SBS WorldWatch is an Australian

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owned and operated by the

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(SBS). The channel shows multilingual international news bulletins in more than 30 languages, as well as two local bulletins in Mandarin and Arabic.

History

In early 2022, SBS officially launched their own

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and

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local news bulletins on

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and announced the launch of the WorldWatch channel. The channel would also offer non-English news bulletins in more than 30 languages from around the world; most of these came from the

World Watch ''World Watch'', or ''WorldWatch'', is a programming block on SBS, SBS Viceland and SBS WorldWatch in Australia that carries news bulletins from countries around the world. The World Watch service gives viewers the opportunity to see news bullet ...

programming block, which had aired on SBS and

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. The channel was launched on 23 May 2022 on channel 35, along with the SBS-produced Arabic and Mandarin bulletins. Both SBS and SBS Viceland continued to air English news bulletins from international news channels in morning and midday timeslots under the current WorldWatch block.

Programming

News bulletins

Local news bulletins

(aired on Weeknights) * ''SBS Arabic News'' * ''SBS Mandarin News''

Repeat programs

(in English language with Arabic and Mandarin subtitles) * ''

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'' * '' The Feed'' (archived episodes) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * ''The Point''

Current international news bulletins

Former international news bulletins

Late night simulcasts

* DW English * France 24 English

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:SBS WorldWatch Special Broadcasting Service Television channels and stations established in 2022 2022 establishments in Australia 24-hour television news channels in Australia