Midnight Sun casts light on SBS’s secret international market mojo

While Scandinoir tragics find Midnight Sun on SBS on Demand, we ask how a small Australian broadcaster scored the rights in a cruel marketplace.
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Image: Leila Bekhti in Midnight Sun.

How much pressure can SBS take? Once the sole, noble home of subtitled TV, it also brightened our summers with the only decent programs for two whole months. Now the world has gone niche and SBS is just one among many bit players. Even the ABC is trying to eat its lunch on cooking shows. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.