BBC replaced by World Cup coverage even though same language coverage on another channel

[ron12]

Why is SBS replacing the BBC World Service on SBS 3 with coverage of some world Cup matches when coverage in the same language is also on SBS 1?

 

For example, according to https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/korean/en/audiotrack/fifa-world-cup-sbs-radio-broadcasts-all-64-matches-live-multi-languages-including-korean

 

2. Egypt vs Uruguay — Fri 15 Jun KO 22:00
Spanish (SBS Radio 1), English (SBS Radio 2), Arabic (Arabic 24), Spanish (SBS Radio 3)

 

7. Argentina vs Iceland — Sat 16 Jun KO 23:00
Spanish (SBS Radio 1), English (SBS Radio 2), Spanish (SBS Radio 3)

 

6. Peru vs Denmark — Sun 17 Jun KO 02:00
Spanish (SBS Radio 1), English (SBS Radio 2), Spanish (SBS Radio 3)

 

18. Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia — Thu 21 Jun KO 01:00
Spanish (SBS Radio 1), English (SBS Radio 2), Arabic (Arabic 24), Spanish (SBS Radio 3)

 

20. Iran vs Spain — Thu 21 Jun KO 04:00
Spanish (SBS Radio 1), English (SBS Radio 2), Spanish (SBS Radio 3)

29. Belgium vs Tunisia — Sat 23 Jun KO 22:00
French (SBS Radio 1), English (SBS Radio 2), French (SBS Radio 3)

 

30. England vs Panama — Sun 24 Jun KO 22:00
Spanish (SBS Radio 1), English (SBS Radio 2), Spanish (SBS Radio 3)

 

But this doesn't happen all the time, e.g.:

 

13. Belgium vs Panama — Tue 19 Jun KO 01:00
Spanish (SBS Radio 1), English (SBS Radio 2)

 

And why do they replace BBC World Service on SBS Radio 3 in some cases when another SBS channel is free?

 

For example: 

 

39. Nigeria vs Argentina — Wed 27 Jun KO 04:00
English (SBS Radio 1), Spanish (SBS Radio 3)

 

[buddyev]

Might be to do with international licensing arrangements.

[ron12]

4 hours ago, Ron12 said:

And why do they replace BBC World Service on SBS Radio 3 in some cases when another SBS channel is free?

 

For example: 

 

39. Nigeria vs Argentina — Wed 27 Jun KO 04:00
English (SBS Radio 1), Spanish (SBS Radio 3)

 

OK I can answer myself for this one, because there's another match on at the same time and that's on SBS 2.  For the above example, there's also:

 

40. Iceland vs Croatia — Wed 27 Jun KO 04:00
English (SBS Radio 2), Croatian (web-only stream)

[warweary]

Go Australia, good luck vs France tonight.

[Hergest]

SBS have always used the BBC World Service channel as nothing more than filler and it's the first thing to be removed at a whim. When it was on SBS 4 it used to dissapear for a month when the execrable Eurovision song contest was on. Yet the World Service is without doubt one of the world's stand out news and information broadcasts.