SBS relaunch OnDemand catch-up TV video service pushing fresh new exclusive content
Multicultural broadcaster SBS will relaunch its catch-up TV video service SBS OnDemand on Monday, pushing its fresh new exclusive content.
The service will now have a new responsive website, to cater to the 20 plus platforms it works across, with the changes aimed at catering to users on any device and delivering what it says is one of the largest online video libraries in Australia with some 600 films, 350 feature documentaries, along with SBS’s broader program offering.
Michael Ebeid, SBS managing director, said: “SBS On Demand has grown to be a go-to content destination, now with more than 4000 hours of premium content available to all Australians.
“It is a true representation of the quality drama, documentary and film on offer from SBS that goes to the heart of our special Charter, and provides Australians with an enviable range of distinctive content available anytime, on any device, absolutely free, in a way only SBS can.”
Over the coming months, SBS On Demand’s new content will include season three of the series Rectify, express from the US and exclusively premiered on the streaming service, ahead of the television broadcast. Other drama content includes Bosch and Masters of Sex, which will have an exclusive preview screening of their first episodes on SBS On Demand, as well as catch-up titles such as The Principal, 12 Monkeys and Glue.
The new documentary slate features a huge array of documentaries from award- winning filmmaker Alex Gibney in an Alex Gibney Collection including Sinatra: All orNothing at All; Mr Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown; Freakonomics, Gonzo and Finding Fela!
Marshall Heald, director of TV and Online at SBS said: “SBS On Demand is a unique offering in the competitive subscription streaming market. As audience consumption habits continue to change, SBS On Demand is central to SBS’s commitment to exploring and celebrating diversity through inspired entertainment using cutting edge technology.”
Great to hear that good content will be even better – but that is only relevant if they fix the way the app works. The current app is the most technically inept app I’ve come across – a frustration universally shared judging by comments on the apple app store. Comments obviously ignored by SBS management to date.
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Great job taking advantage of On Demand to fast-track Rectify as well as Orphan Black, SBS. If only more services applied that thinking.
Will the apps be updated as well as the website? The wording is unclear. Airplay support, or better yet an Apple TV app, would be fantastic. I know I’d watch On Demand a lot more with one of these options (while Airplay technically works, it isn’t supported and the program returns to the beginning after an ad break).
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I love SBS … I just do not watch it anymore .
.. because of the broken SBS iOS app … when I try to stream to my Apple TV, the SBS app just stops when it gets to the first advertisement.
Netflix does no do this … or ABC iView.
It is a pity , apart from the long ongoing apple TV streaming issue, SBS it is a great app … unfortunate only good for about 15 minutes though … then it is useless
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So with this changey fancy smart tvs no longer work. Neither does the sbs on demand app from google play. Nice work not. Unhappy.
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