SBS will push into the young-skewing digital TV space by re-launching its SBS2 digital channel with a raft of edgy new shows and A-League football.

That digital space has been transformed in the last two years following the launch of the commercial digital TV channels Go, 7Mate and Eleven.

Diego Bunuel the host of Don't Tell My Mother, while he was in Afghanistan.

SBS managing director Michael Ebeid is confident SBS2 can slice into that space with an expanded offering while remaining faithful to SBS's core values.

The new channel would be a "bold, provocative channel" aimed at a 16 to 39-year-old audience.