SBS Viceland

SBS Viceland
Logo used since 2016
CountryAustralia
Broadcast areaNationwide
NetworkSBS Television
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed on pay TV)
Ownership
OwnerSpecial Broadcasting Service
Sister channelsSBS
SBS HD
SBS World Movies
SBS Food
NITV
SBS WorldWatch
History
Launched1 June 2009 (1 June 2009)
ReplacedSBS World News Channel
Former namesSBS TWO
(1 June 2009 – 1 April 2013)
SBS 2
(1 April 2013 – 15 November 2016)
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 7
Freeview SBSChannel 31

SBS Viceland (stylised as SBS VICELAND) is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). It began as SBS TWO on 1 June 2009,[1] and was branded as SBS 2 between 2013 and 2016. On 8 April 2017, SBS Viceland began simulcasting in high definition.[2] On 17 June 2019, the standard definition broadcast was closed and replaced by SBS World Movies, leaving SBS Viceland as a high definition-only channel.[3][4]

Its flagship news and current affairs program The Feed aired on Thursday nights at 8:30pm, until 2020.

  1. ^ Meade, Amanda (30 March 2009). "SBS2 due soon for 'best of world'". The Australian. Sydney: News Limited. p. 31. ProQuest 356736641.
  2. ^ "Accessing SBS channels in HD". Special Broadcasting Service. 8 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. ^ "How to watch SBS World Movies and SBS Viceland channels". SBS. Special Broadcasting Service. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ "We're launching a free-to-air movie channel: SBS World Movies". SBS. Special Broadcasting Service. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

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