TV News in Punjabi added to SBS TV’s World Watch Schedule

From October 4 SBS will begin broadcasting television news in Punjabi, from Indian network PTC News, at 11:35am daily on SBS 2.

This new addition to the World Watch news service will also be available daily through SBS on Demand (sbs.com.au/ondemand) and the SBS Punjabi webpage, sbs.com.au/Punjabi.

SBS Director of News and Current Affairs Jim Carroll said: “SBS is the most trusted network for news from across the world and we are proud to bring more global coverage to all Australians.”

“Our nation has changed. There are twice as many speakers of languages other than English (LOTE) in Australia than 30 years ago. Increasing our language news offering is about actively playing a role in supporting Australia’s diverse multicultural communities to participate in Australian life.  This further cements our position as one of the world’s most linguistically diverse broadcasters through what will be a significant increase in our LOTE content offer.  Whether people want to watch or listen on their smartphone, or tune in on TV, SBS offers the most comprehensive and diverse news service.”

As a part of the new schedule, between 5:00am and 7:30am from 4 October 2015, SBS will become the new breakfast destination for international news coverage from some of the world’s most respected broadcasters all delivered in English.  The line-up includes bulletins from NHK (Japan), France 24, Deutsche Welle (Germany), Al Jazeera News (Qatar) andCCTV (China).

Additionally, audiences can listen to SBS Radio’s Australian based Punjabi program at 9pm weekdays on SBS Radio 2 with analogue and digital radio, digital TV, online, or the SBS Radio App.

The Punjabi News is part of SBS’s World Watch programming, which is currently made up of 44 international news bulletins, broadcasting across SBS, SBS 2 and SBS on Demand.

The full World Watch schedule is available at sbs.com.au/guide.