STVDIO (TV Channel)
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STVDIO is a subscription television arts channels available in Australia
on the FOXTEL and AUSTAR platforms. that airs in Australia
. The channel launched in April 2010, and is owned and operated by SBS Subscription TV, a subsidiary of free-to-air broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service
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STVDIO is Australia's only channel dedicated to the arts and entertainment. It shows classical and popular music, literature, film, visual arts and dance with documentaries and performances.
Past artists have included:
Past arts events covered have included:
Australia
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on the FOXTEL and AUSTAR platforms. that airs in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The channel launched in April 2010, and is owned and operated by SBS Subscription TV, a subsidiary of free-to-air broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
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STVDIO is Australia's only channel dedicated to the arts and entertainment. It shows classical and popular music, literature, film, visual arts and dance with documentaries and performances.
Local Australian Productions
The channel also records live local music, theatre and dance productions productions, known as the STVDIO Season Ticket.- Smoke & Mirrors with iOTA - Filmed at The Famous Spiegeltent during Sydney Festival 2011.
- Amadou & Mariam at WOMADelaide 2011 – The blind Mali duo performed at Adelaide’s world music festival in March.
- Iconic Songs with Archie Roach – Indigenous performer and activist Archie Roach was joined by long-time friends Shane Howard and Neil Murray at WOMADelaide 2011 to perform three iconic Australian songs.
- The 2011 Helpmann Awards – Australia’s performing arts awards, broadcast live from the Sydney Opera House.
- The Australian Ballet presents Graeme Murphy’s Romeo & Juliet – Live broadcast from Melbourne’s the Arts Centre.
- notes from the hard road and beyond from Melbourne Festival 2011 - STVDIO announced it will record the closing night of the Melbourne International Arts Festival with performances by Joss Stone, Mavis Staples, and Rickie-Lee Jones.
Arts Community
In addition to live performances, STVDIO also broadcasts news and updates on the Australian arts community. The channel broadcast short programs called STVDIO ‘Artbreaks’ which include interviews with local and international artists, performers, and coverage of current arts events.Past artists have included:
- Dance choreographer Graeme Murphy
- Director Wim Wenders
- Author Thomas Keneally
- Author Shaun Tan
- Conductor and classical musician Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Author Tim Winton
- Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater
- Theatre icon John Bell
- Director Adam Elliot
- Go-Betweens founder Robert Forster
- Speigeltent Maestro David Bates
- Opera star Cecilia Bartoli
- You Am I member Tim Rogers
Past arts events covered have included:
- 21st Century: Art in the First Decade exhibition at GoMA, Brisbane
- Brisbane Festival 2011
- Adelaide Cabaret Festival
- Biennale of Sydney 2010
- Desert Harmony Festival 2010
- Edge of Elsewhere exhibition, Sydney Festival 2010
- New Indigenous Wings, National Gallery of Australia
- Ballets Russes: The Art of Costume exhibition, National Gallery of Australia
- Venice Biennale 2011
- ACO Instruments - from the Instrument Fund
- ABAF Awards 2010