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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 and any news channel in the world. Founded in 1991 as BBC World Service Television

BBC World Service Television

BBC World Service Television was the name given to two of the BBC's international satellite television channels between 1991 and 1995....
outside Europe (the name was changed to BBC World in 1995 and to BBC World News in 2008), it broadcasts for 24 hours with programming including BBC News

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BBC World Service Television

BBC News

BBC News, formerly BBC News and Current Affairs, is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporation's news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online....
bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews. Its main global competitor is CNN International

CNN International

CNN International , usually known on-air as simply "CNN" to viewers outside the United States, is an English language television network that carries news, current affairs and business programming worldwide....
, though it also competes with other major news broadcasting companies. It employs more correspondents and reporters than any other news channel and has more international bureaus. It is the world's most watched news channel, ahead of CNN

CNN

Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
, and also one of the most watched channels in the world.

The channel is transmitted by Red Bee Media

Red Bee Media

Red Bee Media Limited is a media company which operates a Playout in west London in the United Kingdom for television and radio broadcasters such as the BBC, UKTV, Virgin Media Television, ESPN, Community Channel, Setanta Sports News and soon Channel 4....
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....
, 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, London 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 place 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

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. All news output originates from studio N8 in the nearby Television Centre

BBC Television Centre

BBC Television Centre in West London, sometimes abbreviated to TVC, TC or TV Centre, is the headquarters of BBC Television. The greater part of the BBC's television output comes from here, as well as, in more recent years, that of BBC Radio 5 Live and, since 1998, that of most of the corporation's national BBC News service....
. The BBC World News newsroom is part of the BBC's Global News Hub, set up in the summer of 2008. The BBC World News newsroom provides output throughout the day. From 0100-0500 the channel BBC News is also based in 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 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 sending and receiving of moving images and sound by Discrete signal signals, in contrast to the Analog television used by analog TV....
and analogue

Analog television

Analog television encodes television picture and sound information and transmits it as an analog 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....
at the top and bottom of the screen. On January 13, 2009 at 09:57 GMT, BBC World News has switched its broadcast to 16:9 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 S.A....
, but to other feeds broadcast in the Asian region in 20 January, 2009.

BBC World News was named Best International News Channel at the Association for International Broadcasting

Association for International Broadcasting

The Association for International Broadcasting - AIB - is the industry association that represents and supports international television and radio broadcasting....
Awards in November 2006.

In April 2008 the channel changed its name from BBC World to BBC World News as part of a £

Pound sterling

----The pound sterling , subdivided into 100 pence , is the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependency and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory....
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 Television

BBC World Service Television

BBC World Service Television was the name given to two of the BBC's international satellite television channels between 1991 and 1995....
, though unlike BBC World Service radio

BBC World Service

The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasting, currently broadcasting in 32 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

Her Majesty's Government

Her Majesty's Government is a term used to refer to the government of the United Kingdom. Apart from the United Kingdom, the phrase has been used by other countries which recognise the British head of state as their own also....
refused to extend the Foreign Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs....
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 public funding but operate with reasonable independence from the State....
. It was launched on 11 March 1991, after 2 weeks of real time pilots, initially as a half-hour bulletin once a day at 1900 GMT. The programme editor was Johan "John" Ramsland. The original picture editing team consisted of Bob Scholes, Peter Hodge & Mike Casey.

In 1995 BBC World Service Television split into two stations: BBC Prime

BBC Prime

BBC Prime is the BBC's general entertainment TV channel in Europe and the Middle East, first launched in January 1995. It is funded by pay television available either as part of a satellite package or as a stand-alone channel....
- an encrypted entertainment channel requiring subscription, and the free to air BBC World concentrating on news and current affairs. Since 1995, the service has gone through several branding changes. From 1995 to 1997, the channel used 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 in 1997, the channel received its first main refresh. Various fictional flags with some real were used. The idents were computer generated and developed by the Lambie-Nairn

Lambie-Nairn

Lambie-Nairn & Company Ltd. is a global branding and design agency, based in the United Kingdom and part of the WPP Group.Lambie-Nairn is probably best known for its work in the broadcast area - creating the first broadcast brand for Channel 4 in the 1980s - and also for its innovative work in delivering screen-based branding solutions to i...
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

David Lowe

David Lowe is a United Kingdom composer, focusing primarily on music for television and radio. His work includes all the current themes for BBC News....
, a departure from the general orchestral versions of other news programmes.

In 2003 and 2004 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.

Distribution

BBC World News is most commonly watched as an free-to-air

Free-to-air

Free-to-air television and radio broadcasts are sent Encryption and may be received via any suitable receiver:Free-to-view is, generally, available without subscription but is digitally encrypted and may be restricted geographically....
(FTA) Channel. The channel is available FTA in Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, via digital terrestrial television

Digital terrestrial television

Digital Terrestrial Television is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional Antenna instead of a satellite dish or cable connection....
, and in all parts of Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
and many parts of the world FTA via satellite. (It was also available via terrestrial FTA in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
from c. 2000 to March 2007). 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

Hot Bird

Hot Bird is the name of a family of satellites operated by Eutelsat, located at 13Celestial coordinate system 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.

BBC World News is available online here: and through the website of Dong-a Ilbo
Dong-a Ilbo

The Dong-a Ilbo was founded in 1920 by Kim Sung-soo who also founded Korea University during the Japanese occupation of Korea.Later, Kim also served as the second vice-president of South Korea in 1951....
, a Korea

Korea

Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
n newspaper, but this stream cannot necessarily be viewed from all countries (inaccessible from the USA

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
as of October 2007).

It is also available online through the subscription service RealPlayer Plus

RealPlayer

RealPlayer is a Proprietary software 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 format RealAudio and RealVideo formats....
and online live streaming service Jalipo. In Bahrain

Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
and the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....
it is additionally available as a subscription mobile phone

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a long-range, electronic device used for mobile voice or data communication over a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites....
service, having also been available as a terrestrial channel.

Outside of the United States and the United Kingdom, the channel can be watched for free as a live Internet stream through Livestation

LiveStation

Livestation is a platform for distributing live television and radio broadcasts over a peer-to-peer data network. It is being developed by Skinkers Ltd....
. Internet users with IP addresses that appear to be from the United States or the United Kingdom are prevented from streaming the channel, as Livestation does not have rights to provide this service to users in these countries.

A daily version of its news bulletins are also rebroadcast on many FTA terrestrial channels like in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, where it is carried overnight on TV ONE

TV One

TV One can refer to:* TV ONE, a television network in New Zealand operated by Television New Zealand* TV One , a television network in the United States operated by Radio One ...
, and in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an island country in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles....
where it is carried overnight on TV6

CCN TV6

CCN TV6 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, and channel 19 in Tobago....
.

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

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
on Foxtel

Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
, Austar

Austar

About 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 Australia telecommunications company Optus....
as well as the Telstra NextG phone network. In New Zealand, it is also broadcast via satellite

Satellite television

Satellite television is television delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by a satellite dish and set-top box. In many areas of the world it provides a wide range of channels and services, often to areas that are not serviced by terrestrial television or cable television providers....
on SKY Network Television

SKY Network Television

SKY Network Television Limited , often trading as SKY, is a New Zealand pay television service. On 31 December, 2007, SKY had 720,919 subscribers, which comprises:...
and via cable

Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
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

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, it was originally carried on STAR TV, the pan-Asian satellite television service based in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
, which was later acquired by Rupert Murdoch

Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, Order of Australia, Order of St. Gregory the Great , usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born International Mass media business magnate....
, but switched to PanAmSat

PanAmSat

The former PanAmSat Corporation founded in 1984 by Rene Anselmo, was a satellite service provider headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. It operated a fleet of communications satellites used by the entertainment industry, news agency, internet service providers, government agencies, and telecommunication companies....
in 1996. It is also available on Astro

Astro (satellite TV)

Astro is a subscription-based direct broadcast satellite service based in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It transmits digital satellite television and satellite radio to households initially in Malaysia, but also expands to Brunei and Indonesia....
in Malaysia

Malaysia

Malaysia is a federation that consists of States of Malaysia in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government....
. In India it was FTA till 15 June 2006 but is now a pay channel.

BBC World News has been available in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
on DStv

DStv

Digital Satellite Television is MultiChoice's multi-channel digital satellite TV service in Africa, launched in 1995. In South Africa and neighbouring countries, it broadcasts on ku-Band, which only requires a small satellite dish, while several other countries in the rest of Africa receive broadcasts via both ku-Band and C-Band which requir...
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 4 television broadcasts to the general public....
's (SABC) terrestrial channels in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
. In 1996, it became available in Latin America

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
and the Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
.

In Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, the channel is available on Bell TV and Star Choice

Star Choice

Star Choice is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada which is majority-owned by cable TV operator Shaw Communications Inc....
satellite services, as well as on most digital cable

Digital cable

Digital cable is a type of cable television Distribution using digital video compression. The technology was developed by Motorola....
services. Shaw Cable

Shaw Communications

Shaw Communications is a Canada telecommunications company that provides telephone, internet and television services. 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 Southern Ontario, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador....
carry the channel as part of their analogue cable packages.

BBC World News is not widely available on cable/satellite services in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, but a 2006 agreement with Discovery Networks (which is a partner in BBC America

BBC America

BBC America is an United States television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable television and satellite television....
) announced it would seek distribution for the channel. American viewers are still able to watch select BBC World bulletins on BBC America

BBC America

BBC America is an United States television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable television and satellite television....
and over 200 PBS stations. For more distribution information, please refer to the paragraph below - "BBC World in the USA."

Presenters

Regular presenters

George Alagiah

George Maxwell Alagiah Order of the British Empire born 22 November 1955) is a Sri Lankan Tamil people born England journalist and presenter of Tamil people descent....
, Mishal Husain

Mishal Husain

Mishal Husain is currently an anchor for the BBC's international news channel BBC World, presenting between 1300 and 1600 GMT each Monday to Thursday, as well as appearing on the BBC One weekend bulletins....
, Nik Gowing

Nik Gowing

Nik Keith Gowing is a United Kingdom television journalist. He was educated at the Simon Langton Grammar School in Canterbury and Latymer Upper School in London, followed by Bristol University....
, Zeinab Badawi

Zeinab Badawi

Zeinab Badawi born is a television and radio reporter and news presenter in the United Kingdom. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow for several years, before joining BBC News....
and Philippa Thomas

Philippa Thomas

Philippa Thomas is a United Kingdom television journalist. She grew up in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. She is currently a presenter on the 2200 ET edition of World News Today, a one-hour news programme on the BBC World News channel....
present the five editions of World News Today

World News Today

Tanya Beckett

Tanya Louise Beckett is an England television and radio journalist.Beckett graduated from the independent Redland High School for Girls in the city of Bristol, England....
presents the business edition of World News Today. Other regular presenters on the channel, fronting the rolling news bulletins, are Jonathan Charles

Jonathan Charles

Jonathan Charles is a regular relief presenter on the BBC's rolling news channels BBC World News and BBC News . He has also been a World Affairs Correspondent for 17 years, reporting from many conflict zones, most recently Iraq....
, 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. He previously has been a Northern Ireland correspondent for the BBC, as well as Europe Correspondent and senior Sports News Correspondent....
, Lucy Hockings

Lucy Hockings

Lucy Hockings is a New Zealander who is working as a television journalist for BBC World. She joined the network as producer in 1999, just before being promoted to senior producer in 2000, and worked on Asia Today and HARDtalk....
, 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.He began his career in broadcasting in 1983, working for BBC Wales and then the BBC programme Watchdog, before moving to Public Eye in 1989....
, Alastair Yates

Alastair Yates

Alastair Yates is a United Kingdom journalist with the BBC, working on the overnight shift on BBC World News and BBC News .Born and brought up in Burton upon Trent, Yates was educated at the former Burton Grammar School....
, , Karin Giannone

Karin Giannone

Karin Giannone is a television newsreader working in the United Kingdom. She is the main London-based presenter of the BBC World News/BBC News overnight bulletins Wednesday-Friday including BBC World News Today, as well as other shifts on the BBC World News and BBC News channels....
, James Dagwell

James Dagwell

James Dagwell is a United Kingdom journalist working for BBC News. He was born in 1974 and brought up in Crowborough, East Sussex, and is a graduate of the University of London having completed a degree in English and Drama....
and Martine Croxall

Martine Croxall

Martine Croxall is a British journalist and television news presenter.Born in Leicestershire, Croxall studied Geography at the University of Leeds, followed by a year out in Africa....
. Matt Frei

Matt Frei

Matthias Frei better known as Matt Frei is the BBC's Washington, D.C., correspondent, and the presenter of BBC World News America.He was born in Essen, Germany....
presents BBC World News America

BBC World News America

BBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News to be shown initially for United States audiences. The programme is shown daily in its full hour format on BBC America and BBC World News, and for the first half hour on BBC News in the UK and on various affiliates of Public Broadcasting Service in the United Sta...
.

Regular relief and weekend presenters on the channel include Anya Sitaram, 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....
, Tim Willcox

Tim Willcox

Tim Willcox is a BBC News presenter. He was educated at Taunton School, an Independent school in the English county of Somerset, and St Chad's College, Durham University, United Kingdom....
, Maryam Moshiri

Maryam Moshiri

Maryam Moshiri is a regular presenter of the afternoon and evening business news on BBC News , the corporation's rolling 24 hour news channel, and is also a weekend presenter on BBC World News....
, Jannat Jalil

Jannat Jalil

Jannat Jalil is a presenter and reporter for BBC News. She presents on overnights on the corporation's rolling news channel and at weekends on BBC World News....
, David Jessel

David Jessel

David Jessel is a news presenter on BBC World, the BBC international news and current affairs channel.He was educated at the Dragon School, an independent school in Oxford, and Eton College, an independent school near Windsor, Berkshire, Berkshire....
, Geeta Guru-Murthy, Kirsty Lang

Kirsty Lang

Kirsty Lang is a United Kingdom 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 Nigerian Civil War in 1967....
, Tanya Beckett

Tanya Beckett

Tanya Louise Beckett is an England television and radio journalist.Beckett graduated from the independent Redland High School for Girls in the city of Bristol, England....
, , Lyse Doucet

Lyse Doucet

Lyse Doucet is a presenter and correspondent from Bathurst, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada. She works for both BBC World Service radio and BBC World News television, and occasionally reports for BBC Radio 4 and BBC News in the UK, although she is not a regular face on the BBC's domestic services....
, Nisha Pillai

Nisha Pillai

Nisha Pillai is an Indian-born journalist based in London. She is one of the main news anchors with BBC World News....
, Katty Kay

Katty Kay

Katty Kay is an England reporter and journalist, based in Washington D.C., where she covers politics for the BBC.Kay grew up in various Middle East countries, where her father was posted as a British diplomat....
(based in Washington), and . Occasional presenters include Susan Osman

Susan Osman

Susan Osman is a United Kingdom journalist and news presenter for the BBC.Susan has been a household name for many years. Originally,she began her career in the theatre, performing a one woman show, The Belle of Amherst for the New Theatre in Washington D.C....
, Owen Thomas

Owen Thomas

Owen Thomas can refer to:*Owen Thomas , UK radio and television reporter/presenter*Owen Thomas , lead singer in American rock band The Elms ....
, Julian Marshall and Kasia Madera.

Business presenters include Sara Coburn

Sara Coburn

Sara Coburn is a journalist and currently a business presenter on BBC Breakfast and the BBC News Channel....
, Aaron Heslehurst

Aaron Heslehurst

Aaron Heslehurst is a BBC World presenter often seen presenting World Business Report. Since March of 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....
, Jamie Robertson

Jamie Robertson

Jamie Robertson is a film scores composer from England.Born in Essex Jamie studied music from a very young age. With a theatrical background from just 10 He grew up knewing his love of music was to aim for film/tv and Radio....
, Sally Bundock

Sally Bundock

Sally Bundock is a news presenter who was educated at City University, London. 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....
, Juliette Foster

Juliette Foster

Juliette Foster is a United Kingdom journalist and television news presenter.After graduating from the University of Wales, Lampeter, she trained as a Radio Journalist at the London College of Communication....
and Sally Eden.

Sport presenters on the channel include Robin Bailey, , Celina Hinchcliffe

Celina Hinchcliffe

Celina Hinchcliffe is a British television sports Television presenter.Her father, Philip Hinchcliffe, is a British television producer. Celina attended Sir William Perkins's School in Chertsey, and after gaining a degree in English Literature and Drama from the Birmingham University, she worked with various theatre companies and travelled...
, Francis Collings

Francis Collings

Francis Collings is a sports presenter, currently working for the BBC. He can be seen presenting the sports news on BBC News , the corporation's rolling news channel in the UK, and on BBC World News throughout the week....
, Mike Bushell

Mike 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....
, Adnan Nawaz

Adnan Nawaz

Adnan Nawaz is a sports presenter, currently working for the BBC. He has presented the sport on BBC News , the corporation's rolling news channel in the UK, and on BBC World News since 2001....
, Sean Fletcher

Sean Fletcher

Sean Fletcher is a United Kingdom journalist and radio broadcast personality.Born in New York, but brought up in Essex, England,, and educated at Felsted School, Fletcher has a degree in geography, but trained as a music producer....
, Rob Bonnet

Rob Bonnet

Rob Bonnet is a BBC television journalist, presenting sport bulletins on BBC News services and HARDtalk, an interview programme on BBC World and BBC News 24....
and Amelia Harris.

Former Presenters on the channel include Peter Coe

Peter Coe

Percy Newbold 'Peter' Coe was the father and Athletics coach to Sebastian Coe. As an engineer he found athletics coaching offered to his son 'all tales, nothing seemed coherent' , and was determined to apply his expertise to this field systematically....
, Stephen Cole

Stephen Cole

Stephen Cole is a presenter for Al Jazeera English. Previously, he worked for the BBC....
(now with Al Jazeera English), and Adrian Finighan

Adrian Finighan

Adrian Finighan is a United Kingdom journalist, working as a presenter and reporter for the television channel CNN International . He is based at CNN?s European headquarters in London and presents programmes including Business International, CNN World News and CNN Today....
(now with CNN International

CNN International

Reputation

BBC World News has occasionally made mistakes, as in the incident where on the twentieth anniversary of the Bhopal disaster

Bhopal disaster

The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was an industrial disaster that took place at a Union Carbide subsidiary pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal, India....
, 3 December 2004, BBC World was duped into broadcasting an interview with a hoaxer (later revealed to have been Andy Bichlbaum

Jacques Servin

Jacques Servin is one of the leading members of The Yes Men, a culture jamming activist group. Their exploits in "identity correction" are documented in the film The Yes Men ....
, a member of The Yes Men

The Yes Men

The Yes Men are a group of culture jamming activists who practice what they call "identity correction" by pretending to be powerful people and spokespersons for prominent organizations....
) claiming to be a representative of Dow Chemical Company

Dow Chemical Company

The Dow Chemical Company is an United States multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan. As of 2007, it is the second largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue and as of February 2009, the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization ....
offering a US$

United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
12,000,000,000 settlement to the 120,000 surviving victims of the Bhopal disaster

Bhopal disaster

The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was an industrial disaster that took place at a Union Carbide subsidiary pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal, India....
. Upon discovery of the hoax, the BBC's Press Office immediately put out a statement regarding what had happened and the story was dropped from subsequent BBC World News bulletins and those on the 24 hour UK news channel, BBC News.

Programming

Live News Programmes:

BBC World News For most of the day the channel produces 26 minute bulletins of international news beginning at the top of each hour. Each contain two breaks which are either filled by advertising or by continuing news depending on the region. The 2300GMT edition is also broadcast on CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld

CBC Newsworld is a Canada English language cable television specialty channel news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ....
in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. Some editions are rebroadcast via PBS stations in the USA
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. Each day during the overnight hours in the UK (0100-0500 local time), twenty-five minute news bulletins from the top of each hour on the channel are produced by and simulcast on BBC News, when they are simply identified as "BBC News" with no reference to any channel. During these overnight hours, the bulletins are usually presented from the domestic channel's studio (although the 'World' studio is sometimes utilised).
BBC World News at 0500 GMT
The World Today

BBC World News , formerly known as The World Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News and broadcast daily in a simulcast with BBC One and BBC News in the United Kingdom....
Transmitted at 0500 GMT time, an hour of News, Business and sport, which is also transmitted on the main domestic BBC network BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
and the BBC News Channel.
World News Today
World News Today

World News Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to its current 6 editions a day aimed at different markets....
Transmitted at 0200, 1100, 1300, 1600, 1800 and 2100 GMT, launched in July 2006, to coincide with the launch of BBC World as an independent channel in the United States, the 1200 GMT edition was launched to appeal to the breakfast audience in the country and is presented by George Alagiah
George Alagiah

George Maxwell Alagiah Order of the British Empire born 22 November 1955) is a Sri Lankan Tamil people born England journalist and presenter of Tamil people descent....
. The 1900 edition is aimed at European audiences and launched on the 29 May 2007. It is presented by Zeinab Badawi
Zeinab Badawi

Zeinab Badawi born is a television and radio reporter and news presenter in the United Kingdom. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow for several years, before joining BBC News....
. It replaced the 2100 edition which had run since 18 September 2006. The first half hour is broadcast on the BBC's domestic channel BBC Four
BBC Four

BBC Four is a BBC television channel available to digital television viewers in the UK. The part successor to BBC Knowledge, it launched on 2 March 2002....
. The 1600 Asia Edition is presented by Nik Gowing
Nik Gowing

Nik Keith Gowing is a United Kingdom television journalist. He was educated at the Simon Langton Grammar School in Canterbury and Latymer Upper School in London, followed by Bristol University....
. The 0300 GMT edition launched on Tuesday 2 October 2007. It is double headed, presented by Philippa Thomas
Philippa Thomas

Philippa Thomas is a United Kingdom television journalist. She grew up in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. She is currently a presenter on the 2200 ET edition of World News Today, a one-hour news programme on the BBC World News channel....
in Washington and Martine Croxall
Martine Croxall

Martine Croxall is a British journalist and television news presenter.Born in Leicestershire, Croxall studied Geography at the University of Leeds, followed by a year out in Africa....
or Karin Giannone
Karin Giannone

Karin Giannone is a television newsreader working in the United Kingdom. She is the main London-based presenter of the BBC World News/BBC News overnight bulletins Wednesday-Friday including BBC World News Today, as well as other shifts on the BBC World News and BBC News channels....
in London. Business news comes from Rico Hizon
Rico Hizon

Rico Hizon is a Filipino people broadcast journalist, with BBC World News. He is the Business News Anchor of Asia Business Report & World Business Report based in Singapore....
in Singapore. This edition is also broadcast in the UK on BBC News. Most editions of World News Today include a short version of World Business Report and the 2100 GMT edition is a business edition presented by Tanya Beckett in London with other presenters from New York and Singapore. The 1300 GMT edition debutted on 7 July 2008 and is presented by Mishal Hussain where in lieu of World Business Report, Sport Today is inserted during the 2nd half of the show.

BBC World News America
BBC World News America

BBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News to be shown initially for United States audiences. The programme is shown daily in its full hour format on BBC America and BBC World News, and for the first half hour on BBC News in the UK and on various affiliates of Public Broadcasting Service in the United Sta...
Launched on 2 October 2007, the programme is broadcast at 0000 GMT from the BBC's Washington Studios. The main presenter is Matt Frei
Matt Frei

Matthias Frei better known as Matt Frei is the BBC's Washington, D.C., correspondent, and the presenter of BBC World News America.He was born in Essen, Germany....
with former Washington anchor Katty Kay
Katty Kay

Katty Kay is an England reporter and journalist, based in Washington D.C., where she covers politics for the BBC.Kay grew up in various Middle East countries, where her father was posted as a British diplomat....
acting as Washington correspondent. The programme is broadcast on BBC America
BBC America

BBC America is an United States television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable television and satellite television....
who provide much of the funding. The editor is Rome Hartman who was previously executive producer at the CBS Evening News
CBS Evening News

CBS Evening News is the flagship nightly television news program of the American television network CBS. The network has broadcast this program since 1948 in television, and has used the CBS Evening News title since 1963....
.

Business Programmes:

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 .The programme forms the second half of BBC News' flagship news bulletin BBC World News , simulcast on BBC World News and the BBC News channel, but also BBC One due to the latter simulcasting also with t...
International Business News, live from London. Broadcast around the world, apart from in Asia, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.

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 Asian morning hours in weekdays....
Live from Singapore City and only broadcast in Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
.
Middle East Business Report is pre recorded and broadcast at the weekend.
India Business Report is pre recorded and broadcast at the weekend.

Other live programmes:

Asia Today
Asia Today

Asia Today is a programme produced by BBC News specifically for the continent of Asia. It is shown on BBC World News predominantly, but also on other international BBC channels, including BBC America....
- Asia-specific news broadcast from the main World Newsroom.. Transmitted live twice each day. The last edition is repeated at various times on the Asia feeds.
Sport Today – International Sport news. Transmitted five times each day.
Have Your Say
Have Your Say

Have Your Say was a weekly discussion-based television programme, produced by the BBC and broadcast on international news channel BBC World News and BBC World Service radio....
- A weekly programme that allows viewers to share their thoughts and questions with guests. Also simulcasted on BBC World Service
BBC World Service

The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasting, currently broadcasting in 32 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays....
Radio.

Pre recorded programmes include:

HARDtalk
HARDtalk

Hardtalk 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 ....
- individual interviews
Click - technology
Fast Track - travel
Talking Movies
Talking Movies

Talking Movies was originally a 30-minute entertainment programme made by TTL for the BBC, covering reviews and recent developments in the world of film....
- films (mainly from Hollywood)
This Week
This Week (BBC World TV series)

This Week is a weekly analytical programme shown on the BBC's news channels - BBC News in the UK and BBC World News around the world.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....
- analysis of news from the past week

In addition, a special half hour version of the popular BBC Two

BBC Two

BBC Two is the second major terrestrial television channel of the BBC, aimed at a wide range of subject matter and interests, and specialising in intelligent yet popular programme genres....
programme Top Gear
Top Gear (current format)

Top Gear is a BAFTA, multi-National Television Awards and International Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, primarily automobile....
airs on weekends, and other BBC documentaries such as Holidays in the Danger Zone
Holidays in the Danger Zone

Holidays in the Danger Zone is a series of documentaries, originally broadcast on BBC Four in the UK. They have also been shown on BBC Two and exported to other countries, including Canada....
air from time to time.

In India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, many programmes tailor-made for a local audience are shown , including Question Time India, quiz show University Challenge India
University Challenge

University Challenge is a United Kingdom game show that has aired since 1962. The format is based on the United States show College Bowl, which ran on NBC radio from 1953 to 1957, and on NBC TV from 1959 to 1970....
, India Business Report, IT India Tomorrow, Face to Face and motor show Wheels
Wheels (TV)

Wheels is a popular weekly car and motorbike program on BBC World. It is produced in Delhi by Miditech Television.At its launch in 1998, it was hosted by Niret Alva....
.

Asia Today
Asia Today

Asia Today is a programme produced by BBC News specifically for the continent of Asia. It is shown on BBC World News predominantly, but also on other international BBC channels, including BBC America....
BBC World Inside Sport
Click
Dateline London
Dateline London

Dateline London is a weekly news discussion program on BBC World News, also shown on Saturday mornings on BBC News . The show, presented by Gavin Esler, Nik Gowing or Lyse Doucet, features a roundtable panel of United Kingdom and foreign journalists who discuss the week's top UK news stories from an international perspective....
Earth Report
Equestrian World
Extra Time
Fast Track
HARDtalk
HARDtalk

Hardtalk 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 ....
HARDtalk Extra
Have Your Say
Have Your Say

Have Your Say was a weekly discussion-based television programme, produced by the BBC and broadcast on international news channel BBC World News and BBC World Service radio....

Imagination

Kill Or Cure?

Middle East Business Report

Our World
Our World

Our World was the first live, international, satellite television production, which was broadcast on 25 June 1967. Performers, including opera singer Maria Callas and artist Pablo Picasso, from nineteen nations were invited to perform in separate segments featuring their respective countries, and the two-and-half-hour event had the large...

Peschardt’s People

Reporters

South Africa Direct

Spirit Of Yachting

Sport Today

Talking Movies
Talking Movies

Talking Movies was originally a 30-minute entertainment programme made by TTL for the BBC, covering reviews and recent developments in the world of film....

The Doha Debates

The Happiness Formula

The Record Europe

The World Debate

BBC World News at 0500 UKT
The World Today

BBC World News , formerly known as The World Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News and broadcast daily in a simulcast with BBC One and BBC News in the United Kingdom....

The World Uncovered

This Week
This Week (BBC World TV series)

This Week is a weekly analytical programme shown on the BBC's news channels - BBC News in the UK and BBC World News around the world.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....

Visionaries

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 .The programme forms the second half of BBC News' flagship news bulletin BBC World News , simulcast on BBC World News and the BBC News channel, but also BBC One due to the latter simulcasting also with t...

World News Today
World News Today

World News Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to its current 6 editions a day aimed at different markets....

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 Asian morning hours in weekdays....

The Oracle with Max Keiser
The Oracle with Max Keiser

The Oracle with Max Keiser is a BBC World News television programme, consisting of a half hour of conversation and satire about the global financial and economic news....

United States

In the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, selected BBC World News bulletins are rebroadcast on PBS affiliates and BBC America

BBC America

BBC America is an United States television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable television and satellite television....
.

Since BBC World News's inception in 1995, the BBC sought carriage for the channel on US cable and satellite systems. It took 11 years for a US distribution deal to be signed, a deal with Discovery Communications

Discovery Communications

Discovery Communications, Inc. is an United States global media and entertainment company that was launched in 1985 and began as a single channel, Discovery Channel....
that was announced on 25 January 2006. In September 2006, Cablevision in the New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
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 Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and parts of Pennsylvania....
service, channel 104.

BBC World News on other cable systems

Verizon FiOS - Channel 92 (California, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Virginia), Channel 107 (Washington State - Seattle Area)

Cox Communications

Cox Communications

Cox Communications, also known as Cox Cable and formerly Cox Broadcasting Corporation is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States....
- Channel 252 (Northern Virginia)

Grande Communications - Channel 122 (Texas)

United Kingdom

It is not officially available as a stand-alone, full-time channel in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, on the grounds that it carries and is funded by advertising

Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to Purchasing or to consume more of a particular brand of Product or Service ....
(BBC's domestic channels are funded by a television licence fee

Television licensing in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies, a television licence is required to receive any publicly broadcast television service, from any source....
which households and establishments with equipment capable of receiving television broadcast signals must pay), although it can be easily received due to its free-to-air status on many European satellites. 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 primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
and the BBC News

BBC News

BBC News, formerly BBC News and Current Affairs, is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporation's news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online....
channel, followed by an edition of World Business Report. This programme was previously branded as The World Today

The World Today

BBC World News , formerly known as The World Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News and broadcast daily in a simulcast with BBC One and BBC News in the United Kingdom....
.

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. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to its current 6 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 BBC television channel available to digital television viewers in the UK. The part successor to BBC Knowledge, it launched on 2 March 2002....
. 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 News to be shown initially for United States audiences. The programme is shown daily in its full hour format on BBC America and BBC World News, and for the first half hour on BBC News in the UK and on various affiliates of Public Broadcasting Service in the United Sta...
is time shifted and shown at 0030 British Time on the BBC News

BBC News

BBC News, formerly BBC News and Current Affairs, is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporation's news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online....
channel.

From 0100 British Time until BBC World News at 0500, the two channels simulcast and the half hour bulletins are branded simply BBC News

BBC News

BBC News, formerly BBC News and Current Affairs, is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporation's news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and 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. At 0300 World News Today

World News Today

World News Today is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to its current 6 editions a day aimed at different markets....
is shown as part of the simulcast for an hour from Washington, Singapore and London. Programmes differ at the bottom of the half-hour except for the 0300 edition of World News Today. The overnight simulcast is often also broadcast on BBC One

BBC One

BBC Two

Free-to-air

SES Astra

SES Astra SA, is a corporation subsidiary of SES S.A., based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg, in eastern Luxembourg, that owns and operates the Astra series of geostationary orbit communication satellites, which Transmission approximately 2300 analog television and digital television and radio channel via 242 transponders to 109 million house...
and Hotbird, the channel is 'available' to anyone in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
who sets up their own dish to point at one of these satellites.

Censorships

BBC News has been banned in several countries primarily for reporting which has been unfavourable to the ruling government. Most notable examples have been in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan , is a Landlocked_country#Doubly_landlocked_country country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union....
, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe , is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo River rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east....
and People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population....
.

BBC World News

Half-hour BBC World News bulletins are made available to PBS stations in the United States through WLIW

WLIW

WLIW channel 21 is a noncommercial 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 New York City

New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. 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, D.C.

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, founded on July 16, 1790....
.

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 subsidiary of the Ministry of Defence . Part of the Met Office headquarters at Exeter in Devon is the Met Office College, which handles the training for internal personnel and many forecasters from around the world....
international weather forecast

Weather forecasting

Bold text'Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the Earth's atmosphere for a future time and a given location....
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 broadcasting of broadcasting#recorded or live material....
on some stations.

BBC World News bulletins are also available on BBC America

BBC America

BBC America is an United States television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable television and satellite television....
in the U.S., three times on weekday mornings (as part of a 3-hour block of BBC World News coverage), and once on weekend mornings. Met Office forecasts are removed, but commercials are included. Another BBC World News program, BBC World News America
BBC World News America

BBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC News to be shown initially for United States audiences. The programme is shown daily in its full hour format on BBC America and BBC World News, and for the first half hour on BBC News in the UK and on various affiliates of Public Broadcasting Service in the United Sta...
, airs on BBC America twice each evening.

BBC World News bulletins also appear on CBC Newsworld

CBC Newsworld

CBC Newsworld is a Canada English language cable television specialty channel news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ....
in Canada, and Access 31

Access 31

Access 31 was a free-to-air Community television in Australia station based in Perth, Western Australia, Australia which had broadcast on UHF 31 from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television mast at Bickley, Western Australia in the Perth Hills....
in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
, Australia.

Travellers on the Heathrow Express

Heathrow Express

Heathrow Express is an express train service from London Heathrow Airport to London Paddington station in Central London operated by the Heathrow Express Operating Authority, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BAA Limited....
rail service from London Paddington to London Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow , located in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is the largest and Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic airport in the United Kingdom....
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

File:LCD generic tv.jpgLiquid-colour display televisions are television sets that use Liquid crystal display technology to produce images....
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 Airline is a subsidiary of The Emirates Group based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates . In 2008 the airline was the World's largest airlines#Scheduled international passengers carried airline in the world in terms of international passengers carried, and World's largest airlines#Scheduled international passenger-kilometres flown in th...
, Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines Limited is the Flag carrier of Singapore. Singapore Airlines operates a hub at Singapore 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 Airways is the flag carrier of Hong Kong. Based at Hong Kong International Airport, the airline's operations include scheduled passenger and cargo services to 115 destinations worldwide....
, Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways

Qatar Airways Company Q.C.S.C. is the flag carrier airline of Qatar, based in Doha. It operates a hub and spoke network, linking over 80 international destinations....
, Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways

Established in 2003, Etihad Airways is the flag carrier airline of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Etihad is based in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE....
and United Airlines

United Airlines

United Air Lines, Inc., trading as United Airlines , is a major carrier of the United States. It is a subsidiary of UAL Corporation with corporate offices in Chicago at 77 West Wacker Drive, and its operations base in nearby Elk Grove Village, Illinois....
. Travellers can watch the bulletins on Channel 1 shortly after take-off on British Airways

British Airways

British Airways plc is an airline of the United Kingdom. The airline has the largest fleet of aircraft of any United Kingdom airline, but is only second in terms of international passengers carried....
flights from the United Kingdom. Air France

Air France

Air France , based in Paris, France, 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 France public national television network. It is part of the Public broadcasting France T?l?visions group, along with France 3, France 5, France ?, and the digital-only France 4....
News, on flights operated from London-Heathrow and Los Angeles (and New York-JFK by summer 2009).

Presentation

Variation

BBC World News is, for the most part, the same channel all over the world — except for the commercials

Advertising

Advertising is a form of communication that typically attempts to persuade potential customers to Purchasing or to consume more of a particular brand of Product or Service ....
. However, there are some regional programming variations. For example, a number of programmes are made exclusively for regional viewings, such as India

India

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
is only aired in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East

Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
. 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 .The programme forms the second half of BBC News' flagship news bulletin BBC World News , simulcast on BBC World News and the BBC News channel, but also BBC One due to the latter simulcasting also with t...
(World Business Report is shown in 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, commercials are inserted by the cable or satellite provider similar to other channels. When a cable or satellite provider does not insert commercials, the 'breakfiller' (see right) 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

Commercial break

Commercial break is a period of time when a television station interrupts a programme to broadcast television commercial.In the United States, most half-hour television shows accommodate 8 minutes of commercial break, while full-hour shows usually accommodate 16-18 minutes of 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 United States non-profit public broadcasting television service with 354 member TV stations in the United States....
(PBS) stations. However, there are some global commercials and sponsorships which air throughout the network.

On 11 September 2007, the break-filler underwent a major change and now more closely resembles its previous incarnations. 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.

Competitors

Al Jazeera English
CNN International
CNN International

CNN International , usually known on-air as simply "CNN" to viewers outside the United States, is an English language television network that carries news, current affairs and business programming worldwide....
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Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle

Deutsche Welle or DW, is Germany International broadcasting. It Broadcastings news and information on shortwave, Internet and satellite radio in 29 languages ....
Euronews
EuroNews

Euronews is a multilingual and pan-European television news channel launched on January 1, 1993 in Lyon. It covers world news from a European perspective, in many languages....
France 24
France 24

France 24 on all three editions) is an international news channel and current affairs television channel. It started broadcasting on 6 December 2006....
Russia Today
Russia Today TV

Russia Today TV, also known as Russia Today and simply RT, is a globally broadcast English-language news channel from Russia, and the first all-digital Russian TV channel, sponsored by the state owned Russian news agency Novosti....
Press TV
Press TV

Press TV is an English language international television news channel which is funded by the Iranian government, based in Tehran and broadcast in English on a round-the-clock schedule....
Bloomberg Television
Bloomberg Television

Bloomberg Television is a network that airs business and financial news 24 hours a day, and is distributed globally on ten separate channels. Bloomberg Television is owned and operated by Bloomberg L.P....
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