2003 - 04 Annual Report - Sbs

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16Other series included the BBC’s Babyfather, The Huntfor the Hidden Relic, and Young Casanova. TheSunday drama slot at 7.30pm contained many highbudget, European period dramas including Napoleon,Robinson Crusoe, Les Miserables, and DangerousLiaisons. On Thursdays at 7.30pm, Inspector Rexremained a favourite with viewers. On Monday nights, thehard-hitting prison drama Oz followed on from the thirdseries of Queer as Folk.VarietyThe new variety slot programmed on Saturday eveningsat 8.30 featured two unique and popular series, The IronChef, a cooking-cum-game show, and the world famouscircus performers in Cirque du Soleil’s Solstrom.Two animated comedy series, South Park and CrankYankers, and two off-beat sketch comedies, VelvetSoup and The Boosh provided a light hearted look atthe world and human foibles.SpecialsThe special broadcast highlight of the year was theDanish Royal Wedding which achieved an audience ofover 800,000 for its live broadcast and almost 700,000for the two-hour highlights package. A complementaryhighlights package the following week for the SpanishRoyal Wedding was also very popular with our audience.The coverage of this year’s Eurovision Song Contestfrom Istanbul, hosted by Des Mangan, consisted ofseven half-hour, studio produced preview programs anda two hour preliminary final ahead of the usual Sundaynight coverage of the final. It was the fourth most popularprogram of 2004 (January-June).Feature FilmsWith a weekly average of 18 films, SBS Television showedmore films than any other free-to-air broadcaster inAustralia in 2003-04.Several changes were made to the schedule. A 9.30pmSunday night ‘Showcase Movie’ slot was introduced tolaunch major international films including, CrouchingTiger, Hidden Dragon, The Dinner Game and OpenYour Eyes. In addition, ‘Cult Movies’ moved to Thursdaynights, and our Saturday night movies were broughtforward 30 minutes to 9.30pm.Film SeasonThe Stanley Kubrick Season, a retrospective on amaster filmmaker, commenced with the biographicaldocumentary Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures andfeatured Full Metal Jacket, Lolita, The Shining, BarryLyndon, 2001: A Space Odyssey and A ClockworkOrange. Most of these films had never before beenscreened on Australian television.Arts ProgramsIn October 2003, the ‘Masterpiece’ timeslot moved fromSunday 9.30pm to Tuesday 10pm. Highlights of the yearincluded documentaries on French photographer HenriCartier Bresson; American designers Charles and RayEames; German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl; the pianistsLeon Fleischer and Martha Argerich; German andRussian post-war cinema; The Berliner Philharmoniker;Edo de Waart; Spanish architect Gaudi; Greek poet andcomposer Mikis Theodorakis; the artists Picasso, Matisse,Chagall, James Gleeson and Rene Magritte; the dancersVaclav Nijinsky and Russell Page; and the prodigiousGerman literary family the Manns. Where possible,programs shown in ‘Masterpiece’ and ‘Arts on Saturday’were scheduled to coincide with tours and performancesaround Australia.Opera seasons were the main feature of the ‘Masterpiece’slot, complemented by documentaries about thecomposers, the conductors, or the artists who appearedin them.
17SBS ATTENDANCE AT FILM FESTIVALS AND MARKETSNationalDarwin Festival (Aug 2003)Sydney Film Festival (June 2004)Melbourne Film Festival (August 2003)St Kilda Film Festival (May 2004)InternationalBBC Showcase, Britain (Feb 2004)Berlin Film Festival and European Film Market, Germany (Feb 2004)Brazil Film Festival and Market, Brazil (Nov 2003)Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France (Jan-Feb 2004)Eurodoc TV Market, Portugal (May 2004)French TV Screenings: Le Rendezvous, France (Sept 2003)Guadalajara Latin American Film Market, Mexico (March 2004)Hong Kong Filmart, Hong Kong (June 2004)Hong Kong Filmart, TV and Film Market, Hong Kong (Sept 2003)Hot Docs, Documentary Festival, Canada (April-May 2004)IDFA International Doc Fest, the Netherlands (Nov 2003)Iranian Film Market, Iran (Feb 2004)London Film Festival, Britain (Oct-Nov 2003)Mar Del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina (March 2004)Mercadoc TV Market, Spain (April 2004)MIP TV Market, France (March-April 2004)MIPCOM TV Market, France (Oct 2003)MIPDOC Documentary Market, France (March 2004)Munich Preview Screenings of German Cinema, Germany (June 2004)Pusan Film Festival, South Korea (Sept-Oct 2003)RAI Trade Screenings, Italy (March 2004)Sunny Side of the Docs Market, France (June 2004)Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece (Nov 2003)
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Page 3 and 4: iCONTENTSOverview and Vision Statem
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Page 39 and 40: 29AUDIENCE RESEARCHAWARDSSBS Radio
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Page 53 and 54: 43Home Video SalesSBS Program Sales
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWSfor the year
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139NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARD
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