SBS Essential
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SBS Essential was a Special Broadcasting Service television channel available to digital television viewers in Australia. It began broadcasting on 14 October 2002, and was discontinued on 25 January 2007.
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Country | Australia |
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Broadcast area | Nationally |
Network | SBS Television |
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Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Special Broadcasting Service |
Sister channels | SBS SBS HD SBS World News Channel |
History | |
Launched | 14 October 2002 |
Closed | 25 January 2007 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
SD Digital | 31 |
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SBS Essential broadcast news headlines, sports headlines, weather and program information. The channel also made use of SBS' SMS Code schedule service, where viewers could SMS a program number to SBS, and when the program was soon to air, SBS would SMS the viewer back. The channel was automated, fed via RSS news from SBS' website.