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Special Broadcasting Service

Sydney · Australia · mass media · founded 1975 · https://www.sbs.com.au/

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Special Broadcasting Service — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
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Special Broadcasting Service: limited disclosed financing to assess.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Leadership
1 Officer

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Australian company, based in Sydney. Sector: mass media.

mass media
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Amount raised vs valuation, by round

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No staged rounds to sequence.

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Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

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How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 4 companies in mass media. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages)
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Sector median
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
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Sector median

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
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Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Leadership & governance

Officers and directors named in public records reported, grouped by stated role. Each links to their operator profile and other companies they're tied to.

Founders & executives

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Fraser GovernmentFounder
Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

CompanySectorStageRaised · realValue · estWhy similar
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Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

CompanySectorStageValue · estMatch
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Global Television
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77%
Postmedia Network
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mass media77%
Australian Television Network
Australian company.
75%
The Sydney Morning Herald
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73%
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Australian Associated Press
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news agency73%
Australian Film Television and Radio School
Australian company.
Media & Content73%
Frequently asked
What does Special Broadcasting Service do and where is it based?
Special Broadcasting Service operates in the mass media sector, based in Sydney, Australia. Australian company, based in Sydney. Sector: mass media.
Who runs Special Broadcasting Service?
Fraser Government is named as Founder in Special Broadcasting Service's public records. See the leadership section for the full list of officers and directors.
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