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Out of the 2024 upfronts, SBS’s presentation is the most impressive so far.
Good news that NITV will launch a HD channel this December, and that SBS has retained the FIFA World Cup broadcast rights.
SBS on Demand is already one of the leading streaming platforms in the country, and is getting even better. I love the new opt-out function which allows you to skip ads featuring gambling, alcohol and fast food outlets.
Interesting that World on Fire season 2 is not mentioned in the list of international dramas that SBS will show in 2024, even though the broadcaster recently bought the rights to it.
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Put it in your calendar - 2025 going to be a big year for @SBS. pic.twitter.com/PGbuIDJAg8
— Colin Vickery (@Colvick) October 31, 2023
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Two new history documentaries are coming to SBS.
SBS has bought Ukrainian drama Those Who Stayed from distributor Red Arrow Studios International.
https://tbivision.com/2023/11/27/france-televisions-sbs-cbc-acquire-ukrainian-war-drama-those-who-stayed/
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Screen Australia has announced three documentaries funded through the Commissioned Program and four projects through the Producer Program that will share in over $1.7 million of production funding.
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Osher Günsberg: My Journey Beyond Pain: This one-hour follow-up to Osher Günsberg: A Matter of Life and Death for SBS follows presenter Osher Günsberg as he undertakes a personal investigation into his own pain journey and where he not only meets people living with chronic pain and explores new treatments, but also those who enjoy pain and seek it out. David Galloway (War on Waste) is writing/executive producing, with Ashley Davies (Could You Survive on the Breadline?) and Leonie Lowe (Osher Günsberg: A Matter of Life and Death) also attached as executive producers. My Journey Beyond Pain is funded in association with SBS. It is financed with support from Screen NSW. International sales will be managed by Escapade Media.
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Skin in the Game: This 60-minute documentary for NITV follows Marlee Silva, a proud Gamilaroi and Dunghutti woman who grew up in the world of rugby league as the daughter of legendary footballer, Rod ‘Rocket’ Silva. Now, as an emerging sports commentator and media star, Marlee dives into the highly-contested world of rugby league and women’s sport in Australia to ask where we are heading as a nation. Skin in the Game is written and directed by Dena Curtis (A League of Her Own), with Marlee Silva (Tiddas 4 Tiddas), Laurie Critchley and Georgia Woodward of Magda’s Big National Health Check executive producing. It is financed in association with NITV, with support from Screen NSW and the Shark Island Institute.
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Unofficial History: This three-part series for SBS cracks open a forgotten vault to reveal the stories and pictures of Australia as it went through a startling transformation in the 1970s. This documentary depicts a country that resisted change for so long and highlights what eventuated into the modern nation we now know – exploring the difficulties that underrepresented groups living in Australia experienced and the gains they made that now need to be protected. Unofficial History is from writer/director Chris Eley (Designing a Legacy), director Pauline Clague (When Colin Met Joyce), director Ili Baré (Australia’s Open) and producers Jo-anne McGowan (River, Mountain) and Rebecca Bennett (Ghosthunter). It is financed in association with SBS with support from the National Film Sound Archive (NFSA), Screen NSW and The Post Lounge. International sales will be managed by ABC Commercial and post, digital and visual effects are supported by Screen NSW.
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SBS has bought 4-part true crime documentary The Flight Attendant Murders from distributor BossaNova.
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Btw… on a side note, I recommend going to the Titanic exhibit at the Melbourne museum. Fantastic display of real life artefacts brought up from the wreck.
I went to the exhibition last week. It was an amazing display including the full-scale model of the grand staircase.
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Easter Island Origins is a coproduction with France Télévisions and PBS International has secured additional coproduction funding with broadcasters including NHK (Japan), SBS (Australia), and WELT (Germany).
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SBS has acquired new BBC drama This Town, from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight.
Venezuela: Country of Lost Children (1×52’/90’) was produced in 2023 by Berlin-based production house Dreamer Joint Venture for Franco-German public broadcaster Arte. Paris-based Java Films will be launching the film at the European Film Market in Berlin next week.
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Netflix has joined AMC Networks International,
CBC in Canada and SBS in Australia in acquiring Israel’s highest-rating scripted series of 2023, Kuma Studios’ relationship drama A Body That Works (Goof Shlishi), from Keshet International (KI).
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SBS has acquired the reboot of drama series Rebus from distributor Viaplay Content Distribution.
New series funding announced by Screen Australia include
Our Medicine :
A 6 x 30-minute documentary series for NITV following First Nations professionals working on the medical front-line as they try to achieve better health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and communities. The series examines how these professionals navigate the medical system with their culture and identity at the forefront and look at the strategies necessary to close the unacceptable gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health outcomes. Attached is series director Kimberley Benjamin (Family Rules), co-director Karla Hart (Yokayi Footy , Family Rules) and post director Jeremy Thomson, with Karla Hart and Sam Bodhi Field of Our Law producing. It has received major production investment from NITV with support from Screenwest, Lotterywest and the WA Regional Screen Fund.
The Jury Project :
From Northern Pictures, The Jury Project is a four-part series for SBS that puts the jury system on trial and explores the challenges and intricacies of the justice system. The Jury Project is directed by Tosca Looby and executive produced by Karina Holden, whose credits include Asking For It and See What You Made Me Do. It has received major production investment from SBS.
“Our audiences love historical dramas with a thrilling edge and we are sure they will be seduced by the impressive scale of the production, evocative setting of wartime Switzerland and the thrilling tale of espionage that unfolds,” said Haidee Ireland, channel manager for SBS On Demand and SBS World Movies.