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