SBS 1

SBS 1 is the flagship channel of Sakarian public broadcaster; Sakarian Broadcasting Service. Its programming has a strong focus on highbrow and Sakarian-oriented programming, ranging from news and current affairs, cultural programming, sports coverage and documentaries.

History
SBS TV began broadcasting on June 20, 2020, as SBS 1. It replaced the previous public broadcaster, NBN 1. For the first 5 weeks of operation, 85% of the programming were from NBN 1. Afterwards, the amount of NBN programming on the channel has decreased.

On November 10, 2020, SBS TV and its sister channels switched to UHD definition, the same day when SBS 1, 2 and 3 switched to 24 hour broadcasting.

SBS channels were rebranded on January 1, 2021, with SBS 1 rebranded as SBS TV.

SBS channels were rebranded once again on June 20, 2021, as part of their 1 year anniversary celebration. SBS TV was renamed back into SBS 1.

Programming
In contrast to its sister channel SBS 3, which focuses on entertainment, TV series, movies and sports, SBS 1 is the home of predominantly the news, current affairs, cultural and documentary programming being produced by SBS.

SBS 1 has similar programming to SBS 2, which both airs current affairs programs, the only difference is that SBS 2 is also the regional network, and has more educational.

2020 - Ministry of Education Exposé
On December 6, 2020, SBS TV aired a documentary in which exposed the embezzlement of ₱2.6 billion by high rank officials of the MinistryEdu. The documentary was shown outrage particularly of those who worked in the MinistryEdu, with the Minister of said Ministry threatening to "shut down the service". However, the documentary was praised by many, especially left wing politicians. A week later on December 13, SBS TV aired another program which exposed the greater extent of the embezzlement and revealed those who were involved in the embezzlement. One of those who were involved was the Chief of Staff; Akrtro Lautai, who imbezzeled nearly ₱126.4 million using bank accounts of his personal assistant. The documentary also exposed how the MinistryEdu had tried to cover up the embezzlement, by changing the names of the bank accounts or registering the funds as being used in the development of schools across Sakaria.

When the documentary was aired, the news about the embezzlement spread the country like wildfire. TVO News aired a news segment investigating the scandal. TVA News also aired a program similar to that. Major news outlets reported on the story, and within 48 hours of the documentary being aired, #MinistryEduFailure was the top hashtag on Twitter and Instagram. Initially, MinistryEdu denied the allegations, however later admitted after 8 days of the documentary being broadcast. Multiple high rank officials resigned and were detained for questioning, and the Chief of Staff was imprisoned under charges of fraud for 12 years.

The documentary had mixed reactions by politicians, right wing politicians were outraged by the exposé, while left wing and independent politicians applauded the SBS.