The World Watch service gives viewers the opportunity to see news bulletins in their native language.

The WorldWatch program began on 24 August 1993 with news bulletins from the People's Republic of China, the United States, Germany and Russia.

[5] In determining the World Watch schedule, the policy of SBS has been to match the selection of news programs with the ethnic composition of the Australian population.

The World Watch schedule includes news bulletins from Armenia, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, France, Fiji, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Malta, Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

However, SBS does edit programs under "exceptional circumstances"[6] where it breaches broadcasting regulations and its Codes of Practices.