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The Sakarian Broadcasting Service (SBS) is one of Sakaria's public broadcasters, the other ones being Retese and CBN. Just like other Sakarian public broadcasters, SBS is funded through a mix of advertising and public finance.
The SBS now provides radio, television, online, and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Sakaria and overseas through SBS Connect. The SBS's headquarters are in the SBS Communications Office, Yeretski.
Its formal goals include promoting the expansion of knowledge, Sakaria culture, entertainment and innovation in broadcasting.
As of 2021, SBS's combined channels are the fifth largest free-to-air channel in the country, behind TV5, TVO, CBN and SBC.
History[]
Closure of RTVS[]
The Radio Television of Sakaria (RTVS) had deteriorated in status and function. Public committees found that the deterioration stemmed from a number of factors, including its large number of employees, high salary costs, rigid wage agreements, mismanagement by the Government and abuse of the broadcaster by its government.
According to investigations by outside committees, the SCTRB had abused its power multiple times to force the RTVS to portray the Government in good light. However, the editorial department of RTVS refused to do so, as per the Sakarian Broadcaster Act of 1989, which requires the RTVS to:
...gather and present news and information with independence and present a diversity of perspectives so that, over time, no significant strand of thought or belief within the community is knowingly excluded or disproportionately represented. The broadcaster is expected to take no editorial stance other than a commitment to fundamental democratic principles. The broadcaster should also not be persuaded by any form of government entity, and present its broadcasting freely.
This was made worse in 2016, when the Christina government was put into power. Christina and the National Party made numerous attempts to replace the Sakarian Broadcaster Act.
Since 2016, there have been numerous labor strikes from the RTVS due to what most employees felt 'an interference from the government to be biased'.
The most major one was in 2017, a RTVS union decided to hold a strike, which began on 8 September and lasted until January 3, 2018, due to the government allegedly attempting to influence news coverage to be in favor of Christinas administration. As a result of the boycott, there has been a severe reduction in the airing of RTVS news programs, culture programs, radio shows, and variety shows due to most staff members taking part in the strike. Ratings also plunged, from a 31.3% average to 19.6%.
In response, SCTRB had made a statement saying that they will no longer interfere with NBN's editorial department. 2 days later of the statement, the union strike ended and employees went back into working.
However, this did not last long as the SCTRB went back to exercising control over RTVS. In 2018, it was revealed that there was heavy internal disputes in the management of RTVS.
In 2019, RTVS was closed after all of its board members had resigned, and many employees had left the network over disputes with the government. RTVS' closure was sudden, putting an end to almost 64 years of broadcasting.
In June 2, 2020, the Head Minister for Media and Communications announced that they will set up a new public broadcaster later that month.
Forming SBS[]
To formulate the necessary legislation, the National Assembly set up a committee (headed by Kazhik Nadrar) to discuss the public-broadcasting bill. The committee began its deliberations on June 5, 2020, and quickly conducted a number of meetings to allow the completion of the legislative process by the end of the National Assembly session in June. On June 9, a bill was approved and passed to the National Assembly for a second and third reading. The Public Broadcasting Law, which ordered the establishment of the Sakarian Broadcasting Service and the full closure of the RTVS on June 15, 2020. According to the new law, 65% of the employees of the new body would come from the RTVS.
Section 7 of the law describes the corporation's activity:
- (A) The Sakarian Broadcasting Service will broadcast and provide various types of content visually, audio and written, on TV, on radio and on the Internet.
- (B) The content provided by the Sakarian Broadcasting Service shall be independent and directed to all citizens and residents of the Republic of Sakaria, shall reflect and document Sakaria as a diverse and democratic state, its values and the heritage of Sakaria and give fair, equal and balanced expression to the diversity of views and opinions prevalent in the Israeli public.
- (C) The Sakarian Broadcasting Service shall provide news content and content in day-to-day matters in a professional, fair, responsible, independent, critical, impartial and reliable manner, with transparency and with the exercise of journalistic judgment and loyalty to the truth and the obligation to report to the public.
- (D) Sakarian Broadcasting Service will provide diverse content for children and youth, and will promote the creation of educational content for children and youth.
- (E) The Sakarian Broadcasting Service will not be interfered by any government entity, and will present its programming in a fair and independent manner.
Start of operations[]
The SBS began operations on June 20, 2020. Kitkao Zhiao ( former chairman of TV5 in 2002 ) was appointed head of the broadcaster in June 27, 2020. The chairman of the board of directors is Welao Alan. On June 7, 2020, Aqoweral Zenruela ( former journalist for TVO) was appointed director of the news department.
The corporation's construction budget was ₱350 million, ₱120 million for professional equipment, ₱28 million for labor, ₱14 million for operations, ₱128 million for real estate and ₱60 million for content acquisition.
2020s[]
On midnight of June 20, 2021, SBS and its services underwent a rebrand for its 1 year anniversary.
Channels / Services[]
Terrestrial Channels[]
SBS 1 - SBS' flagship channel, it broadcasts news and current affairs, cultural programming and sports. Although similar to SBS 2, the channel is considered more highbrow.
SBS 2 - Focuses on societal issues (health, education, politics...) with talk-shows and culture with documentary films. It is also the regional network.
SBS 3 - SBS' entertainment and drama channel, its programming is composed mainly of talk shows, reality shows, foreign and local TV dramas, game shows, comedy and lifestyle.
Supreme Council Television - Airs live and pre-recorded sessions of the Supreme Council.
SBS 2 Regional[]
SBS Yeretski - Channel serving Yeretski and its surrounding areas
SBS Okurada - Channel serving Okurada and its surrounding areas, uses the Fadewqit dialect in all programs.
SBS Aurora - Channel serving Aurora and its surrounding areas, uses the Auroraka dialect in all programs.
SBS Drampam - Channel serving Drampam and its surrounding areas, uses the Drampa dialect in all programs.
SBS Sakato - Channel serving Sakato and its surrounding areas, uses the Kagasatnaha dialect and Nganatyao dialect in programs.
Cable[]
SBS Sports- Airs live sports programs.
International: TV Sakaria[]
TV Sakaria is the name for the international arm of the Sakarian Broadcasting Service. Its services are aimed at the overseas market, similar to those offered by other national public-service broadcasters such as the British BBC (BBC World Service, BBC World News, etc.), France 24 or the German DW, among many others. It was launched on January 1, 1990, and was owned by the National Broadcasting Network until its closure.
TV Sakaria World - International channel of the SBS.
TV Sakaria News - International news channel of the SBS.
Radio[]
As of June 2021, there is no radio service that's in operation. SBS has stated that it will however launch a radio service by the end of 2021.
Mobile and Internet[]
sbs.media.rk - The main website for SBS, features guides, news, schedules and more
SBS Pulse - Video-on-demand Service.
SBS Food - A section of sbs.media.rk focused on food.
SBS Go - A mobile version of SBS Pulse, except for overseas users.
Programmes[]
List of programmes broadcast by Sakarian Broadcasting Service
SBS' well-balanced program lineup consists of news and public service programs, entertainment and informative programs, talk shows, sports shows, dramas, sitcoms, documentaries and educational programs
Funding[]
The SBS is primarily funded by the Sakarian public, in addition to some revenue received from commercial offerings and its retail outlets. A small amount is also funded by the Government through the Ministry for Media and Communications.
Headquarters[]
After the dissolution of the RTVS, the committee which was tasked in forming a new broadcaster decided to retain the former headquarters of RTVS and move SBS into it.
The RTVS Television Studios was renamed into SBS Communications Office the day after the start of operations of SBS.
The SBS Communications Office houses studios for news programming and drama production, it also houses the offices for employees and high rank officials.
In January 2021, the SBS decided that they plan to move its headquarters to a new building, presumably to be constructed. Then in March 2021, SBS had announced that they will construct a new building in Neraetski to house its headquarters. The new building, named the SBS Global Media City began construction on May 6, 2021. It is set for completion in December of the same year.