SBS HD began test transmissions in April 1979 as SBS HD Ethnic Television when it showed various foreign language programs on ABV-2 Melbourne and ABN-2 Sydney on Sunday mornings.
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16 Facts About SBS HD
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At the time, SBS HD was broadcasting on UHF Channel 28 and VHF Channel 0.
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SBS HD launched a new channel focusing on both local and international food programming on 17 November 2015.
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SBS HD is required by charter to meet certain programming obligations.
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SBS HD devotes a significant part of its morning television schedule to news bulletins in languages other than English as well as showing many subtitled, foreign-language films.
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Comedy on SBS HD has included locally produced shows but foreign series such as The Ricky Gervais Show, Skins, Bro' Town, South Park, Corner Gas, Nighty Night and Queer as Folk.
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Dadi, the Turkish version of the American sitcom The Nanny was shown on SBS HD, as were numerous sitcoms, soap operas, drama series and movies in languages other than English, including Mexican and Brazilian telenovelas and Bollywood movies.
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Since the late 1980s, SBS HD has screened the 1960s German-made comedy sketch Dinner for One every New Year's Eve, emulating an annual European TV tradition.
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SBS HD has produced and broadcast a range of sport related programming including The World Game and the UEFA Champions League Magazine.
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SBS HD provided complementary coverage and focused on long-form events such as football, road bicycle racing, volleyball, and table tennis.
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SBS HD is available on all of SBS HD Television's television transmitters in SD Digital.
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In 2010 SBS HD commenced Trial Broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup in 3D on Channel 40.
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On 8 April 2017, alongside the launch of SBS Viceland HD, SBS HD was upgraded to an MPEG-4 format, replacing the standard MPEG-2 format it had used since its inception.
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SBS HD On Demand is a video on demand and catch up TV service run by the Special Broadcasting Service.
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New SBS HD logo was launched in March 1993, featuring five blue curved splices, described as the "Mercator" logo, with the letters SBS HD in white on top.
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On 4 July 2015 SBS HD launched a modified version of its 2008 logo when its main channel changed its name back to 'SBS HD TV'.
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