BBC World News
international news and current affairs television channel
BBC World News is an international news television channel. Unlike other BBC channels, it is not available in the United Kingdom. It is not funded by a licence fee. Instead it has advertisements. BBC World News employs more correspondents and reporters than any other news channel.[1]
| BBC World News | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide (except UK) |
| Network | BBC News |
| Slogan | Live the story |
| Headquarters | Broadcasting House |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 for the SDTV feeds. The Latin American subfeed is downscaled to letterboxed 4:3 480i) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC Global News Ltd. |
| Sister channels | See list |
| History | |
| Launched | 16 January 1995 |
| Replaced | BBC World Service Television[(1991–1995) |
| Former names | BBC World (1995–2008) |
| Links | |
| Website | BBC World News |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Boxer TV Access (Sweden) | Channel 27 |
| Digital terrestrial television (Andorra) | Channel 20 |
| ERT Digital (Greece) | Channel 48 Channel 56 (HD) |
| Digital terrestrial television (Mauritius) | Channel 2 |
| Nexmedia (Indonesia) | Channel 703 |
| Oqaab (Afghanistan) | Channel 43 |
| Satellite | |
| Dstv (Sub-Saharan Africa) | Channel 400 |
The channel was launched in 1991.
References change
- ↑ "The World's Newsroom: An introduction". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
