World Watch

World Watch
Company type	Television programming segment and channel
Industry	Broadcasting, Television news
Founded	1993-08-24
Headquarters	Australia
Area served	Australia
Products	International news bulletins in multiple languages
Parent	Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)

World Watch, also referred to as WorldWatch, is a programming segment broadcast on SBS and SBS Viceland, as well as a dedicated television channel in Australia. It features international news bulletins delivered in various native languages, primarily sourced from public or government-run broadcasters.

History

The WorldWatch service commenced on 24 August 1993, initially offering news bulletins from the People's Republic of China, the United States, Germany, and Russia.

In June 2002, SBS launched the SBS World News Channel, which provided both repeats and updated editions of news bulletins alongside its main SBS broadcasts.

By October 2003, the schedule expanded to include bulletins in Filipino, Vietnamese, and Arabic. However, the Vietnamese bulletin, sourced from the government-controlled VTV4, encountered significant criticism from many Vietnamese Australians and was subsequently discontinued shortly afterwards.

In 2009, the World News Channel was replaced by SBS 2 (currently SBS Viceland), with World Watch bulletins relocating to this channel. Broadcasts run from 6:00am until 6:00pm on SBS Viceland, while SBS airs them between 5:00am and 1:30pm.

By 2010, three additional languages—Portuguese, Urdu, and Hindi—were incorporated into the lineup.

In October 2015, the schedule was further extended by eleven new bulletins, including African English, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, Nepali, Punjabi, Romanian, Sinhalese, Somali, Tamil, and Thai. Concurrently, an English-language segment was introduced on SBS, with Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin bulletins shifting to SBS 2.

Prior to each bulletin, an introductory animation presents the city and country of origin alongside a disclaimer indicating that the content may not align with SBS standards and could contain distressing material. Following this, viewers receive information about the bulletin’s airtime and associated SBS Radio programs in the respective native language. Such details are omitted for English-language bulletins.

In early 2022, on 23 May, SBS unveiled its own dedicated news channel named SBS WorldWatch. The majority of non-English bulletins were transferred to this new channel to free up scheduling space on SBS and SBS Viceland for special programming such as live sports events that had previously interrupted World Watch broadcasts. This channel also features locally produced news in Arabic and Mandarin. English-language international news continues to be available on SBS during morning and midday time slots.

Bulletins

World Watch’s programming is designed to represent Australia’s multicultural population by featuring news bulletins from countries including Armenia, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, France, Fiji, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Malta, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Typically aired unedited between approximately 2:30 am and mid-afternoon hours, these programs are only modified under exceptional circumstances to ensure compliance with broadcasting laws and SBS’s Codes of Practice. Commercial advertisements and sponsorship content are removed; any programs exceeding their allocated duration are trimmed accordingly. Occasionally scheduling adjustments occur to accommodate SBS’s sports broadcasting commitments. When a bulletin is delayed or unavailable for broadcast, SBS substitutes it with WeatherWatch or English-language content sourced from DW-TV in Germany.

English News Bulletins

Network	Country of Origin	Broadcaster/Network	Program Title
SBS	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia	APAC Network	APAC Weekly
	File:Flag of France.svg France	France 24	PrimeNews Paris
	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	DW (DW English)	DW News
	File:Flag of India.svg India	DD (DD India)	News Night
	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	NHK (NHK World-Japan)	NHK Newsline
	File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	ABS-CBN (ANC/Kapamilya Channel)	The World Tonight
	Template:Country data Qatar	Al Jazeera	News
	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	BBC (BBC One/BBC News)	BBC News at Six
	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	BBC (BBC One/BBC News)	BBC News at Ten
	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	PBS	PBS News Hour
	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	PBS	Washington Week
SBS Viceland	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	APTN	APTN National News Weekend
	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada	CBC (CBC TV/CBC News Network)	The National
	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	FBC (FBC TV)	FBC News
	File:Flag of France.svg France	France 24	Eye on Africa
	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	DW (DW English)	Global Us
	Template:Country data Qatar	Al Jazeera	Newshour
	File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey	TRT (TRT World)	Newshour
	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	Whakaata Māori	Te Ao with Moana

Non-English News Bulletins on SBS WorldWatch

|- rowspan="2" (French language French) Template:Flag France Template:France Télévisions Template:France 2 Journal de 20 heures |- Template:France 24 Paris Direct ||German ||Template:Flag Germany ||ZDF||heute-journal |- ||Greek ||Template:Flag Greece ||ERT((ERT1 via ERT World)) ||ΕΡΤ Ειδήσεις (ERT Eidiseis) |- ||Gujarati ||Template:Flag India ||Doordarshan((DD Girnar)) ||ઇવનિંગ ન્યૂઝ (Evening News) |- ||Hindi ||Template:Flag India ||Aaj Tak ||नॉनस्टॉप 100 (Top 100 News; Nonstop 100) |- ||Indonesian ||Template:Flag Indonesia ||TVRI((TVRI National)) ||Klik Indonesia Petang |- ||Italian ||Template:Flag Italy ||RAI((Rai 1)) ||TG1 |- ||Japanese ||Template:Flag Japan ||NHK((NHK G via NHK World Premium)) ||NHK News 7 |- ||Korean ||Template:Flag South Korea ||YTN((via YTN WORLD)) ||뉴스N이슈 (News N Issue) |- ||Macedonian ||Template:Flag North Macedonia ||MRT((MRT 1)) ||Dnevnik MRT |- ||Malayalam ||Template:Flag India ||Doordarshan((DD Malayalam)) ||വാർത്തകൾ (Vārttakaḷ) |- ||Maltese ||Template:Flag Malta ||PBS((TVM)) ||L-Aħbarijiet |- ||Nepali ||Template:Flag Nepal ||Nepal Television||नेपाल टेलिभिजन समाचार (Nepal Television News) |- ||Polish||Template:Flag Poland||Telewizja Polsat((Polsat/Polsat News)) ||Wydarzenia |- ||Portuguese||Template:Flag Portugal||Rádio e Televisão de Portugal((RTP1 via RTP Internacional)) ||Telejornal (Portuguese TV program) |- ||Punjabi||Template:Flag India||PTC News||PTC News |- ||Romanian||Template:Flag Romania||Romanian Television((TVR 1 via TVRi)) ||Telejurnal |- ||Serbian||Template:Flag Serbia||Radio Television of Serbia((RTS1 via RTS.rs)) ||Дневник 2 (Dnevnik 2) |- ||Sinhalese||Template:Flag Sri Lanka||Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation((Rupavahini)) ||රූපවාහිනී ප්‍රවෘත්ති (Rupavahini News) |- ||Spanish||Template:Flag Spain||RTVE((La 1 via TVE Internacional)) ||Telediario |- ||Tamil||Template:Flag India||Polimer TV||செய்திகள் (Ceytikaḷ) |- ||Telugu||Template:Flag India||Doordarshan((DD Yadagiri)) వారం (Vārtalu) |- ||Thai||Template:Flag Thailand||Thai Public Broadcasting Service||Thai PBS News |- ||Turkish||Template:Flag Turkey||Turkish Radio and Television Corporation((TRT Haber)) ||Öǧle Ana Haber |- ||Ukrainian||Template:Flag Ukraine||Suspilne Movlennia((Pershyi)) Suspilne News / United News (2022-2024) |- ||Urdu||Template:Flag Pakistan||Pakistan Television Corporation((PTV Home/PTV News via PTV Global)) Khabarnama

Language	Country of Origin	Broadcaster/Network	Program Title
Arabic	File:Flag of France.svg France	France 24	نشرةالأخبار (Nashrat Al'akhbar)
Arabic	File:Flag of France.svg France	France 24	صباح فرانس 24 (Sabah France 24)
Armenian	Template:Country data Armenia	ARMTV	Լուրեր (Lurer)
Bengali	File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh	Channel i	সংবাদ (Sambāda)
Bosnian	Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHRT (BHT 1)	Dnevnik
Croatian	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	HRT (HRT 1)	Dnevnik HRT
Dutch	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	NPO/ NOS (NPO 1 via BVN)	NOS Journaal
Filipino	File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	ABS-CBN (Kapamilya Channel), A2Z (via The Filipino Channel)	TV Patrol

Currently suspended

Language	Country of origin	Broadcaster	Program
English	Template:Country data China	CGTN^{[lower-alpha 1]}	The World Today
Mandarin	Template:Country data China	CCTV (CCTV-4)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	中国新闻 (China News)
English	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	Russia Today^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Live simulcast
Russian	File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	NTV^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Сегодня (Segodnya)

Former bulletins

Language	Country of origin	Broadcaster
Arabic	Template:Country data Lebanon	TL
Arabic	Template:Country data United Arab Emirates	Dubai TV^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Cantonese	Template:Country data Hong Kong	ATV
Cantonese	Template:Country data Hong Kong	TVB (TVB Jade International)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
English	File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji	Fiji TV (Fiji One)
	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	TVNZ (TVNZ 1)
	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	ABC
Filipino	File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines	NBN (now PTV)
French	File:Flag of France.svg France	TV5Monde^{[lower-alpha 3]}
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Deutsche Welle (DW-TV#DW Deutsch)
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus	CyBC^{[lower-alpha 3]}
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	ANT1 (via ANT1 Pacific)
rowspan="2" \| File:Flag of India.svg India	NDTV (NDTV India)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Doordarshan (DD News)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	MTVA (via Duna World)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Template:Country data Chile	Televisión Nacional de Chile^{[lower-alpha 3]}
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	Telewizja Polska
Template:Country data Somalia	Universal TV^{[lower-alpha 3]}
File:Flag of India.svg India	Doordarshan (DD Podhigai)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Template:Country data Vietnam	Vietnam Television (via VTV4)

External links

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