBS Food, NITV and SBS WorldWatch) and seven radio networks (SBS Radios 1, 2 and 3, Arabic24, SBS Chill, SBS South Asian and SBS PopAsia). SBS Online is home to SBS On Demand video streaming service.

The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect Australia's multicultural society".^[3] SBS is one of five main free-to-air networks in Australia.

SBS formally came into existence in 1978 as a radio network. Full-time transmission began on a new television channel in 1980. In-show advertising commenced in 2006. Commercial breaks are set at five minutes per hour. SBS's most successful imported television series is South Park.

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