2003 - 04 Annual Report - Sbs

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50Facilities ManagementThe Scheduall broadcast facilities managementsystem, used by other major networks in Australia, wascommissioned by SBS. This allows the Operationsdepartments of Television and Radio to accurately book,record and charge for the use of facilities for internal andexternal clients.Remote AccessAccess to SBS systems and information has beenextended to external parties who have a direct connectionto the Corporation. SBS Television’s outsourced salesforce, The Stenmark Organisation, can now access the airtime availability system and SBS UK can connect directlyto the Pilat program management system to facilitate thepreview and purchase of programs. The commissioningof a public FTP server has also enabled the transfer overthe Internet of large digitised media files between SBS itspartners and customers.Additional Web serving capacityThe increasing traffic generated by the SBS websitesnecessitated an upgrade in server capacity. The currentcapacity represents a tenfold improvement from January20<strong>04</strong>.Email upgradeAn upgrade of the email system was also undertakento increase reliability and support of HTML formattedemails. The upgrade included: better spam scanning andprevention software, faster remote access to the system,and a more secure client interface.Standardised Operating Environmentfor Desktop PCsAll PCs and laptops in use by SBS were progressivelyupgraded to the latest version of their operating systemsoftware. A major improvement is the support of languagefonts other than those used by Western Europeanlanguage speakers, fulfilling a long held need of SBS’smultilingual staff. The upgrade also added features tosimplify technical support and reduce power consumption.
51SBS ended the financial yearwith a surplus of $3 million.Staff numbers are almost evenly divided:422 woman and 453 men.SBS maintains cooperation agreementswith 21 broadcasters worldwide.615 community, public andindustry functions were attendedby SBS during the year.SBS Public Relations received 1,292letters, with almost half the requests beingfor program information.THECORPORATION
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2003 - 2004ANNUALREPORTcelebrating
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iCONTENTSOverview and Vision Statem
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iiiCHAIRMAN’S LETTER TO THE MINIS
Page 9 and 10: HARVIE KRUMPETvii
Page 11 and 12: 1234 hours of Australian programs,
Page 13 and 14: 3character changes with Pauly and B
Page 15 and 16: 5Australian Programs Commissionedby
Page 17 and 18: SOMERSAULT7
Page 19 and 20: 9SBSi COMMISSIONED PROGRAMSSpecial
Page 21 and 22: 11major breaking stories as soon as
Page 23 and 24: 13INSIGHT FORUMS continued...Home f
Page 25 and 26: TRAVELLING LIGHT15
Page 27 and 28: 17SBS ATTENDANCE AT FILM FESTIVALS
Page 29 and 30: 19Weekly Reach by Key DemographicsS
Page 31 and 32: LA SPAGNOLA21
Page 33 and 34: 23Four languages - Malay, Somali, A
Page 35 and 36: 25News and World ViewEvery language
Page 37 and 38: 27• The Mandarin language program
Page 39 and 40: 29AUDIENCE RESEARCHAWARDSSBS Radio
Page 41 and 42: BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES31
Page 43 and 44: 33Traffic to the SBS website has in
Page 45 and 46: 35TELEVISION AND RADIOwww.sbs.com.a
Page 47 and 48: 37SBS Television advertising revenu
Page 49 and 50: 39The complete SBS merchandise cata
Page 51 and 52: THE MARY G SHOW41
Page 53 and 54: 43Home Video SalesSBS Program Sales
Page 55 and 56: 4521 new analogue transmitters bega
Page 57 and 58: 47The new partnership with Broadcas
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Page 63 and 64: 53Audit and Finance CommitteeThe SB
Page 65 and 66: 55Program. All SBS employees are at
Page 67 and 68: 57SBS programming; 302 made broad c
Page 69 and 70: 59SBS Radio continued to produce an
Page 71 and 72: 61documentaries and documentary ser
Page 73 and 74: 63INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATIONSBS ma
Page 75 and 76: 65For the first time, two regular p
Page 77 and 78: 67Despite increased competition fro
Page 79 and 80: 69In 2003-04, bulletins were added
Page 81 and 82: 71In 2003-04, the budget for Austra
Page 83 and 84: THE TRACKER73
Page 85 and 86: 75Following the landmark findings o
Page 87 and 88: 77youth music festival, National Yo
Page 89 and 90: 79GOAL 3TO INCREASE OUR CAPACITY TO
Page 91 and 92: 81Revenue from independentsources o
Page 93 and 94: 83IndependenceIn conducting the aud
Page 95 and 96: STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCEf
Page 97 and 98: STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWSfor the year
Page 99 and 100: SCHEDULE OF CONTINGENCIESas at 30 J
Page 101 and 102: 911. Summary of significant account
Page 103 and 104: 93(k)Superannuation(i)Employees of
Page 105 and 106: 95(s)Goods and Services TaxRevenues
Page 107 and 108: 97Changes in accounting policy(a) P
Page 109 and 110: 99Notes Consolidated Corporation200
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1016(c)Remuneration of directors an
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103Notes Consolidated Corporation8.
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1052004 2003$'000 $'000(xii) Invest
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1079(c)Intangibles (continued)Recon
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1099(f)Assets held under finance le
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111Notes Consolidated Corporation11
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11314. Analysis of Equity(Consolida
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11515(b) Interest rate riskThe econ
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117ConsolidatedCorporation16. Conti
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119SBS Television broadcast 6,965 h
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APPENDIX 2SBS Television Analogue S
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123Area ServedChannelArea ServedCha
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APPENDIX 2SBS Television Digital Se
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APPENDIX 4SBS Television Programs o
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129DOCUMENTARY SERIESAustralia by N
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131SBS Radio Sydney FM (99.7)TIME M
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APPENDIX 9SBS Radio - Languages Bro
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APPENDIX 11SBS Television Advertise
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APPENDIX 13Community Advisory Commi
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139NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARD
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141Mountain Film Telluride, USANort
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143IIF Awards 3If Only 3, 70Indigen
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