Behind the News
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Behind the News is a long-running news-program broadcast on Australia's ABC1
made in Adelaide and aimed at school-aged children (10–13 years of age). BtN is aimed at upper primary and lower secondary students with the goal of helping them understand current issues and events in their world.
Behind the News explores major news events using the language, music and popular culture of young people. The program explains the concepts that underpin the issues and events, while also providing background information that puts current affairs into context. Behind the News also covers kids' issues often overlooked by mainstream news, and makes use of online resources including streaming video of BtN stories, study materials for teachers and additional information and activities for students.BtN explains news items in a fun,simplistic way that is easy to understand.
In 2004 Behind the News was temporarily axed due to Government budget cuts but returned to air in 2005. While BtN was the first and original program of this nature, a similar program on Network Ten
, ttn
(the total news), debuted in the year BtN did not air. ttn itself was axed at the end of 2008.
Some schools let students watch BtN on a regular basis in hope that it will give them an insight into politics, current affairs, sport and various other things.
since 4 December 2009. It is produced by and features the same team as Behind The News, but uses different graphics, music and website. It goes to air at 4:25 pm and 6:55 pm, Mondays to Fridays.
ABC1
ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
made in Adelaide and aimed at school-aged children (10–13 years of age). BtN is aimed at upper primary and lower secondary students with the goal of helping them understand current issues and events in their world.
Behind the News explores major news events using the language, music and popular culture of young people. The program explains the concepts that underpin the issues and events, while also providing background information that puts current affairs into context. Behind the News also covers kids' issues often overlooked by mainstream news, and makes use of online resources including streaming video of BtN stories, study materials for teachers and additional information and activities for students.BtN explains news items in a fun,simplistic way that is easy to understand.
In 2004 Behind the News was temporarily axed due to Government budget cuts but returned to air in 2005. While BtN was the first and original program of this nature, a similar program on Network Ten
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
, ttn
Ttn
ttn was a 30 minute weekly Australian news program aimed at school-aged children produced and broadcast by Network Ten from 2004 to 2008. It presented current issues and events in a way that could be understood and further explored by its intended viewers.ttn premiered on 3 February 2004...
(the total news), debuted in the year BtN did not air. ttn itself was axed at the end of 2008.
Some schools let students watch BtN on a regular basis in hope that it will give them an insight into politics, current affairs, sport and various other things.
News On 3
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since 4 December 2009. It is produced by and features the same team as Behind The News, but uses different graphics, music and website. It goes to air at 4:25 pm and 6:55 pm, Mondays to Fridays.