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BBC World

BBC World News
BBC World News red.svg
Launched 16 January 1995 as "BBC World"
21 April 2008 as "BBC World News"
Network BBC News
Owned by BBC
(BBC Global News Ltd.)
Picture format 16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
16:9 (576i, SDTV)
14:9 (480i, SDTV)
Audience share Available in:
350 million homes
1.7 million hotel rooms
81 cruise ships
46 airlines
35 mobile phone platforms
74 million viewers per week (September 2011, )
Slogan Demand a Broader View (1995-2004)
Putting News First (2004-2013)
Live The Story (2013-)
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Broadcast area Worldwide
(except UK)
Headquarters

BBC Television Centre 1995 - 2013

Broadcasting House 2013 -

London, United Kingdom
Formerly called BBC World Service Television (11 March 1991-15 January 1995)
BBC World (16 January 1995-20 April 2008)
Replaced BBC World Service Television (11 March 1991-15 January 1995)
BBC World (16 January 1995-20 April 2008)
Sister channel(s) CBeebies
CBBC
BBC America
BBC Arabic Television
BBC Brit
BBC Canada
BBC Earth
BBC Entertainment
BBC First
BBC HD
BBC Kids
BBC Knowledge
BBC Lifestyle
BBC UKTV
Website BBC World News
Availability
Terrestrial
Boxer TV Access (Sweden) Channel 27 MPEG-4
Televisió Digital Terrestre (Andorra) Channel 20
ERT Digital (Greece) Channel 48, 56 MPEG-4
PBS (USA) Check Your Local Listings
KCET-TV (Los Angeles Metropolitan Area) Digital Channel 28.4 USA
DTT (Mauritius) Multiplex 2 Mauritius
DVB-T (Indonesia) Channel 703
Satellite
Hot Bird 10 12597 V / 27500 / 3/4
Hispasat 1C 12012 V / 27500 / 3/4
Astra 1L 11597 V / 22000 / 5/6
Thor 5 11325 H / 24500 / 7/8
Badr 4 12073 H / 27500 / 3/4 (SD)
11785 V / 27500 / 3/4 (HD)
Nilesat 101 11766 H / 27500 / 3/4
Sky Italia (Italy) Channel 520
HiTV (Nigeria) Channel 03
Cyfrowy Polsat (Poland) Channel 134
Indovision (Indonesia) Channel 332
Dish Home (Nepal) Channel 702
Bell TV (Canada) Channel 510
Shaw Direct (Canada)7 Channel 501
Astro (Malaysia) Channel 512
Tata Sky (India) Channel 536
Dialog TV
(Sri Lanka)
Channel 34
TrueVisions (Thailand) Channel 780
Sky TV
(New Zealand)
Channel 89
Foxtel (Australia) Channel 649
SkyLife (South Korea) Channel 173
SKY PerfecTV! (Japan) Channel 252
SKY PerfecTV! e2 (Japan) Channel 353
CanalSat (France) Channel 58
Digiturk (Turkey) Channel 122
D-Smart (Turkey) Channel 51
Dream Satellite TV (Philippines) Channel 21
Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) Channel 136 (starting April 1, 2017)
SKY México Channel 631
Dish Home (Nepal) Channel 701
BBC World News
Availability
Satellite
DStv (South Africa) Channel 400
TV Vlaanderen Digitaal
(Belgium)
Channel 51
Foxtel (Australia) Channel 649
OSN (Middle East
& North Africa)
Channel 404
DirecTV (United States) Channel 346 (HD)
Airtel Digital TV (India) Channel 307
beIN (Middle East & North Africa) Channel 205 (HD)
Cable
Virgin Media Ireland Channel 206
Vidéotron (Canada) Channel 147
StarHub TV (Singapore) Channel 701 (SD)
Channel 755 (HD)
Rogers Cable (Canada) Channel 194 (Digital)
Shaw TV (Canada) Channels 41
Cable TV (Hong Kong) Channel 75
Verizon FiOS (United States) Channel 107
HiTV (Nigeria) Channel 3
Cablelink (Philippines) Channel 20
Destiny Cable (Philippines) Channel 23 (Analog)
Channel 29 (Digital)
SkyCable (Philippines) Channel 29 (Digital)
OneLink Communications (Puerto Rico) Channel 74
TelstraClear InHomeTV (New Zealand) Channel 93
First Media (Indonesia) Channel 230 (SD)
Channel 395 (HD)
Parasat Cable TV (Philippines) Channel 15
TrueVisions (Thailand) Channel 785
Foxtel (Australia) Channel 649
Optus TV (Australia) Channel 649
Kabel Deutschland (Germany) Channel 838
Telecable (Spain) Channel 85
IPTV
now TV (Hong Kong) Channel 320 (SD/HD)
Movistar+ (Spain) Channel 113
MEO (Portugal) Channel 204
Bell Fibe TV (Canada) Channel 510 (SD)
Channel 1510 (HD)
Deutsche Telekom Germany Channel 99
Fetch TV (Australia) Channel 180
CHT MOD (Taiwan) Channel 151
Hikari TV (Japan) Channel 852
Claro TV (Dominican Republic) Channel 154
HyppTV (Malaysia) Channel 431 (HD)
AT&T U-verse (United States) Channel 1207 (HD)
Channel 207 (SD)
Google Fiber (United States) Channel 112
Singtel TV (Singapore) Channel 149 (HD) (Coming Soon)
VMedia (Canada) Channel 194
(Hong Kong) Channel 709 (HD)
Flip TV (Australia) Channel 210 (SD)
PEO TV (Sri Lanka) Channel 24 (HD)
Streaming media
Horizon Watch live (Netherlands only)
Watch live (Switzerland only)
Zattoo Watch live (Switzerland only)
Sling TV Internet Protocol television
PlayStation VUE IPTV
DirecTV NOW IPTV

BBC Television Centre 1995 - 2013

Broadcasting House 2013 -

BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel, with an estimated 76 million viewers weekly in 2014, part of the estimated 265 million users of the BBC's four main international news services. Launched on 11 March 1991 as BBC World Service Television outside Europe, its name was changed to BBC World on 16 January 1995 and to BBC World News on 21 April 2008. It broadcasts television programming including BBC News bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews. It employs more correspondents and reporters and has more international bureaus than any other news channel. Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, BBC World News is owned and operated by BBC Global News Ltd., part of the BBC's commercial group of companies, and is funded by subscription and advertising revenues, and not by the United Kingdom television licence. It is not owned by BBC Worldwide.

The channel originally launched as BBC World Service Television, though unlike BBC World Service radio which (until 2011) was funded by a grant-in-aid from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the British government refused to extend the grant-in-aid to the new television service. It was launched on 11 March 1991, after two weeks of real-time pilots, initially as a half-hour bulletin once a day at 19:00 GMT. The programme editor was Johan "John" Ramsland from World Service Radio News with John Exelby from domestic BBC TV News as his managing editor. The original picture editing team consisted of Bob Scholes, Peter Hodge and Mike Casey.

On Thursday, 26 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT, BBC World Service Television was split into 2-television stations:


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