Special Broadcasting Service
Australian public radio and TV network
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| November 2022 | Following the Language Services Review in 2021, SBS re-introduced a range of new and existing programs in revised languages. |
| May 23 2022 | SBS WorldWatch channel was launched, broadcasting foreign-language bulletins and new locally-produced news bulletins in Arabic and Mandarin Chinese. |
| 2020 | George Savvides succeeded Bulent Hass Dellal as Chair of SBS. |
| July 1 2019 | World Movies was relaunched as a free-to-air television channel. |
| 2018 | James Taylor became Managing Director, replacing Michael Ebeid. |
| November 17 2018 | SBS Food Network was renamed to SBS Food. |
| January 31 2018 | World Movies subscription channel was closed. |
| 2017 | Bulent Hass Dellal succeeded Nihal Gupta as Chair of SBS. |
| November 17 2015 | SBS launched the SBS Food Network. |
| March 27 2015 | SBS closed down the Studio channel, which was subsequently replaced by Foxtel Arts. |
| 2014 | Nihal Gupta succeeded Joseph Skrzynski as Chair of SBS. |
| April 2013 | SBS rolled out a major overhaul of its radio schedule, adding six new languages: Malayalam, Dinka, Hmong, Pashto, Swahili, and Tigrinya, increasing the total number of languages from 68 to 74. |
| December 12 2012 | NITV was re-launched as an SBS-operated free-to-air channel, replacing SBS4, with 90% of its previous staff transferring. |
| November 2012 | SBS began a trial of Radio Data System (RDS) in Melbourne and Sydney broadcast areas, enabling radio listeners to identify SBS Radio services through RDS scrolling text. |
| June 5 2012 | SBS upgraded its HD format from 720p to 1080i. |
| 2011 | Michael Ebeid became Managing Director, succeeding Shaun Brown. |
| April 2010 | SBS launched Studio (previously marketed as STVDIO), a channel focusing on arts programming including music, literature, film, visual arts, and dance. |
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