Oct 24 2020
[This is a revision of posts that were published in 2010 and 2015] It is 40 years today since Bruce Gyngell (pictured) announced “Good evening, and welcome to multicultural television,” on the opening night of Channel 0/28 — the network that is now SBS. The birth of 0/28 and multicultural television came five years after …
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Oct 25 2015
This weekend marks 35 years since Bruce Gyngell (pictured) announced “Good evening, and welcome to multicultural television,” on the opening night of Channel 0/28 — the network that is now SBS. The birth of 0/28 and multicultural television came five years after the launch of ‘ethnic’ radio stations in Sydney and Melbourne that would eventually come under the …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2015/10/starting-from-zero-35-years-of-sbs-tv.html
Jan 29 2014
Peter Benardos, one of the pioneers of television in Australia, has died at the age of 85. Born in Mittagong, NSW, Benardos began his career in radio, working as a panel operator at Sydney radio station 2GB. He later became involved in the development of television in Australia. In the 1970s he was a director …
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2014/01/obituary-peter-benardos.html
Nov 13 2010
Film and television producer and director Eric Fullilove, one of the names behind legendary series Skippy The Bush Kangaroo and a pioneer producer for SBS, has died at the age of 85. An established film producer with many years’ experience, English-born Fullilove first came to Australia with the Royal Navy in 1952 to film the detonation …
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