SBS’s Studio turns to the dark side

Tim Burrowes

April 10, 2013 11:02

SBS’s subscription TV arts channel Studio is widen its footprint with programming including a cabaret show hosted by You Am I frontman Tim Rogers, edgy adult content and a documentary series about a porn proprietor.

The channel will relaunch in three weeks time with the marketing position of WTF – which stands for phrases including Watch The Famous, Watch The Forbidden and Watch The Funny.

The Tim Rogers show Studio at the Memo will feature cabaret, music and burlesque filmed at Melbourne performance venue the Memo.

Among the documentaries to feature in the Studio After Dark lineup is French series Hard which follows a “porn empress”. It will also offer profiles of the likes of musician Goldie and Steve Jobs.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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1 COMMENTS

Mr. E. 10 Apr 13

Studio couldn’t widen its footprint enough as far as I’m concerned … and in doing so obscuring Australia’s rather interesting tv landscape (TV Week’s Night of Nights, say no more…). I can’t wait.

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