SBS On Demand

{{Short description|Australian streaming service}}

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{{Infobox website

| name = SBS On Demand

| logo = File:SBS On Demand 2020 logo.svg

| website_type = {{Plainlist|

}}

| launched = {{Start date and age|2011|09|01|df=y}}

| owner = Special Broadcasting Service

| location = Artarmon, New South Wales

| country = Australia

| area_served = Australia

| services = streaming service

| language = English

| website = {{URL|www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/}}

| registration = Optional for livestreams required for on demand

| current_status = Active

}}

SBS On Demand is a free video on demand and catch-up TV service run by the Special Broadcasting Service. The service became available on 1 September 2011.

Content and programming

SBS On Demand provides on-demand access to almost all the TV programs that are broadcast on the SBS's linear broadcast channels (SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS Food, SBS World Movies, NITV and SBS WorldWatch), as well as simulcast live streams of those channels and original content and programs acquired exclusively for SBS On Demand.

Programs are categorised by these genres:

  • Animation
  • Culture
  • Comedy
  • Documentary
  • Drama
  • Lifestyle
  • Movies
  • News and current affairs
  • Panel and discussion
  • Regional Australia
  • Sport
  • World News

= Live streams =

  • In late 2010s, a simulcast live stream of the main SBS channel and the digital channels was added to the On Demand website, iOS and Android apps.

Third-party access

SBS On Demand is available across 22 platforms including iOS mobile operating systems (e.g. iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch), PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 via the PlayStation Network (Now discontinued),Nic Healey. [http://www.cnet.com/au/news/abc-iview-and-plus7-now-available-on-ps4/ ABC iview and Plus7 now available on PS4], cnet.com, 18 December, 2014. Xbox 360,{{cite web|url=http://majornelson.com/2011/12/13/new-apps-now-available-for-your-xbox-360/|title=New Apps now available for your Xbox 360|date=13 December 2011 }} Windows 8, Sony internet-enabled TVs & Blu-ray players, LG internet-enabled TVs, Samsung internet-enabled TVs & Blu-ray players, Panasonic internet-enabled TVs, Hisense internet-enabled TVs, Humax set top boxes, Windows Mobile 7 & 8 and Samsung devices running Android OS 4.0+ and above.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/help/#cat_5|title=Help Page|publisher=Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)|accessdate=11 October 2013}}

= Mobile devices =

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= Media streamers =

See also

References

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