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This year SBS has come up with a television schedule that shows lots of promise. We review more than 15 SBS television programs for 2012. Definitely there are many worth watching. Find out what’s screening, what to watch or catch up on, during the year.
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SBS have released another app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod. This one is for radio. It’s called Your Language. One for Android is on its way. The SBS Audio and Language Content Director, Dirk Anthony, said “I hope [the Android version] will be available within months”. The SBS Your Language app has a range of great functions including live streaming of SBS Radio 1, Radio 2, POPAsia, and SBS chill, audio on demand – a mix of podcasts and audio highlights. It also has the ability to listen to previous programs, which |
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Parliament did not intend in-program breaks
When the SBS was established as a corporation under the SBS Act in 1991, the Parliament granted SBS the right to broadcast advertisements before and after programs, and in “natural program breaks”. Although the Act did not define that phrase, the Hansard of the day clearly shows the Parliament intended that “natural program breaks” meant “half time in a soccer match”. No other definition was given.
On this basis, advice was provided to the SBS that it was not allowed to place ads in programs except sport. Ads only appeared between programs
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