 Logo used since 2016 | |
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Network | SBS Television |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed on pay TV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Special Broadcasting Service |
| Sister channels | SBS SBS HD SBS World Movies SBS Food NITV SBS WorldWatch |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 June 2009 |
| Replaced | SBS World News Channel |
| Former names | SBS TWO (1 June 2009 – 1 April 2013) SBS 2 (1 April 2013 – 15 November 2016) |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Digital terrestrial television | Channel 7 |
| Freeview SBS | Channel 31 |
SBS Viceland (stylised as SBS VICELAND) is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). It began as SBS TWO on 1 June 2009,[1] and was branded as SBS 2 between 2013 and 2016. On 8 April 2017, SBS Viceland began simulcasting in high definition.[2] On 17 June 2019, the standard definition broadcast was closed and replaced by SBS World Movies, leaving SBS Viceland as a high definition-only channel.[3][4]
Its flagship news and current affairs program The Feed aired on Thursday nights at 8:30pm, until 2020.
- ^ Meade, Amanda (30 March 2009). "SBS2 due soon for 'best of world'". The Australian. Sydney: News Limited. p. 31. ProQuest 356736641.
- ^ "Accessing SBS channels in HD". Special Broadcasting Service. 8 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "How to watch SBS World Movies and SBS Viceland channels". SBS. Special Broadcasting Service. 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "We're launching a free-to-air movie channel: SBS World Movies". SBS. Special Broadcasting Service. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.