{"id":2372,"date":"2012-01-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/2012\/01\/05\/new-director-of-tv-online-at-sbs-australia\/"},"modified":"2012-01-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T00:00:00","slug":"new-director-of-tv-online-at-sbs-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvasia\/new-director-of-tv-online-at-sbs-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"New Director of TV &amp; Online at SBS Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">SYDNEY: Tony Iffland, who is currently the general manager of BBC&nbsp;Worldwide Australia, is joining SBS in April as the director of television and online content. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Iffland will be responsible for SBS&#8217;s content strategy. His tasks include commissioning and acquiring content for the free-to-air channels as well as sports broadcasting. He begins his role at SBS in April. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m extremely pleased that someone of Tony&rsquo;s calibre will be joining SBS. He brings a wealth of experience in both television and public broadcasting to the role,&rdquo; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">said <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Michael Ebeid, <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">SBS&#8217;s managing director. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;He joins a talented team at SBS, responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed television content made in Australia.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Iffland<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"> commented: &ldquo;I am honored and delighted to be joining SBS as director of television and online content, working alongside Michael Ebeid on the next exciting stage of its evolution.  I have always admired SBS&rsquo;s ability to be innovative and brave, while meeting all of its core public purposes and I am looking forward to realizing this vision across a range of programs and services. Although I am sad to be leaving BBC Worldwide, the opportunity to lead programming at this innovative and truly unique Australian public service broadcaster was an offer that I could not refuse.&rdquo;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY: Tony Iffland, who is currently the general manager of BBC&nbsp;Worldwide Australia, is joining SBS in April as the director of television and online content. Iffland will be responsible for SBS&#8217;s content strategy. His tasks include commissioning and acquiring content for the free-to-air channels as well as sports broadcasting. 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