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BBC World News is the BBC
's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world. Launched on 11 March 1991 as the BBC World Service Television
outside of Europe, with its name changed to BBC World in 1995 and to BBC World News in 2008, it broadcasts for 24-hours
with television programming including BBC News
bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews. Its main global competitor is CNN International
, though it also competes with other major news broadcasting companies. It employs more correspondents, reporters, and international bureaus than any other news channel.
Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, BBC World News is not funded by a licence fee
. Instead, it is funded commercially by advertising.
On 21 April 2008, the channel changed its name from BBC World to BBC World News as part of a £
550,000 rebranding of the BBC's news output, including a new visual identity. The channel later moved into the renovated former studio of the BBC News channel.
, though unlike BBC World Service radio
which has always been government funded, the British government refused to extend the Foreign Office
grant-in-aid
. It was launched on 11 March 1991, after two weeks of real time pilots, initially as a half-hour bulletin once a day at 1900 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 1 January 1994, BBC World Service Television split into two stations: BBC Prime
– an encrypted entertainment channel requiring subscription, and the free to air BBC World
-concentrating on news and current affairs. Since 1994, the service has gone through several branding changes. From 1994 to 1997, the channel used relatively few graphics to display the name of the channel, with the actual news studio modelled on that used for BBC News in the United Kingdom.
As part of the major relaunch of the image of the BBC, including a new logo for the corporation on 4 October 1997, the channel received its first main refresh on 9 November 1997, the day BBC News 24 was launched. Various fictional flags with some real ones were used. The ident
s were computer generated and developed by the Lambie-Nairn
design agency.
Another large relaunch for BBC News came in 1999 with all output, both in the UK and for BBC World globally having a uniform look made up of red and cream. Music based on a style described as 'drums and beeps' was introduced, composed by David Lowe, a departure from the general orchestral versions of other news programmes.
In 2003 a second makeover, using the same 'drums and beeps' style music but new graphics took place, although on a much smaller scale to that of 1999. The music was changed slightly while the main colour scheme became black and red, with studios using a frosted glass, white and red design for colourings. Later in 2004, the channel's slogan became Putting News First, replacing Demand a Broader View.
In 2008 the channel was renamed BBC World News. New graphics were produced by the Lambie-Nairn design agency, accompanied with reworked music from David Lowe.
from their network centre at the Broadcast Centre within the BBC Media Village
, part of the BBC White City
, in White City
, West London
. All news output originates from studio N8 in the nearby Television Centre
. The BBC World News newsroom is part of the BBC's Global News Hub, set up in the summer of 1994. The BBC World News newsroom provides output throughout the day. From 0100–0500, the channel BBC News is based within this studio.
Previously, the channel was broadcast in 4:3, with the news output fitted into a 14:9
frame for both digital
and analogue
broadcasting, resulting in black bands
at the top and bottom of the screen. On 13 January 2009 at 09:57 GMT, BBC World News switched its broadcast to 16:9
format, initially in the European Region through the Astra 1L satellite
, and Eutelsat Hot Bird 6 satellite to other broadcast feeds in the Asian region from 20 January 2009.
In October 2011, a high definition
feed of BBC World News showed up on Galaxy 13 in the United States
. The channel is speculated for launch in high definition in 2012.
(FTA) Channel. The channel is available in all parts of Europe and many parts of the world FTA via satellite. It was also available via terrestrial FTA in Berlin from 2000 to March 2007 and in Italy from December 2003 to November 2010. Although not officially available in the UK, it is available to people who point their satellite dishes at Astra 19.2°E
, Hot Bird
and Thor. The Middle East feed is also available to UK residents through Badr/Arabsat. In most of the world, it is carried on nearly all satellite and cable platforms.
A daily version of its news bulletins are also rebroadcast on many FTA terrestrial channels such as in New Zealand, where it is carried overnight on TV ONE, and in Trinidad and Tobago where it is carried overnight on TV6
.
In Europe, analogue satellite broadcasting via Hot Bird 6 ceased on 18 April 2006 at midday, although its digital free-to-air signal is replicated on Hot Bird 6, Hot Bird 7A, Thor 2 and on Astra 1KR
.
It is also available 24/7 in Australia on Foxtel
, Austar
and Optus Television
as well as the Telstra NextG phone network. In New Zealand, it is also broadcast via satellite
on SKY Network Television
and via cable
on TelstraClear
.
In Asia, it was originally carried on STAR TV
, the pan-Asian satellite television service based in Hong Kong, which was later acquired by Rupert Murdoch
, but switched to PanAmSat
in 1994. It is also available on Astro in Malaysia, originally part of the Astro News channel line-up before being a stand alone channel in 2002. In India, it was FTA till 15 June 2006 but is now a pay channel.
BBC World News has been available in Africa on DStv
since late 1995, and its bulletins have also been rebroadcast on South African Broadcasting Corporation
's (SABC) terrestrial channels in South Africa. In 1996, it became available in Latin America and the Caribbean
.
In Canada, the channel is available on Bell TV and Shaw Direct satellite services, as well as on most digital cable
services. Shaw Cable
and Rogers Cable
carry the channel as part of their analogue cable packages. The Canadian news channel CBC Newsworld
also carries a BBC World newscast from 6:00 to 6:30 pm daily.
BBC World News is not widely available on cable/satellite services in the United States, but a 2006 agreement with Discovery Networks (which is a partner in BBC America
), announced it would seek distribution for the channel. American viewers used to be able to watch selected BBC World bulletins on BBC America
and over 200 PBS stations. On 4 April 2009, the morning broadcast of BBC World News was dropped from BBC America. The morning broadcast of BBC World News programming returned on May 18, 2009 and now airs from 4:00–8:00 am on weekdays. It was also reported in The New York Times
in April 2008, that some PBS stations have dropped BBC World News after being told by BBC executives that the BBC had made it "pretty clear that the future of the BBC was not intertwined with public broadcasting." Many PBS stations replaced BBC World News with the PBS-produced Worldfocus
. However, many stations returned to airing BBC World News after Worldfocus was cancelled in April of 2010. Currently, the BBC produces two programs for PBS in the United States. The UK-produced BBC World News is available through Los Angeles station, KCET. It picked up BBC World News after it was dropped by New York PBS station WLIW
in favor of Worldfocus. BBC World News America
is now also available to PBS stations after it was pulled from BBC America
. Effective January 1st, 2011 KCET is no longer a PBS-member station, therefore New York's WLIW now syndicates The UK-produced BBC World News and BBC World News America to PBS-member stations and PBS World.
Since BBC World News's inception in 1995, the BBC sought carriage for the channel on U.S. cable and satellite systems. It took 11 years for a U.S. distribution deal to be signed, a deal with Discovery Communications
that was announced on 25 January 2006. In September 2006, Cablevision in the New York City metropolitan area agreed to retransmit the channel and was the first company to carry BBC World News. The channel is part of Cablevision's iO Digital Cable
service, channel 104.
BBC World News on other cable systems
Verizon FiOS
: Channel 107 (All regions)
Comcast
: channel 387 (Michigan)
Cox Communications
: Channel 252 (Northern Virginia)
Grande Communications: Channel 122 (Texas)
Western Kentucky TV (WKTV) Channel 136
which households and establishments that want to watch television programmes as they are being broadcast must pay), although it can be easily received due to its 'free-to-air
' status on many European satellite systems, including Astra
and Hotbird. The BBC inserts UK news summaries and weather forecasts in lieu of commercial breaks for any programme simulcast on BBC News Channel and BBC One.
However, there is a simulcast of the 0500UK edition of BBC World News on BBC One
and the BBC News
channel, followed by an edition of World Business Report. This programme was previously branded as 'The World Today'.
On weekdays, BBC World News also produces a version of World News Today
at 1900 British Time. The first half hour of this programme can be seen in the UK on BBC Four
. The edition of the programme replaced The World, which had been broadcast as a simulcast on the channel between 2002 and 2007.
The first half hour of BBC World News America
is time shifted and shown at 0030 British Time on the BBC News
channel.
From 0100 British Time until BBC World News at 0500, the two channels simulcast and the half hour bulletins are branded simply as BBC News
. Headlines shown on these bulletins at the bottom of the hour are cut short on BBC World News as UK stories are in-line to be presented on the domestic service. Programmes differ at the bottom of the half-hour. The overnight simulcast is often also broadcast on BBC One
or BBC Two
.
. But this has been suspended. Since then, BBC World News is available online through the subscription service RealPlayer Plus
, but not in the US, UK or Canada.
Outside of the United Kingdom, users were able to watch it for free as a live Internet stream through Livestation
. However, Internet users with IP addresses that appeared to be from the United States are now prevented from streaming the channel, as Livestation does not have rights to provide this service to users in that country. As of April 2011, the channel can no longer be viewed from the United States via the website.
In Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, it is additionally available as a subscription mobile phone service, having also been available as a terrestrial channel.
Other live programmes:
Pre-recorded programmes include:
member stations in the United States through Los Angeles
's KCET
, a non-commercial independent public television station separate from PBS since the beginning of 2011 due to a rights fee dispute. 80 to 90% of Americans are able to receive them, though broadcast times vary between different localities, with it airing on several PBS stations in markets such as New York City and Washington DC
.
On PBS stations, BBC World News does not appear with commercials (the breaks are replaced with news stories) but omits the Met Office
international weather forecast
at the end, replacing it with underwriting announcements. The PBS airings are tape-delayed
on some stations.
BBC America airs a 3-hour block of BBC World News coverage from 5:00 am to 8:00 am on weekdays. Met Office forecasts are removed, and is broadcast with advertisements. Another BBC World News programme, the hour-long BBC World News America
, aired on BBC America at 7:00 pm or 1900 hours eastern time. The 10pm or 2200 eastern time broadcast ended in 2010 when BBC America introduced a second feed for the western time zones of the U.S. On February 18, 2011 it was announced that BBC World News America
would be discontinued on BBC America and would instead be airing only on BBC World
and local PBS stations in the United States as a 30-minute program.
BBC World News bulletins also appear on CBC News Network in Canada and ABC News 24
in Australia.
Travellers on the Heathrow Express
rail service from London Paddington to London Heathrow Airport
are also treated to a specially-recorded BBC World News bulletin—introduced with a namecheck of "Welcome to BBC World News onboard the Heathrow Express"—during the fifteen minute journey. This short bulletin is updated twice a day, and is shown in both classes on LCD televisions
throughout the train.
Many airlines from across the world also play pre-recorded extracts of the BBC World News, have text headlines from it or have a full bulletin available on the in-flight entertainment systems. Airlines with BBC World News include Emirates Airline
, Singapore Airlines
, Cathay Pacific
, Qatar Airways
, Etihad Airways
and United Airlines
. Travellers can watch the bulletins on Channel 1 shortly after take-off on British Airways
flights from the United Kingdom. Air France
also broadcasts the full bulletin instead of France 2
News, on flights operated from London-Heathrow and Los Angeles (and New York–JFK by summer 2009).
(Monday-Thursday) and Stephen Sackur
(Friday) present GMT
, Mishal Husain
(Monday-Thursday) and Lyse Doucet
(Friday) present Impact, Nik Gowing
presents The Hub
, Zeinab Badawi
(Monday, Thursday-Friday) and Kirsty Lang
(Tuesday-Wednesday) present World News Today
, Katty Kay
presents BBC World News America
and Ros Atkins
presents World Have Your Say.
Babita Sharma
from London
(Monday-Wednesday) and Kasia Madera
(Thursday-Friday) present Newsday
with Rico Hizon
from Singapore
.
BBC World News presenters include Martine Dennis
, Peter Dobbie
, Komla Dumor
, David Eades
, Mike Embley
, Karin Giannone
, Geeta Guru-Murthy, Lucy Hockings
, Naga Munchetty
, Adnan Nawaz
, Jamie Robertson
, Babita Sharma
, Owen Thomas
and Alastair Yates
.
Other occasional presenters include Martine Croxall
, Pooneh Ghoddoosi, Deborah Mackenzie
, Kasia Madera
, Sonali Shah, Sue Thearle
, Nisha Pillai
, Kate Silverton
and Tim Willcox
.
, Sally Bundock
, Sara Coburn, Sally Eden, Juliette Foster
, Aaron Heslehurst
, Jamie Robertson
and Owen Thomas
. Rico Hizon
and Sharanjit Leyl
present Asia Business Report
and Asia Today from Singapore.
, Reshmin Chowdhury, Amanda Davies
, Sean Fletcher
, Karthi Gnanasegaram, Matt Gooderick, Amelia Harris, Celina Hinchcliffe
, Sanjeev Shetty, Sarah Stirk
and Sue Thearle
.
, Alex Deakin
, Chris Fawkes
, Peter Gibbs
, John Hammond
, Sarah Keith-Lucas, Simon King, Louise Lear
, Nick Miller
, Susan Powell
, Nina Ridge, Matt Taylor
, Laura Tobin
, Helen Willetts
and Jay Wynne
.
(now with Channel 4 News
), Lindsey Brancher, Tony Campion
, Jonathan Charles
, Peter Coe
, Stephen Cole
(now with Al Jazeera English), Dharshini David
(now with Sky News
UK), Maya Even
, Adrian Finighan
(now with Al Jazeera English), Karen Bowerman
(now with BBC World Features department), Juliet Dunlop
(now with STV News at Six
), James Dagwell
, Liz George
, Jake Lynch, Donald MacCormick
, Anita McNaught
(now with Al Jazeera English), Keshini Navaratnam, Liz Pike, Richard Quest
and Susan Osman.
are limited to be its only differences. However, there are some regional programming variations. For example, a number of programmes are made exclusively for regional viewings, such as Indian feeds, and The Record Europe, which is only broadcast in Europe. In addition, the Asia Business Report
from Singapore is only aired in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East(Now the entire world). The rest of the world sees the World Business Report
. The World Business Report is shown in everywhere including, but not limited to Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East, but are on at different times depending on the country. Also, Asia Business Report airs at 0130 BST worldwide.
On most feeds of BBC World News, when there are no commercials being inserted by the cable or satellite provider similar to other channels, the break filler shows promotions for upcoming programmes on the channel. During BBC News, a news story that has not been promoted airs during what would be the commercial break. This is the case on the broadband versions of BBC World News, and on versions of BBC World News aired in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service
(PBS) stations. However, there are some global commercials and sponsorships which air throughout the network.
On 11 September 2007, the break filler was redesigned and now more closely resembles previous versions. The promotional videos now fill the entire screen and are interspersed with news and market updates, schedules, and other information. There is also no longer a unifying music composition. Instead, each 20 second promotional video uses music selected from a handful of themes, which have some unifying musical characteristics. The information screens, such as the 10 second plug for the website or YouTube channel, and the 15 second weather/time/coming up screens each feature their own theme. The colour theme was updated following the relaunch of the channel in April 2008.
The current style of countdown features reporters and technical staff in many different locations working to bring news stories to air. As with sister channel BBC News, the countdown concludes with the channel logo.
Awards in November 2006.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world. Launched on 11 March 1991 as the BBC World Service Television
BBC World Service Television
BBC World Service Television, often abbreviated to WSTV, was the name given to two of the BBC's international satellite television channels between 1991 and 1995. It was the BBC's first foray into worldwide television broadcasting...
outside of Europe, with its name changed to BBC World in 1995 and to BBC World News in 2008, it broadcasts for 24-hours
24-hour news cycle
The 24-hour news cycle arrived with the advent of television channels dedicated to news, and brought about a much faster pace of news production with increased demand for stories that can be presented as news, as opposed to the day-by-day pace of the news cycle of printed daily newspapers...
with television programming including BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews. Its main global competitor is CNN International
CNN International
CNN International is an international English language television network that carries news, current affairs, politics, opinions, and business programming worldwide. CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated with CNN, which is mainly...
, though it also competes with other major news broadcasting companies. It employs more correspondents, reporters, and international bureaus than any other news channel.
Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, BBC World News is not funded by a licence fee
Television licence
A television licence is an official licence required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts...
. Instead, it is funded commercially by advertising.
On 21 April 2008, the channel changed its name from BBC World to BBC World News as part of a £
Pound sterling
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550,000 rebranding of the BBC's news output, including a new visual identity. The channel later moved into the renovated former studio of the BBC News channel.
History
The channel originally launched as BBC World Service TelevisionBBC World Service Television
BBC World Service Television, often abbreviated to WSTV, was the name given to two of the BBC's international satellite television channels between 1991 and 1995. It was the BBC's first foray into worldwide television broadcasting...
, though unlike BBC World Service radio
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
which has always been government funded, the British government refused to extend the Foreign Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...
grant-in-aid
Grant-in-aid
A grant-in-aid is money coming from central government for a specific project. This kind of funding is usually used when the government and parliament have decided that the recipient should be publicly funded but operate with reasonable independence from the state.In the United Kingdom, most bodies...
. It was launched on 11 March 1991, after two weeks of real time pilots, initially as a half-hour bulletin once a day at 1900 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 1 January 1994, BBC World Service Television split into two stations: BBC Prime
BBC Prime
BBC Prime was the BBC's general entertainment TV channel in Europe and the Middle East from 30 January 1995 until 11 November 2009, when it was replaced by BBC Entertainment.-Launch:...
– an encrypted entertainment channel requiring subscription, and the free to air BBC World
BBC World
BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world...
-concentrating on news and current affairs. Since 1994, the service has gone through several branding changes. From 1994 to 1997, the channel used relatively few graphics to display the name of the channel, with the actual news studio modelled on that used for BBC News in the United Kingdom.
As part of the major relaunch of the image of the BBC, including a new logo for the corporation on 4 October 1997, the channel received its first main refresh on 9 November 1997, the day BBC News 24 was launched. Various fictional flags with some real ones were used. The ident
Ident
The Ident Protocol, specified in RFC 1413, is an Internet protocol that helps identify the user of a particular TCP connection. One popular daemon program for providing the ident service is identd.-How ident works:...
s were computer generated and developed by the Lambie-Nairn
Lambie-Nairn
Lambie-Nairn is an international branding agency within the WPP Group, headquartered in London with offices in Munich, Madrid, Abu Dhabi and Prague...
design agency.
Another large relaunch for BBC News came in 1999 with all output, both in the UK and for BBC World globally having a uniform look made up of red and cream. Music based on a style described as 'drums and beeps' was introduced, composed by David Lowe, a departure from the general orchestral versions of other news programmes.
In 2003 a second makeover, using the same 'drums and beeps' style music but new graphics took place, although on a much smaller scale to that of 1999. The music was changed slightly while the main colour scheme became black and red, with studios using a frosted glass, white and red design for colourings. Later in 2004, the channel's slogan became Putting News First, replacing Demand a Broader View.
In 2008 the channel was renamed BBC World News. New graphics were produced by the Lambie-Nairn design agency, accompanied with reworked music from David Lowe.
Broadcasting
The channel is transmitted by Red Bee MediaRed Bee Media
Red Bee Media Limited is a media management company.Headquartered in west London, United Kingdom at the Broadcast Centre, with international offices in Scotland, Australia, France, Germany and Spain, Red Bee Media has 1500 employees worldwide including homeworkers and revenues of £153m in...
from their network centre at the Broadcast Centre within the BBC Media Village
BBC Media Village
The BBC Media Village was opened in 2004 and is the second phase of development at BBC White City. It was built on the same site as the 1908 Summer Olympics and parts of the swimming pool were discovered when the foundations were laid.-Buildings:...
, part of the BBC White City
BBC White City
BBC White City refers both to a collection of BBC buildings at Wood Lane, White City in west London, and an office building opened in 1990 within that collection of buildings...
, in White City
White City, London
White City is a district in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, to the north of Shepherd's Bush. Today, White City is home to the BBC Television Centre and BBC White City, and Loftus Road stadium, the home of football club Queens Park Rangers FC....
, West London
West (London sub region)
The West is a sub-region of the London Plan corresponding to the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow. The sub region was established in 2004 and was adjusted in 2008 to include Kensington and Chelsea. The west has a population of 1.6 million and...
. All news output originates from studio N8 in the nearby Television Centre
BBC Television Centre
BBC Television Centre at White City in West London is the headquarters of BBC Television. Officially opened on 29 June 1960, it remains one of the largest to this day; having featured over the years as backdrop to many BBC programmes, it is one of the most readily recognisable such facilities...
. The BBC World News newsroom is part of the BBC's Global News Hub, set up in the summer of 1994. The BBC World News newsroom provides output throughout the day. From 0100–0500, the channel BBC News is based within this studio.
Previously, the channel was broadcast in 4:3, with the news output fitted into a 14:9
14:9
14:9 is a compromise aspect ratio of 1.56:1. It is used to create an acceptable picture on both 4:3 and 16:9 televisions, conceived following audience tests conducted by the BBC...
frame for both digital
Digital television
Digital television is the transmission of audio and video by digital signals, in contrast to the analog signals used by analog TV...
and analogue
Analog television
Analog television is the analog transmission that involves the broadcasting of encoded analog audio and analog video signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal...
broadcasting, resulting in black bands
Letterbox
Letterboxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio. The resulting videographic image has mattes above and below it; these mattes are part of the image...
at the top and bottom of the screen. On 13 January 2009 at 09:57 GMT, BBC World News switched its broadcast to 16:9
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
format, initially in the European Region through the Astra 1L satellite
Astra 19.2°E
Astra 19.2°E is the name for the group of communications satellites co-located at the 19.2°East orbital position in the Clarke Belt that are owned and operated by SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg....
, and Eutelsat Hot Bird 6 satellite to other broadcast feeds in the Asian region from 20 January 2009.
In October 2011, a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
feed of BBC World News showed up on Galaxy 13 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The channel is speculated for launch in high definition in 2012.
Availability
BBC World News is most commonly watched as a free-to-airFree-to-air
Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
(FTA) Channel. The channel is available in all parts of Europe and many parts of the world FTA via satellite. It was also available via terrestrial FTA in Berlin from 2000 to March 2007 and in Italy from December 2003 to November 2010. Although not officially available in the UK, it is available to people who point their satellite dishes at Astra 19.2°E
Astra 19.2°E
Astra 19.2°E is the name for the group of communications satellites co-located at the 19.2°East orbital position in the Clarke Belt that are owned and operated by SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg....
, Hot Bird
Hot Bird
Hot Bird is the name of a popular family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13°E over the Equator and with a transmitting footprint over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East....
and Thor. The Middle East feed is also available to UK residents through Badr/Arabsat. In most of the world, it is carried on nearly all satellite and cable platforms.
A daily version of its news bulletins are also rebroadcast on many FTA terrestrial channels such as in New Zealand, where it is carried overnight on TV ONE, and in Trinidad and Tobago where it is carried overnight on TV6
CCN TV6
The Caribbean Communications Network Television 6 ' is the largest private television broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago. The station operates an analog composite NTSC 525 television system, broadcasting on channels 6 and 18 in the island of Trinidad, channel 5 on the Flow Cable System and channel...
.
In Europe, analogue satellite broadcasting via Hot Bird 6 ceased on 18 April 2006 at midday, although its digital free-to-air signal is replicated on Hot Bird 6, Hot Bird 7A, Thor 2 and on Astra 1KR
Astra 1KR
Astra 1KR is a geostationary satellite owned by SES Astra. It was launched in April 2006 as a replacement for Astra 1K, which failed to reach orbit on launch in 2002...
.
It is also available 24/7 in Australia on Foxtel
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....
, Austar
Austar
Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones...
and Optus Television
Optus Television
Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus.-History:Its immediate predecessor was Optus Vision, a joint venture between, Optus and Continental Cablevision with small shareholdings by media companies Publishing and Broadcasting Limited and Seven...
as well as the Telstra NextG phone network. In New Zealand, it is also broadcast via satellite
Satellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...
on SKY Network Television
SKY Network Television
Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...
and via cable
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
on TelstraClear
TelstraClear
TelstraClear is New Zealand's second-largest telecommunications company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telstra Corporation , with around 400,000 customers....
.
In Asia, it was originally carried on STAR TV
STAR TV (Asia)
Satellite Television Asian Region is an Asian TV service owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.In 2009, News Corporation restructured STAR Asia into four units – STAR India, STAR Greater China, STAR Select and Fox International Channels....
, the pan-Asian satellite television service based in Hong Kong, which was later acquired by Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG is an Australian-American business magnate. He is the founder and Chairman and CEO of , the world's second-largest media conglomerate....
, but switched to PanAmSat
PanAmSat
The former PanAmSat Corporation founded in 1984 by Reynold Anselmo, was a satellite service provider headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. It operated a fleet of communications satellites used by the entertainment industry, news agencies, internet service providers, government agencies, and...
in 1994. It is also available on Astro in Malaysia, originally part of the Astro News channel line-up before being a stand alone channel in 2002. In India, it was FTA till 15 June 2006 but is now a pay channel.
BBC World News has been available in Africa on DStv
DStv
DStv is MultiChoice's multi-channel digital satellite TV service in Africa, launched in 1995. It operates from two satellites over Africa, broadcasting on Ku band via Eutelsat W7 and Intelsat 7 , which only requires a small satellite dish...
since late 1995, and its bulletins have also been rebroadcast on South African Broadcasting Corporation
South African Broadcasting Corporation
The South African Broadcasting Corporation is the state-owned broadcaster in South Africa and provides 18 radio stations as well as 3 television broadcasts to the general public.-Early years:Radio broadcasting began in South Africa in 1923...
's (SABC) terrestrial channels in South Africa. In 1996, it became available in Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
.
In Canada, the channel is available on Bell TV and Shaw Direct satellite services, as well as on most digital cable
Digital cable
Digital cable is a generic term for any type of cable television distribution using digital video compression or distribution. The technology was originally developed by Motorola.-Background:...
services. Shaw Cable
Shaw Communications
Shaw Communications is Canada's largest telecommunications company that provides telephone, Canada's fastest Internet and television services as well as broadcasting and soon Wifi. Shaw is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta...
and Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable
Rogers Cable Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., is Canada's largest cable television service provider with about 2.25 million television customers, and over 930,000 Internet subscribers, in Manitoba, Southern & Eastern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.The...
carry the channel as part of their analogue cable packages. The Canadian news channel CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
also carries a BBC World newscast from 6:00 to 6:30 pm daily.
BBC World News is not widely available on cable/satellite services in the United States, but a 2006 agreement with Discovery Networks (which is a partner in BBC America
BBC America
BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable and satellite.-History:The channel launched on March 29, 1998, broadcasting comedy, drama and lifestyle programs from BBC Television and other British television broadcasters like ITV and...
), announced it would seek distribution for the channel. American viewers used to be able to watch selected BBC World bulletins on BBC America
BBC America
BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable and satellite.-History:The channel launched on March 29, 1998, broadcasting comedy, drama and lifestyle programs from BBC Television and other British television broadcasters like ITV and...
and over 200 PBS stations. On 4 April 2009, the morning broadcast of BBC World News was dropped from BBC America. The morning broadcast of BBC World News programming returned on May 18, 2009 and now airs from 4:00–8:00 am on weekdays. It was also reported in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
in April 2008, that some PBS stations have dropped BBC World News after being told by BBC executives that the BBC had made it "pretty clear that the future of the BBC was not intertwined with public broadcasting." Many PBS stations replaced BBC World News with the PBS-produced Worldfocus
Worldfocus
Worldfocus was an American newscast focused on international news and reporting. The newscast was originally anchored by Martin Savidge and is now hosted by Daljit Dhaliwal. It was produced by WNET New York and distributed to U.S. public television stations by American Public Television...
. However, many stations returned to airing BBC World News after Worldfocus was cancelled in April of 2010. Currently, the BBC produces two programs for PBS in the United States. The UK-produced BBC World News is available through Los Angeles station, KCET. It picked up BBC World News after it was dropped by New York PBS station WLIW
WLIW
WLIW, channel 21, is a non-commercial educational public television station licensed to Garden City, New York; which serves as a secondary Public Broadcasting Service member station for the New York City television market...
in favor of Worldfocus. BBC World News America
BBC World News America
BBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News to be shown initially for American audiences. It's presented by Katty Kay, who was announced the main anchor in September 2011....
is now also available to PBS stations after it was pulled from BBC America
BBC America
BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable and satellite.-History:The channel launched on March 29, 1998, broadcasting comedy, drama and lifestyle programs from BBC Television and other British television broadcasters like ITV and...
. Effective January 1st, 2011 KCET is no longer a PBS-member station, therefore New York's WLIW now syndicates The UK-produced BBC World News and BBC World News America to PBS-member stations and PBS World.
Since BBC World News's inception in 1995, the BBC sought carriage for the channel on U.S. cable and satellite systems. It took 11 years for a U.S. distribution deal to be signed, a deal with Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications, Inc. is an American global media and entertainment company. The company started as a single channel in 1985, The Discovery Channel. Today, DCI has global operations offering 28 network entertainment brands on more than 100 channels in more than 180 countries in 39...
that was announced on 25 January 2006. In September 2006, Cablevision in the New York City metropolitan area agreed to retransmit the channel and was the first company to carry BBC World News. The channel is part of Cablevision's iO Digital Cable
IO Digital Cable
Interactive Optimum, better known as iO Digital Cable or simply iO, is a digital cable service offered by Cablevision, available in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and parts of Pennsylvania. It includes 130 HDTV channels, interactive channels, such as games, and channels that allow viewers to...
service, channel 104.
BBC World News on other cable systems
Verizon FiOS
Fíos
Fíos is one of 17 parishes in Parres, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain....
: Channel 107 (All regions)
Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
: channel 387 (Michigan)
Cox Communications
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
: Channel 252 (Northern Virginia)
Grande Communications: Channel 122 (Texas)
Western Kentucky TV (WKTV) Channel 136
United Kingdom
The channel is not officially available as a stand-alone, full-time channel in the United Kingdom, on the grounds that it carries and is funded by advertising (BBC's domestic channels are funded by a television licence feeTelevision licensing in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, any household watching or recording live television transmissions is required to purchase a television licence every year. As of 2010, this costs £145.50 for colour and £49.00 for black and white. The licence is required to receive any live...
which households and establishments that want to watch television programmes as they are being broadcast must pay), although it can be easily received due to its 'free-to-air
Free-to-air
Free-to-air describes television and radio services broadcast in clear form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription or one-off fee...
' status on many European satellite systems, including Astra
SES Astra
Astra is the name for the geostationary communication satellites, both individually and as a group, which are owned and operated by SES S.A., a global satellite operator based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg. The name is sometimes also used to describe the channels broadcasting from these...
and Hotbird. The BBC inserts UK news summaries and weather forecasts in lieu of commercial breaks for any programme simulcast on BBC News Channel and BBC One.
However, there is a simulcast of the 0500UK edition of BBC World News on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
and the BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
channel, followed by an edition of World Business Report. This programme was previously branded as 'The World Today'.
On weekdays, BBC World News also produces a version of World News Today
World News Today
World News Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News and presented by Zeinab Badawi. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to six editions a day aimed at different markets...
at 1900 British Time. The first half hour of this programme can be seen in the UK on BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
. The edition of the programme replaced The World, which had been broadcast as a simulcast on the channel between 2002 and 2007.
The first half hour of BBC World News America
BBC World News America
BBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News to be shown initially for American audiences. It's presented by Katty Kay, who was announced the main anchor in September 2011....
is time shifted and shown at 0030 British Time on the BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
channel.
From 0100 British Time until BBC World News at 0500, the two channels simulcast and the half hour bulletins are branded simply as BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
. Headlines shown on these bulletins at the bottom of the hour are cut short on BBC World News as UK stories are in-line to be presented on the domestic service. Programmes differ at the bottom of the half-hour. The overnight simulcast is often also broadcast on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
or BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
.
Internet access
BBC World, without regional variations, was available live on their website using QuickTimeQuickTime
QuickTime is an extensible proprietary multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. The classic version of QuickTime is available for Windows XP and later, as well as Mac OS X Leopard and...
. But this has been suspended. Since then, BBC World News is available online through the subscription service RealPlayer Plus
RealPlayer
RealPlayer is a cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media, and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats.-History:...
, but not in the US, UK or Canada.
Outside of the United Kingdom, users were able to watch it for free as a live Internet stream through Livestation
LiveStation
Livestation is a platform for distributing live television and radio broadcasts over a data network. It has been developed by Skinkers Ltd and is now a new company called Livestation Ltd...
. However, Internet users with IP addresses that appeared to be from the United States are now prevented from streaming the channel, as Livestation does not have rights to provide this service to users in that country. As of April 2011, the channel can no longer be viewed from the United States via the website.
In Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, it is additionally available as a subscription mobile phone service, having also been available as a terrestrial channel.
Programming
Live news programmes:- BBC World News – The latest international news from the BBC.
- BBC World News AmericaBBC World News AmericaBBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News to be shown initially for American audiences. It's presented by Katty Kay, who was announced the main anchor in September 2011....
– Comprehensive news and analysis with Katty KayKatty KayKatty Kay is an English journalist and correspondent, based at the Washington, D.C. bureau of BBC News. She also blogs at the website True/Slant and is a Board Member at the IWMF .-Biography:...
. Broadcast from the BBC's Washington D.C. Studio. - NewsdayNewsday (programme)Newsday is a news programme on BBC World News that first premiered on 13 June 2011. The programme is co-hosted by Babita Sharma and Kasia Madera† in London with Rico Hizon and Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore...
- Live international news from London and Singapore every weekday. With Babita SharmaBabita SharmaBabita Sharma is a British television newsreader, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand each Monday-Wednesday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore....
, Kasia Madera (London) and Rico HizonRico HizonRico Hizon is a Filipino broadcast journalist with BBC World News. He anchors Newsday and Asia Business Report, which is broadcast to more than 300 million households worldwide...
(Singapore). - GMTGMT (programme)GMT is a news programme on BBC World News that first premiered on 1 February 2010. The programme is hosted by George Alagiah on Monday-Thursday and Stephen Sackur on Friday. Each programme begins with the presenter giving the headlines then turning to the first story, giving the time in that part...
– George AlagiahGeorge AlagiahGeorge Maxwell Alagiah OBE is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter.Since 3 December 2007, he has been the sole presenter of the BBC News at Six and has also been the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News since its launch on 1 February 2010...
(Monday-Thursday) and Stephen SackurStephen SackurStephen John Sackur is a BBC journalist who presents HARDtalk, a current affairs interview programme on BBC World News and BBC News 24. He is also the main Friday presenter of GMT on BBC World News...
(Friday) present the latest news developments from across the globe, with updates on business and sport. - ImpactImpactImpact may refer to:In science :* Impact , a high force or shock over a short time period* Impact crater, a meteor crater caused by an impact event* Impact event, the collision of a meteoroid, asteroid or comet with Earth...
– Global news as it affects audiences around the world. Mishal HusainMishal HusainMishal Husain is a television news presenter for the BBC's international news channel, BBC World News, presenting Impact between 1400 and 1600 GMT every Monday to Thursday as well as presenting the Sunday evening editions of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One...
(Monday-Thursday) and Lyse DoucetLyse DoucetLyse Doucet is a senior BBC presenter and special correspondent from New Brunswick, Canada. She works for both BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television, and also reports for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News in the UK, including reporting on Newsnight.-Education:Doucet was born in Bathurst,...
(Friday) present breaking news, debate and analysis, using the full range of BBC Correspondents mostly from the Asia Pacific nations and across the world. - The HubThe Hub (programme)The Hub is a news programme shown on the international news and current affairs channel BBC World News.The programme launched on 1 February 2010 as part of a network-wide refresh and is presented by Nik Gowing....
– Nik GowingNik GowingNik Keith Gowing is a British television journalist. He was educated at the Simon Langton Grammar School in Canterbury and Latymer Upper School in London, followed by Bristol University....
assesses the days events with his trademark rigorous interviewing and detailed analysis, alongside a summary of the days news as it affects audiences in South Asia and the Middle East. - World News TodayWorld News TodayWorld News Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News and presented by Zeinab Badawi. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to six editions a day aimed at different markets...
– The news programme for audiences who want more depth to their daily coverage. With a focus on Europe, Middle East and Africa, Zeinab BadawiZeinab BadawiZeinab Badawi is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News , and co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow , before joining BBC News. Badawi is currently the presenter of World News Today broadcast on both BBC Four and BBC World News...
(Monday, Thursday-Friday) and Kirsty Lang (Tuesday-Wednesday) bring context and understanding to the most complex of events.
Other live programmes:
- Asia Business ReportAsia Business ReportAsia Business Report is a business news programme produced by the BBC and is shown on BBC World News during the Asian morning hours. This programme used to be available exclusively in Asia Pacific, South Asia and Middle East but, as of a February 1, 2010 revamp, is now aired worldwide...
– Live from Singapore the essential business news as it breaks and a look ahead to the news that will shape the business day. - Sport TodaySport TodaySport Today is a sports news programme produced by the BBC and is shown on BBC World News. It is broadcast up to 12 times daily from Mon-Thu, 11 times daily on Friday and 2 times daily on the weekends...
– All the latest sports news and results from around the globe. - World Business ReportWorld Business ReportWorld Business Report is a television business news programme produced by BBC News and shown daily on BBC World News and the BBC News channel. The programme is broadcast 10 times daily Monday - Thursday and 9 times daily on Fridays. The main presenters of the programme are Tanya Beckett, Sally...
– The latest business news with informed analysis from the world's financial centres. - World Have Your Say - Each week, BBC World viewers can join the multimedia phone-in programme, broadcast alongside BBC World Service Radio and BBC Online, and share their views on topical issues of the day with a global audience.
Pre-recorded programmes include:
- Africa Business Report – A monthly look at business across the continent, talking to the people and businesses who are changing the economic face of Africa.
- ClickClick (TV series)Click is a weekly BBC television programme covering news and recent developments in the world of consumer technology, presented by Spencer Kelly....
– A comprehensive guide to all the latest gadgets, websites, games and computer industry news. - Dateline LondonDateline LondonDateline London is a weekly news discussion programme shown on both BBC News and BBC World News. The programme, presented by Gavin Esler, with Nik Gowing and Lyse Doucet acting as relief presenters, features a roundtable panel of foreign and British journalists who discuss the week's top news...
– Foreign correspondents based in London give their views on the week's international news. - Develop Or Die - investigations and reports on the challenges, problems and successes of developing nations as they seek to increase their wealth or, in some cases, get out of poverty.
- Equestrian World - More than competition, Equestrian World concentrates on the spirit of the sport and the lifestyle surrounding it.
- Fast Track – The series with the latest news about travel, from the industry itself to advice on the latest deals and destinations for people travelling on business or for leisure.
- HARDtalkHARDtalkHardtalk is a flagship BBC television programme, consisting of in-depth half-hour one-on-one interviews.It is broadcast four days a week on BBC World News and the BBC News channel. Launched in 1997, much of its worldwide fame is due to its global reach via BBC World...
– Stephen SackurStephen SackurStephen John Sackur is a BBC journalist who presents HARDtalk, a current affairs interview programme on BBC World News and BBC News 24. He is also the main Friday presenter of GMT on BBC World News...
talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe. - India Business Report – India Business Report will provide an indispensable guide to the big stories to watch out for in the week ahead.
- Middle East Business Report – Getting behind the issues of trade, business and economics in the Gulf, to reveal how this important economic region works and interacts with the rest of the world.
- NewsnightNewsnightNewsnight is a BBC Television current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis and often robust cross-examination of senior politicians. Jeremy Paxman has been its main presenter for over two decades....
– Jeremy PaxmanJeremy PaxmanJeremy Dickson Paxman is a British journalist, author and television presenter. He has worked for the BBC since 1977. He is noted for a forthright and abrasive interviewing style, particularly when interrogating politicians...
looks back at the best of the week's films and discussions from Newsnight. - Our WorldOur WorldOur World was the first live, international, satellite television production, which was broadcast on 25 June 1967. Creative artists, including opera singer Maria Callas, The Beatles and painter Pablo Picasso, representing nineteen different nations were invited to perform or appear in separate...
– Features the BBC's finest news programmes on current issues around the world. The documentaries showcase BBC journalism at its best with programmes that expose and evaluate global topics. - Reporters – A weekly showcase of the best reports from the BBC's global network of correspondents.
- Russia Business Report – The BBC's team of business experts will be reporting from across Russia. While getting under the skin of this complex country they will also be reporting on the companies and business leaders who are becoming major players in the global economy.
- Spirit Of Yachting - This series explores some of the most exciting events in the world of sailing. The films tell the human stories behind the race and reveal the passion, emotion and dedication needed to take part in any world class sporting occasion.
- Talking MoviesTalking MoviesTalking Movies is a 30-minute entertainment programme made by TTL for the BBC, covering reviews and recent developments in the world of film. It is broadcast on BBC World News throughout the week and on BBC News on weekends. Talking Movies also makes appearances on BBC America...
– Tom Brook presents all the latest news and reviews from the U.S. cinema scene with reports from Hollywood and New York. - The Doha Debates - Each month in Qatar invited speakers debate the burning issues of the Arab and Islamic world in front of an audience who are encouraged to participate by asking questions.
- The Record Europe – An in-depth look at the politics of Europe presented by Shirin Wheeler (only shown in Europe; also shown on BBC ParliamentBBC ParliamentBBC Parliament is a British television channel from the BBC. Its remit is to make accessible to all the work of the parliamentary and legislative bodies of the United Kingdom and the European Parliament...
in the UK). - The World Debate - This programme puts the important questions to representatives from global politics, finance, business, the arts, media and other areas. The panels and contributing audiences discuss topical themes.
- Third Eye - An examination of the economic fundamentals of twelve countries, looking beyond balance sheets and stock markets. A macro perspective from some of the best economic and business journalists.
- This WeekThis Week (BBC News TV series)This Week is a weekly analytical programme shown on BBC News and BBC World News.The format involves one presenter linking to various news reports from the past weeks and in some cases conducting interviews with correspondents present at the time the events took place.-External links:* at BBCWorld.com...
– A weekly showcase for reports from the BBC's network of over 250 global correspondents. - UK Report – A weekly showcase for reports from the BBC's network of reporters and correspondents across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom.
- Weekend World – Presented by BBC broadcaster Paddy O'ConnellPaddy O'ConnellGuy Patrick Bennett O'Connell , known as Paddy O'Connell, is an English television and radio presenter, working mainly for the BBC....
, Weekend World is a lively look at viewers' comments on World News programmes and a brief snapshot of what's coming up at the weekend. - The Health ShowThe Health ShowThe Health Show is a groundbreaking series on global health made by Rockhopper TV for BBC World News. The presenters are Dr Ayan Panja and Dr Shini Somara...
presented by Dr Ayan PanjaAyan PanjaDr Ayan Panja is a British media doctor, medical expert, television presenter and writer.He is a partner in a NHS GP town centre practice in St Albans...
and Dr Shini Somara is transmitted four times each weekend and covers the most important developments in global health, including interviews with the world's leading health experts. - World Have Your Say Extra - World Have Your Say Extra gives BBC World News viewers another opportunity to join the multimedia phone-in programme, broadcast alongside BBC World Service Radio and BBC Online, and share their views on topical issues of the day with a global audience.
BBC World News
Half-hour BBC World News bulletins are made available to Public Broadcasting ServicePublic Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
member stations in the United States through Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
's KCET
KCET
KCET, channel 28, is an independent, non-commercial public television station licensed to Los Angeles, California, USA. KCET's studio is located on West Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, and its transmitter is atop Mount Wilson. Al Jerome is the current CEO and President, serving since 1996.KCET was...
, a non-commercial independent public television station separate from PBS since the beginning of 2011 due to a rights fee dispute. 80 to 90% of Americans are able to receive them, though broadcast times vary between different localities, with it airing on several PBS stations in markets such as New York City and Washington DC
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
.
On PBS stations, BBC World News does not appear with commercials (the breaks are replaced with news stories) but omits the Met Office
Met Office
The Met Office , is the United Kingdom's national weather service, and a trading fund of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
international weather forecast
Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
at the end, replacing it with underwriting announcements. The PBS airings are tape-delayed
Broadcast delay
In radio and television, broadcast delay refers to the practice of intentionally delaying broadcast of live material. A short delay is often used to prevent profanity, bloopers, violence, or other undesirable material from making it to air, including more mundane problems such as technical...
on some stations.
BBC America airs a 3-hour block of BBC World News coverage from 5:00 am to 8:00 am on weekdays. Met Office forecasts are removed, and is broadcast with advertisements. Another BBC World News programme, the hour-long BBC World News America
BBC World News America
BBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News to be shown initially for American audiences. It's presented by Katty Kay, who was announced the main anchor in September 2011....
, aired on BBC America at 7:00 pm or 1900 hours eastern time. The 10pm or 2200 eastern time broadcast ended in 2010 when BBC America introduced a second feed for the western time zones of the U.S. On February 18, 2011 it was announced that BBC World News America
BBC World News America
BBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News to be shown initially for American audiences. It's presented by Katty Kay, who was announced the main anchor in September 2011....
would be discontinued on BBC America and would instead be airing only on BBC World
BBC World
BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world...
and local PBS stations in the United States as a 30-minute program.
BBC World News bulletins also appear on CBC News Network in Canada and ABC News 24
ABC News 24
ABC News 24 is an Australian 24-hour news channel launched and owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The channel replaced the former ABC High Definition simulcast of ABC1 and commenced broadcasting at 7:30pm 5:30 on Thursday, 22 July 2010.-Pre-launch:The ABC announced in January 2010...
in Australia.
Travellers on the Heathrow Express
Heathrow Express
Heathrow Express is an airport rail link from London Heathrow Airport to London Paddington station in London operated by the Heathrow Express Operating Authority, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAA. It was opened by the then Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1998...
rail service from London Paddington to London Heathrow Airport
London Heathrow Airport
London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow , in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest airport in the world in terms of total passenger traffic, handling more international passengers than any other airport around the globe...
are also treated to a specially-recorded BBC World News bulletin—introduced with a namecheck of "Welcome to BBC World News onboard the Heathrow Express"—during the fifteen minute journey. This short bulletin is updated twice a day, and is shown in both classes on LCD televisions
Liquid crystal display television
Liquid-crystal display televisions are television sets that use LCD display technology to produce images. LCD televisions are thinner and lighter than cathode ray tube of similar display size, and are available in much larger sizes...
throughout the train.
Many airlines from across the world also play pre-recorded extracts of the BBC World News, have text headlines from it or have a full bulletin available on the in-flight entertainment systems. Airlines with BBC World News include Emirates Airline
Emirates Airline
Emirates is the airline based in the Emirate of Dubai part of the United Arab Emirates . Based at Dubai International Airport it is the largest airline in the Middle East, operating over 2,400 flights per week, from its hub at Terminal 3, to 111 cities in 62 countries across six continents...
, Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines Limited is the flag carrier airline of Singapore. Singapore Airlines operates a hub at Changi Airport and has a strong presence in the Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, and "Kangaroo Route" markets...
, Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport, although the airline's registered office is on the 33rd floor of One Pacific Place...
, Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. , operating as Qatar Airways, is the flag carrier of Qatar. Headquartered in the Qatar Airways Tower in Doha, it operates a hub-and-spoke network, linking over 100 international destinations from its base in Doha, using a fleet of over 100 aircraft...
, Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways is the flag carrier of the United Arab Emirates. Established in July 2003 and based at Abu Dhabi International Airport, Etihad commenced operations in November 2003....
and United Airlines
United Airlines
United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Continental...
. Travellers can watch the bulletins on Channel 1 shortly after take-off on British Airways
British Airways
British Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. British Airways is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations...
flights from the United Kingdom. Air France
Air France
Air France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...
also broadcasts the full bulletin instead of France 2
France 2
France 2 is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Ô...
News, on flights operated from London-Heathrow and Los Angeles (and New York–JFK by summer 2009).
News presenters
George AlagiahGeorge Alagiah
George Maxwell Alagiah OBE is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter.Since 3 December 2007, he has been the sole presenter of the BBC News at Six and has also been the main presenter of GMT on BBC World News since its launch on 1 February 2010...
(Monday-Thursday) and Stephen Sackur
Stephen Sackur
Stephen John Sackur is a BBC journalist who presents HARDtalk, a current affairs interview programme on BBC World News and BBC News 24. He is also the main Friday presenter of GMT on BBC World News...
(Friday) present GMT
GMT (programme)
GMT is a news programme on BBC World News that first premiered on 1 February 2010. The programme is hosted by George Alagiah on Monday-Thursday and Stephen Sackur on Friday. Each programme begins with the presenter giving the headlines then turning to the first story, giving the time in that part...
, Mishal Husain
Mishal Husain
Mishal Husain is a television news presenter for the BBC's international news channel, BBC World News, presenting Impact between 1400 and 1600 GMT every Monday to Thursday as well as presenting the Sunday evening editions of the BBC Weekend News on BBC One...
(Monday-Thursday) and Lyse Doucet
Lyse Doucet
Lyse Doucet is a senior BBC presenter and special correspondent from New Brunswick, Canada. She works for both BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television, and also reports for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News in the UK, including reporting on Newsnight.-Education:Doucet was born in Bathurst,...
(Friday) present Impact, Nik Gowing
Nik Gowing
Nik Keith Gowing is a British television journalist. He was educated at the Simon Langton Grammar School in Canterbury and Latymer Upper School in London, followed by Bristol University....
presents The Hub
The Hub (programme)
The Hub is a news programme shown on the international news and current affairs channel BBC World News.The programme launched on 1 February 2010 as part of a network-wide refresh and is presented by Nik Gowing....
, Zeinab Badawi
Zeinab Badawi
Zeinab Badawi is a Sudanese-British television and radio journalist. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News , and co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow , before joining BBC News. Badawi is currently the presenter of World News Today broadcast on both BBC Four and BBC World News...
(Monday, Thursday-Friday) and Kirsty Lang
Kirsty Lang
Kirsty Lang is a British journalist and broadcaster currently working for the BBC. Lang was raised in various parts of the world; her family were evacuated from Nigeria at the time of the Biafran war in 1967.-Career:...
(Tuesday-Wednesday) present World News Today
World News Today
World News Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News and presented by Zeinab Badawi. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to six editions a day aimed at different markets...
, Katty Kay
Katty Kay
Katty Kay is an English journalist and correspondent, based at the Washington, D.C. bureau of BBC News. She also blogs at the website True/Slant and is a Board Member at the IWMF .-Biography:...
presents BBC World News America
BBC World News America
BBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News to be shown initially for American audiences. It's presented by Katty Kay, who was announced the main anchor in September 2011....
and Ros Atkins
Ros Atkins
Ros Atkins is a BBC host and presenter for the BBC World Service World Have Your Say programme. He began his career as a DJ in Brixton, London. He worked for British Airways in-flight radio before starting at the BBC as a producer in 2001.-References:...
presents World Have Your Say.
Babita Sharma
Babita Sharma
Babita Sharma is a British television newsreader, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand each Monday-Wednesday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore....
from London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
(Monday-Wednesday) and Kasia Madera
Kasia Madera
Kasia Madera is a British journalist and television news presenter, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand Thursday-Sunday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore....
(Thursday-Friday) present Newsday
Newsday (programme)
Newsday is a news programme on BBC World News that first premiered on 13 June 2011. The programme is co-hosted by Babita Sharma and Kasia Madera† in London with Rico Hizon and Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore...
with Rico Hizon
Rico Hizon
Rico Hizon is a Filipino broadcast journalist with BBC World News. He anchors Newsday and Asia Business Report, which is broadcast to more than 300 million households worldwide...
from Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
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BBC World News presenters include Martine Dennis
Martine Dennis
Martine Dennis is an experienced and well known BBC news anchor. She has been one of the main news presenters of the BBC World News for many years. Ethnically black, she is currently the BBC World News main presenter in the slot 5:00 to 8:00 a.m.GMT on Friday, and 6:00 a.m...
, Peter Dobbie
Peter Dobbie
Peter Dobbie is a news presenter on the BBC's 24 hour international news channel, BBC World. Dobbie also presented news on BBC World's sister channel, BBC News 24 until April 2006, when he moved from his 10:30pm-1am late-evening slot, back to BBC World...
, Komla Dumor
Komla Dumor
Komla Dumor is a Ghanaian journalist. He was born in Accra, Ghana in 1972. Dumor is currently a television news presenter for the BBC's international news channel, BBC World, presenting BBC World News and Africa Business Report...
, David Eades
David Eades
David Eades is a journalist and newsreader working for BBC News. He presents the news between 0800 - 1200 on BBC World News. He previously has been a Northern Ireland correspondent for the BBC, as well as Europe Correspondent and senior Sports News Correspondent.He has presented the evening slot on...
, Mike Embley
Mike Embley
Mike Embley is a presenter on BBC World News, an international news and current affairs television channel operated by the BBC....
, Karin Giannone
Karin Giannone
Karin Giannone is a television newsreader working in the United Kingdom. She returned from maternity leave on February 6, 2010 and is the London-based main presenter of the weekend daytime coverage on BBC World News....
, Geeta Guru-Murthy, Lucy Hockings
Lucy Hockings
Lucy Hockings is a New Zealander who is working as a television journalist for BBC World News. She joined the network as producer in 1999, just before being promoted to senior producer in 2000, and worked on Asia Today and HARDtalk. Due to viewer complaints about the accent, she went to the Royal...
, Naga Munchetty
Naga Munchetty
Naga Munchetty is a British journalist and television presenter. She currently presents BBC World News at 0500GMT on weekday mornings on BBC News Channel and BBC World News and makes regular appearances on BBC Breakfast...
, Adnan Nawaz
Adnan Nawaz
Adnan Nawaz is a News and Sports presenter, currently working for the BBC. He can increasingly be seen presenting the news on BBC World News and has presented the sport on BBC News, the Corporation's rolling news channel in the UK, and on BBC World News since 2001...
, Jamie Robertson
Jamie Robertson
Jamie Robertson is a film score composer from England.Born in Essex Jamie studied music from a very young age. With a theatrical background from just 10 He grew up knowing his love of music was to aim for film, TV and Radio....
, Babita Sharma
Babita Sharma
Babita Sharma is a British television newsreader, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand each Monday-Wednesday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore....
, Owen Thomas
Owen Thomas (journalist)
Owen Thomas is a London-based anchor for Bloomberg Television. He has been a news presenter on BBC World News and BBC World Service and an anchor on CNN International.-Journalism career:...
and Alastair Yates
Alastair Yates
Alastair Yates is a British journalist. He worked with the BBC, on BBC World News and BBC News until his retirement in April 2011.Born and brought up in Burton upon Trent, Yates was educated at Manor House School, Ashby and the former Burton Grammar School...
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Other occasional presenters include Martine Croxall
Martine Croxall
Martine Sarah Croxall is an English journalist and television news presenter.-Education:Croxall was educated at St Margaret's, Church of England Primary School in the village of Stoke Golding, Leicestershire. The school is situated near to the exact place where King Henry VII was crowned...
, Pooneh Ghoddoosi, Deborah Mackenzie
Deborah Mackenzie
Deborah Mackenzie is one of four presenters who regularly present the overnight shift on the rolling 24 hour UK news service the BBC News Channel, which is also shown on BBC One and BBC World News during this time.-Education:...
, Kasia Madera
Kasia Madera
Kasia Madera is a British journalist and television news presenter, currently fronting the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand Thursday-Sunday from London with Rico Hizon in Singapore....
, Sonali Shah, Sue Thearle
Sue Thearle
Sue Thearle is a British journalist.She presented on the now defunct Setanta Sports News. She is currently a relief presenter on the BBC's 24 hour news channel BBC News. She was previously a sports presenter on the channel and on BBC Breakfast.After training as a journalist, Thearle began her...
, Nisha Pillai
Nisha Pillai
Nisha Pillai is a journalist based in London. She is one of the main news anchors with BBC World News.-Early life:Pillai was born in Kolkata, India and grew up in Mumbai. When she was 14, her family moved to London, England...
, Kate Silverton
Kate Silverton
Kate Silverton is an English journalist, currently employed by the BBC.- Early life and education :Silverton was born in Essex, England, the daughter of English parents; Terry Silverton, a black-cab driver turned registered hypnotherapist and Patricia Silverton, who now heads her daughter's...
and Tim Willcox
Tim Willcox
Tim Willcox is a British journalist for BBC News, where he presents news bulletins for both the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. Generally a relief presenter for the BBC, he is probably most recognisable for presenting the BBC's live coverage from Chile during events surrounding the Copiapó...
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Business presenters
Business presenters include Tanya BeckettTanya Beckett
Tanya Louise Beckett is an English television and radio journalist.-Education:Beckett was educated at the independent Redland High School for Girls in the city of Bristol, England, followed by Pembroke College at the University of Oxford, where she gained a degree in Metallurgy and a Blue in...
, Sally Bundock
Sally Bundock
Sally Bundock is a news presenter. She joined the World Business Report team in September 2002 and presents the programme’s early morning editions, aimed particularly at European viewers and Global viewers.-Early life:...
, Sara Coburn, Sally Eden, Juliette Foster
Juliette Foster
Juliette Foster is a British journalist and television news presenter.She is the sister of fellow host Fiona Foster.After graduating from the University of Wales, Lampeter, she trained as a Radio Journalist at the London College of Printing. Her first job was as a freelance reporter for BBC Radio...
, Aaron Heslehurst
Aaron Heslehurst
Aaron Heslehurst is a BBC World television presenter often seen presenting World Business Report. Since March 2008, he has also been a regular face on BBC Breakfast presenting the business news as well as a regular presenter on BBC News Channel. Heslehurst also presents a segment on Fast Track...
, Jamie Robertson
Jamie Robertson
Jamie Robertson is a film score composer from England.Born in Essex Jamie studied music from a very young age. With a theatrical background from just 10 He grew up knowing his love of music was to aim for film, TV and Radio....
and Owen Thomas
Owen Thomas
Owen Thomas may refer to:*Owen Thomas , UK radio and television reporter/presenter*Owen Thomas , lead singer in American rock band The Elms*Owen Thomas , former editor of Valleywag...
. Rico Hizon
Rico Hizon
Rico Hizon is a Filipino broadcast journalist with BBC World News. He anchors Newsday and Asia Business Report, which is broadcast to more than 300 million households worldwide...
and Sharanjit Leyl
Sharanjit Leyl
Sharanjit Leyl is a Singaporean Producer/Presenter, with BBC World News. She regularly anchors Asia Business Report and Newsday from the BBC's Singapore studio. She is also a reporter and producer on the shows along with World Business Report...
present Asia Business Report
Asia Business Report
Asia Business Report is a business news programme produced by the BBC and is shown on BBC World News during the Asian morning hours. This programme used to be available exclusively in Asia Pacific, South Asia and Middle East but, as of a February 1, 2010 revamp, is now aired worldwide...
and Asia Today from Singapore.
Sport presenters
Sports presenters include Mike BushellMike Bushell
Mike Bushell is a sports presenter for the BBC. He presents the sport on BBC Breakfast on Fridays and at the weekends, and also presents sports bulletins throughout the week on BBC News and BBC World News. On Saturdays, during his Breakfast shift, Bushell also has a regular report on an unusual...
, Reshmin Chowdhury, Amanda Davies
Amanda Davies
Amanda Davies is a British sports presenter on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel.-Early life:Davies was born on 28 November 1978 in Birmingham, West Midlands and she is the daughter of sports journalist and sports administrator David Davies, Amanda was educated at King Edward VI High School...
, Sean Fletcher
Sean Fletcher
Sean Fletcher is a British journalist and radio broadcast personality.-Early life:Born in New York, but brought up in Essex, England, and educated at Felsted School, an independent school in the village of Felsted in Essex...
, Karthi Gnanasegaram, Matt Gooderick, Amelia Harris, Celina Hinchcliffe
Celina Hinchcliffe
Celina Hinchcliffe is a British television sports presenter.-Family and early life:Celina married in May 2009 and they had a son the following year...
, Sanjeev Shetty, Sarah Stirk
Sarah Stirk
- Broadcasting career :Stirk began her broadcasting career on MUTV, the channel for prominent football team Manchester United. She has also presented on BBC's East Midlands Today.She spent two years covering the PGA Golf Tour on the now defunct Setanta Golf...
and Sue Thearle
Sue Thearle
Sue Thearle is a British journalist.She presented on the now defunct Setanta Sports News. She is currently a relief presenter on the BBC's 24 hour news channel BBC News. She was previously a sports presenter on the channel and on BBC Breakfast.After training as a journalist, Thearle began her...
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Weather presenters
Weather presenters include: Darren Bett, Daniel CorbettDaniel Corbett
Daniel Corbett is a British broadcast meteorologist, who worked for the Met Office and the BBC for many years until May 2011. He regularly appeared on BBC ONE, BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Red Button, BBC Four, BFBS TV, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live. He first joined the Met Office...
, Alex Deakin
Alex Deakin
Alex Deakin is a weatherman for the BBC, broadcasting on British television and radio....
, Chris Fawkes
Chris Fawkes
Chris Fawkes is a BBC Weather forecaster. He appears regularly on BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Red Button, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live...
, Peter Gibbs
Peter Gibbs
Peter Gibbs is a BBC Weather forecaster, who appears regularly on BBC News, BBC World News and BBC Radio, particularly BBC Radio Four. He has previously worked on the BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten and BBC Breakfast....
, John Hammond
John Hammond (weather forecaster)
John Hammond is an English weather forecaster for the BBC. He can be seen presenting weather forecasts on BBC News, BBC One, BBC Red Button, BBC World News and BBC Radio...
, Sarah Keith-Lucas, Simon King, Louise Lear
Louise Lear
Louise Lear , is a BBC Weather presenter, appearing on BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Red Button and BBC Radio...
, Nick Miller
Nick Miller (weather forecaster)
Nick Miller is a British weather forecaster , working for the BBC. He joined the team at the BBC Weather Centre in London in January 2007, and can now be seen presenting on BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Radio 4 and BBC One. He appears regularly on the BBC News at One and the BBC News at SixPrior to...
, Susan Powell
Susan Powell (Weather forecaster)
Susan Powell is a weather reporter for the BBC. She telecasts on the BBC News Channel, BBC One, BBC World, BBC Radio Four, and she is a main weather reporter on the BBC Six O'Clock News and BBC Radio Five Live. She was previously a main weather reporter on the BBC Ten O'Clock News.-Early life:Susan...
, Nina Ridge, Matt Taylor
Matt Taylor (weather forecaster)
-Early life:Taylor has a degree in City and Regional Planning from Cardiff University where he studied before working for a local council in Lincolnshire...
, Laura Tobin
Laura Tobin
Laura Elizabeth Brown , is an English broadcast meteorologist, working for the United Kingdom Met Office and the BBC, producing BBC Weather reports for BBC Television and BBC Online....
, Helen Willetts
Helen Willetts
Helen Sarah Willetts is a meteorologist on the BBC. She appears regularly on BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Red Button, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 2, as well as BBC One. Helen is an occasional weather forecaster on the BBC News at Ten and the BBC News channel...
and Jay Wynne
Jay Wynne
Jay Wynne is a BBC Weather forecaster, appearing mainly on BBC News 24, BBC Radio 4, BBC World and BBC One.He is a main weather presenter on the BBC Ten O'Clock News, and previously the BBC Six O'Clock News and the BBC One O'Clock News....
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Former presenters
Presenters who have previously appeared on the channel include Samira AhmedSamira Ahmed
Samira Ahmed is a British freelance journalist, writer and broadcaster at the BBC, where she has presented Radio 4's PM, The World Tonight and Sunday. She also presented two Proms for BBC Four in 2011. Ahmed's writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent and on The Spectator magazine Arts...
(now with Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News is the news division of British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since the broadcaster's launch in 1982.-Channel 4 News:...
), Lindsey Brancher, Tony Campion
Tony Campion
Tony Campion is Lead Consultant at , a communications coaching agency in the healthcare, telecommunications and financial sectors.He is a former full time presenter and reporter for CNN, based in London....
, Jonathan Charles
Jonathan Charles
Jonathan Charles is the Director of Communications at the EBRD .Before starting this role in February 2011, Jonathan Charles was a presenter on the BBC television news programmes BBC World News, BBC News, and World News Today...
, Peter Coe
Peter Coe
Percy Newbold "Peter" Coe was the father and athletics coach to Sebastian Coe.-Early life:Coe was born Percy Newbold Coe in Kingston, Surrey, the eldest child of Violet and Percy Coe Sr...
, Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole is a presenter for Al Jazeera English. Previously, he worked for the BBC.-Broadcasting career:...
(now with Al Jazeera English), Dharshini David
Dharshini David
Dharshini David is an English economist and broadcaster. After working at HSBC and the BBC and Tesco PLC she became a business correspondent and presenter for Sky News.-Biography:Born and raised in London, England, of Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry...
(now with Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
UK), Maya Even
Maya Even
Dr Maya Even , is a Canadian born British based University lecturer, journalist and television presenter.Born in Canada, and educated at McGill University, Montreal, and St Anthony's College, University of Oxford where she first came to in 1979 and completed a doctoral thesis entitled The Evolution...
, Adrian Finighan
Adrian Finighan
Adrian Finighan is a British journalist, working as a presenter and reporter for the television channel Al Jazeera English . He is based at AJE’s World headquarters in Doha and presents programmes from there....
(now with Al Jazeera English), Karen Bowerman
Karen Bowerman
Karen Bowerman is an English journalist and television presenter who has worked for Sky, ITV, CNN International and the BBC. She was the consumer correspondent for BBC One and the business, finance and consumer presenter for the BBC News Channel and its international counterpart BBC World...
(now with BBC World Features department), Juliet Dunlop
Juliet Dunlop
Juliet Dunlop is a British television journalist and newsreader working for STV in East Central Scotland. She previously appeared as a presenter for the BBC, appearing on the BBC News channel, BBC World News and BBC One daytime updates.-Career:...
(now with STV News at Six
STV News at Six
STV News at Six is a Scottish regional news programme, covering the two STV franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland, produced by STV Central in the Central region and STV North in the Northern region.The programmes were launched on Monday 23 March 2009, replacing Scotland Today in...
), James Dagwell
James Dagwell
James Dagwell is a British journalist. He was brought up in Devon, South London and Crowborough.-Education:Dagwell was educated at Beacon Community College, a state comprehensive school in the town of Crowborough in East Sussex, followed by Royal Holloway at the University of London, in Central...
, Liz George
Liz George
The Hon. Elizabeth George , is an English journalist and television news correspondent and programme anchor.The daughter of the former Governor of the Bank of England, Edward George, Baron George, she started out at the Surrey Advertiser....
, Jake Lynch, Donald MacCormick
Donald MacCormick
Donald MacCormick was a Scottish broadcast journalist.MacCormick's father was a Glasgow teacher who died when Donald was six...
, Anita McNaught
Anita McNaught
Anita McNaught is a United Kingdom/New Zealand dual nationality freelance journalist and television presenter, currently working for Al Jazeera English....
(now with Al Jazeera English), Keshini Navaratnam, Liz Pike, Richard Quest
Richard Quest
Richard Austin Quest is an English journalist and a CNN International anchor and reporter based in London. He anchors Quest Means Business. In addition to anchoring the five-times-weekly business program, Quest hosts the monthly program Business Traveller...
and Susan Osman.
Variation
BBC World News is, for the most part, the same channel all over the world; the commercialsAdvertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
are limited to be its only differences. However, there are some regional programming variations. For example, a number of programmes are made exclusively for regional viewings, such as Indian feeds, and The Record Europe, which is only broadcast in Europe. In addition, the Asia Business Report
Asia Business Report
Asia Business Report is a business news programme produced by the BBC and is shown on BBC World News during the Asian morning hours. This programme used to be available exclusively in Asia Pacific, South Asia and Middle East but, as of a February 1, 2010 revamp, is now aired worldwide...
from Singapore is only aired in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East(Now the entire world). The rest of the world sees the World Business Report
World Business Report
World Business Report is a television business news programme produced by BBC News and shown daily on BBC World News and the BBC News channel. The programme is broadcast 10 times daily Monday - Thursday and 9 times daily on Fridays. The main presenters of the programme are Tanya Beckett, Sally...
. The World Business Report is shown in everywhere including, but not limited to Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East, but are on at different times depending on the country. Also, Asia Business Report airs at 0130 BST worldwide.
On most feeds of BBC World News, when there are no commercials being inserted by the cable or satellite provider similar to other channels, the break filler shows promotions for upcoming programmes on the channel. During BBC News, a news story that has not been promoted airs during what would be the commercial break. This is the case on the broadband versions of BBC World News, and on versions of BBC World News aired in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(PBS) stations. However, there are some global commercials and sponsorships which air throughout the network.
On 11 September 2007, the break filler was redesigned and now more closely resembles previous versions. The promotional videos now fill the entire screen and are interspersed with news and market updates, schedules, and other information. There is also no longer a unifying music composition. Instead, each 20 second promotional video uses music selected from a handful of themes, which have some unifying musical characteristics. The information screens, such as the 10 second plug for the website or YouTube channel, and the 15 second weather/time/coming up screens each feature their own theme. The colour theme was updated following the relaunch of the channel in April 2008.
Countdown sequence
Since its inception, and more so since its extensive association with the BBC News channel, the countdown to the hourly news bulletin has been a feature of the channel's presentation, accompanied by music composed by David Lowe.The current style of countdown features reporters and technical staff in many different locations working to bring news stories to air. As with sister channel BBC News, the countdown concludes with the channel logo.
Awards
BBC World News was named Best International News Channel at the Association for International BroadcastingAssociation for International Broadcasting
The Association for International Broadcasting - AIB - is the industry association that represents and supports international television and radio broadcasters....
Awards in November 2006.
Competitors
- Al Jazeera English
- Australia NetworkAustralia NetworkAustralia Network, originally Australia Television International and later ABC Asia Pacific, is a free-to-air international satellite television service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation since 2006. The television and online service broadcasts 24 hours a day on 7 days a week, to...
- CNN InternationalCNN InternationalCNN International is an international English language television network that carries news, current affairs, politics, opinions, and business programming worldwide. CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated with CNN, which is mainly...
- CCTV-9CCTV-9CCTV-9 is the documentary channel of the television network, CCTV in the People's Republic of China. This channel has a local Mandarin Chinese edition called CCTV-9, and an international English language edition called CCTV-9 Documentary. The English edition is carried by more satellites than the...
- Deutsche WelleDeutsche WelleDeutsche Welle or DW, is Germany's international broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market. It broadcasts news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio on 98.7 DZFE in 30 languages . It has a satellite television service , that is available in four languages, and...
- EuronewsEuroNewsEuronews is an international multilingual news television channel.It covers world news from what it claims to be a 'European' perspective.Criticisms are that the perspective is in fact that of the European Commission - a major and growing funder of Euronews....
- Fox News ChannelFox News ChannelFox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
International - France 24France 24France 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW-TV, NHK World and RT, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the channel started broadcasting through...
- MVC – MUNDOVISION (English News Channel)MundoVisionMundoVision Corporation is a Spanish-language television broadcaster based in Houston, Texas, U.S.A. providing MUNDOVISION® multichannels with programming about several nationalities...
- Russia TodayRussia Today TVRT, previously known as Russia Today, is a global multilingual television news network based in the Russian Federation run by the state-owned state-run RIA Novosti....
- Press TVPress TVPress TV is a 24-hour English language global news network owned by the Iranian government. Its headquarters are located in Tehran, Iran, with bureaux in Beirut , Damascus , London , Seoul and Washington DC ....
- Sky News InternationalSky NewsSky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
- Bloomberg TelevisionBloomberg TelevisionBloomberg Television is a 24-hour global network broadcasting business and financial news. It is distributed globally, reaching over 200 million homes worldwide. It is owned and operated by Bloomberg L.P...
- CNBCCNBCCNBC is a satellite and cable television business news channel in the U.S., owned and operated by NBCUniversal. The network and its international spinoffs cover business headlines and provide live coverage of financial markets. The combined reach of CNBC and its siblings is 390 million viewers...