SBS WorldWatch is an Australian

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television channel owned and operated by the

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(SBS). The channel shows multilingual international news bulletins in more than 30 languages, as well as two local bulletins in Mandarin and Arabic.

History

In early 2022, SBS officially launched their own

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and Mandarin local news bulletins on SBS On Demand and announced the launch of the WorldWatch channel. The channel would also offer non-English news bulletins in more than 30 languages from around the world; most of these were transferred from the World Watch programming block, which had aired on SBS and SBS Viceland. The channel was launched on 23 May 2022 on channel 35, along with the SBS-produced Arabic and Mandarin bulletins. Both SBS and SBS Viceland continued to air English news bulletins from international news channels in morning and midday timeslots under the current World Watch block.

Programming

News bulletins

Repeat programs

(in English language with Arabic and Mandarin subtitles) * '' Dateline'' * ''

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'' * '' The Feed'' * ''Small Business Secrets''

Current international news bulletins

Former local and international news bulletins

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:SBS WorldWatch Special Broadcasting Service Digital terrestrial television in Australia Television channels and stations established in 2022 2022 establishments in Australia 24-hour television news channels in Australia