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{{Short description|English-language pay television channel}}
{{redirect-confused|BBC World News|BBC World Service|BBC World News America}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = BBC News
| logo = BBC News 2022 (Alt).svg
| logo_size = 150px
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2023
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1995|1|16|df=y}}
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[High-definition television|HDTV]]<br />(downscaled to [[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]] [[576i]]/[[480i]] for the [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]] feeds; Latin American sub-feed downscaled to [[Letterboxing (filming)|letterboxed]] [[Fullscreen (aspect ratio)|4:3]] [[480i]])
| network = [[BBC News]]
| owner = [[BBC Studios]]
([[BBC News|BBC Global News Ltd]])
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| area = Worldwide (except the UK)
| headquarters = [[Broadcasting House]]
| replaced_by = 
| former_names = BBC World (1995–2008) <br> BBC World News (2008–2023)
| sister_channels = [[List of BBC television channels and radio stations|See list]]
| timeshift_service = 
| website = {{URL|https://www.bbc.com/news/world_radio_and_tv}}
| terr_serv_1 = [[Boxer TV Access]] (Sweden)
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 27
| terr_serv_2 = [[RiksTV]] (Norway)
| terr_chan_2 = Channel 55
| terr_serv_3 = [[Digital terrestrial television]] (Andorra)
| terr_chan_3 = Channel 20
| terr_serv_4 = [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]] (Greece)
| terr_chan_4 = Channel 48<br />Channel 56 (HD)
| terr_serv_5 = [[GOtv]] (Sub-Saharan Africa)
| terr_chan_5 = Channel 41
| terr_serv_6 = Digital terrestrial television (Mauritius)
| terr_chan_6 = Channel 2
| terr_serv_7 = Nexmedia (Indonesia)
| terr_chan_7 = Channel 703
| terr_serv_8 = [[Foxtel]] (Australia)<br>[[Fetch TV]] (Australia)
| terr_chan_8 = Channel 606<br>Channel 174
| terr_serv_9 = [[DStv]] (Sub-Saharan Africa)
| terr_chan_9 = Channel 400
| terr_serv_10 = Zuku TV (Kenya)
| terr_chan_10 = Channel 510
| terr_serv_11 = [[BBC Sounds]]
| terr_chan_11 = Worldwide access is available
}}

'''BBC News''' is an [[International broadcasting|international]] English-language [[pay television]] channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd. – a subsidiary of [[BBC Studios]] – and operated by the [[BBC News]] division of the [[BBC]]. The network carries news bulletins, documentaries, and other factual programmes; it broadcasts from studios in [[London]], [[Washington, D.C.]], and [[Singapore]].

Launched on 11 March 1991 as [[BBC World Service Television]] outside Europe, its name was changed to '''BBC World''' on 16 January 1995 and to '''BBC World News''' on 21 April 2008. On 3 April 2023, the channel's programming and talent was consolidated with the [[BBC News (British TV channel)|BBC News channel]] in the UK as part of a restructuring; both channels are now branded as BBC News, and are structured to use a common schedule with domestic [[Regional variation|opt-outs]] for UK-specific news coverage and programmes.

Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, it is funded by subscription and advertising revenues, and not by the [[Television licensing in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom television licence]].<ref>{{cite news |date=12 February 2021 |title=About BBC World News TV |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-12957296 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> As such, it is not broadcast in the UK directly, although selected programmes and bulletins had been carried on the domestic BBC News channel (especially during [[Late night television|overnight]] hours), and vice versa (including domestic programmes such as ''[[Click (TV programme)|Click]]'' and ''[[HARDtalk]]'', and during [[breaking news]] and special events in the UK) even prior to the consolidation.

According to the BBC, the combined seven channels of the Global News operations have the largest audience [[market share]] among all [[List of international broadcasters#Television|its rivals]], with an estimated 99 million viewers weekly in 2016–2017, part of the estimated 121&nbsp;million weekly audience of all its operations.<ref>{{cite press release|publisher=BBC|title=BBC's global audience rises to 372m|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/global-audience-measure|date=25 May 2017|access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref>

==History==
{{see also|BBC World Service Television}}
The channel originally started as BBC World Service Television and was a commercial operation. The [[Government of the United Kingdom|British government]] refused to fund the new television service using grant-in-aid. ([[BBC World Service|BBC World Service radio]] was funded by a [[grant-in-aid]] from the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] until 2014.) The channel started broadcasting on 11 March 1991, after two weeks of real-time pilots, initially as a half-hour bulletin once a day at 19:00{{Nbsp}}GMT.

On Thursday, 26 January 1995 at 19:00 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]], BBC World Service Television was split into two services:
*BBC World started broadcasting on Monday, 16 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT and became a 24-hour English free-to-air international news channel.
*[[BBC Prime]] started broadcasting on Monday, 30 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT and became the BBC's light entertainment channel, later replaced by ''[[BBC Entertainment]]''.

BBC World's on-air design was changed significantly on 3 April 2000, bringing it closer to the look of its sister channel in the UK which was then known as BBC News 24, the on-air look of which had been redesigned in 1999.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0004/S00001.htm|title=BBC World Unveils A New Look and a New Schedule – Scoop News|date=3 April 2000|access-date=23 June 2016}}</ref> The look of both channels was made up of red and cream and designed by Lambie-Nairn, with music based on a style described as 'drums and beeps' composed by [[David Lowe (television and radio composer)|David Lowe]], a departure from the general orchestral nature of music used by other news programmes.

On 8 December 2003, a second makeover, using the same 'drums and beeps' style music but new graphics took place, although on a much smaller scale than that of 2000. The music was changed slightly, while the main colour scheme became black and red, with studios using frosted glass and white and red colours. Later in 2004, the channel's slogan became ''Putting News First'', replacing ''Demand a Broader View''.

On 21 April 2008, as part of a £550,000 rebranding of the BBC's overall news output and visual identity, the channel was rebranded as ''BBC World News''. It later moved to the renovated studio vacated by BBC News 24 (now the BBC News Channel). New graphics were produced by the Lambie-Nairn agency and the music was reworked by David Lowe. 

===Move to Broadcasting House===
The channel relocated to [[Broadcasting House]] from its previous home at [[Television Centre, London|Television Centre]] on 14 January 2013. This was part of the move of BBC News and other audio and vision departments of the BBC into one building in Central London. Broadcasting House was refurbished for £1 billion. A new newsroom and several state-of-the-art studios were built.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sabbagh|first=Dan|title=The news from the BBC: its £1bn new base is finally coming on air|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/07/bbc-1bn-new-base-broadcasting|newspaper=The Guardian|date=7 September 2012|location=London|access-date=26 December 2012}}</ref>

===Consolidation with the domestic BBC News channel===
On 26 May 2022, as part of planned cuts and streamlining across the broadcaster, the BBC announced plans for consolidation of the [[BBC News (British TV channel)|domestic BBC News channel]] in the UK with BBC World News. The domestic and international versions would share a larger amount of content while maintaining the ability for opt-outs when necessary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-26 |title=BBC to move CBBC and BBC Four online |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61591674 |access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lodderhose |first=Diana |date=2022-05-26 |title=BBC To Close CBBC & BBC Four As Linear Channels; 1,000 Jobs At Risk As Public Broadcaster Begins Its "Digital First" Push |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/bbc-close-cbbc-bbc-four-linear-channels-1000-redundancies-expected-public-broadcaster-next-few-years-1235033365/ |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":03">{{Cite web |title=Plan to deliver a digital first BBC|date=26 May 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/plan-to-deliver-a-digital-first-bbc/ |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> The BBC promoted the service as offering "new flagship programmes built around high-profile journalists, and programmes commissioned for multiple platforms".<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite web |last=Yossman |first=K.J. |date=14 July 2022 |title=BBC Looking for Washington D.C. Based Talent as It Launches Fresh Global News Network |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bbc-to-launch-new-tv-news-channel-1235316777/ |access-date=16 July 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In preparation for the expansion, the BBC began to add additional staff to its [[Washington, D.C.]] bureau.<ref name="BBCNews" />

The first stage of these changes took effect on 3 April 2023, when BBC World News began to consolidate its on-air lineups and programming with the UK BBC News channel, and changed its on-air branding to "BBC News" to match the domestic channel. This resulted in layoffs of about 50 employees, including presenters [[David Eades]], [[Joanna Gosling]], and [[Tim Willcox]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=2023-03-28 |title=BBC News Channel To Bench Seasoned Presenters From Next Week As Output Is Relaunched |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/bbc-news-channel-presenters-benched-merger-april-3-1235311455/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-02-02 |title=BBC News channel announces chief presenter line-up for revamp |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-64496388 |access-date=2023-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=2023-01-11 |title=BBC News Anchor Exodus: Three Presenters Quit Ahead Of Divisive Channel Merger |url=https://deadline.com/2023/01/bbc-presenters-david-eades-joanna-gosling-tim-willcox-quit-1235217866/ |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Despite the changes, the UK feed of BBC News still [[Regional variation|opts out]] for simulcasts of [[BBC One]]'s weekday news bulletins and for ''[[Newsnight]]''.<ref name=":0" /> 

During the [[2024 United Kingdom general election]] campaign, the domestic channel opted out from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily to carry coverage; this schedule lasted through to the [[2024 State Opening of Parliament|State Opening of Parliament]] on 17 July 2024. It also opted out for an additional UK-only hour of news at 11 p.m. (following ''Newsnight'') until October 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thornham |first=Marc |date=2024-10-02 |title=Schedule changes lead to more crash-outs on BBC News |url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2024/schedule-changes-lead-to-more-crash-outs-on-bbc-news/ |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=RXTV |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thornham |first=Marc |date=2024-07-11 |title=BBC News UK reverting back to combined service |url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2024/bbc-news-uk-reverts-back-to-combined-service/ |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=RXTV |language=en-GB}}</ref> 

In January 2025, the domestic channel ceded additional hours of programming to the international service by dropping its simulcast of ''[[BBC Breakfast]]'' on weekdays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-10 |title=UK BBC News channel to pilot global feed at breakfast |url=https://cleanfeed.thetvroom.com/22430/news/uk-bbc-news-channel-to-pilot-global-feed-at-breakfast/ |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=Clean Feed |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In October 2024, the BBC announced the cancellation of long-running programmes ''Click'' and ''HARDtalk'' as part of budget cuts, with their final episodes airing in March 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hattenstone |first=Simon |date=2025-03-24 |title=‘I feel really, really cross at incredibly dumb decisions’: Stephen Sackur on the end of HARDtalk – and leaving the BBC |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/24/i-feel-really-really-cross-at-incredibly-dumb-decisions-stephen-sackur-on-the-end-of-hardtalk-and-leaving-the-bbc |access-date=2025-04-16 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-15 |title=BBC News job losses aim to save £24m |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m07g49004o |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> As a trial, ''Newsnight'' was added to the schedule of the international feed.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1906684725080531175 |user=vicderbyshire |title=#Newsnight is expanding - we’re going GLOBAL 🌎 

From tonight for a trial period we’re LIVE on the global feed of BBC News at 1030pm 

Am v much looking forward to saying ‘and welcome to our viewers around the world’ |first=Victoria |last=Derbyshire |date=2025-03-31 |access-date=2025-04-16}}</ref>

==Broadcasting==
Live news output originates from studios B, C and E in [[Broadcasting House]] with some recorded programming from Broadcasting House studios A and D and the BBC [[Millbank]] studio, as well as Manchester, Nairobi, Singapore and Washington, D.C. The BBC News newsroom is now part of the new consolidated BBC Newsroom in Broadcasting House along with BBC World Service and UK domestic news services.
[[File:BBC World News red.svg|thumb|160px|Logo used from 2008 to 2019]]
[[File:BBC World News 2019.svg|thumb|160px|Logo used from 2019 to 2022]]
[[File:BBC World News 2022 (Boxed).svg|thumb|160px|Logo used from 2022 to 2023]]
Previously, the channel was broadcast in [[Aspect ratio (image)|4:3]], with the news output fitted into a [[14:9 aspect ratio|14:9]] frame for both [[Digital television|digital]] and [[Analog television|analogue]] broadcasting, resulting in [[Letterboxing (filming)|black bands]] at the top and bottom of the screen. On 13 January 2009 at 09:57 GMT, the then-named BBC World News switched its broadcast to [[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]] format, initially in Europe on the [[Astra 19.2°E|Astra 1L satellite]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdRISaJNfTM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/JdRISaJNfTM| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=BBC World News goes widescreen|date=13 January 2009|access-date=22 August 2010|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and then, from 20 January 2009, on the Eutelsat Hot Bird 6 satellite which fed other broadcast feeds in the Asian region. The channel ceased broadcasting on analogue satellite on 18 April 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/2006news.html|title=2006 News|date=27 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227042257/http://www.selkirkshire.demon.co.uk/analoguesat/2006news.html|archive-date=27 December 2009}}</ref>

===High-definition===
As a result of the move to Broadcasting House, BBC News gained new studios and equipment to be able to broadcast in [[High-definition television|high-definition]]. On 5 August 2013, the international feed of BBC News was offered as a [[High-definition television|High Definition]] (HD) feed across the [[Middle East]] when it launched its international HD channel on the [[Arab Satellite Communications Organization]]. Arabsat was the BBC's first distribution partner in the Middle East to offer the channel in HD. On 1 April 2015, the then-named BBC World News Channel started broadcasting in high definition on the 11.229&nbsp;GHz/V transponder on [[Astra 1KR]] at the [[Astra 19.2°E|19.2°E]] orbital position, available [[free-to-air]] to viewers with 60&nbsp;cm dishes across Europe and coastal North Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldnews/2015/bbc-world-news-hd-service-europe|title=BBC World News launches HD service in Europe|date=1 April 2015|publisher=BBC Media Centre|access-date=29 April 2015}}</ref>

===Worldwide===
BBC News claims to be watched by a weekly audience of 74 million in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|title=About BBC World News TV|work=BBC News |date=7 April 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-12957296|access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref> BBC News is most commonly watched as a [[free-to-air]] (FTA) channel. The channel is available in Europe and many parts of the world via subscription television providers in cable, satellite, IPTV and streaming platforms.

In the United States, the channel is available through providers<ref>{{cite news|title=Where and how to watch BBC News|work=BBC News |date=17 August 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-14563857|access-date=11 July 2013}}</ref> such as [[Cablevision]], [[Comcast]], [[Charter Communications|Spectrum]], [[Verizon Fios]], and [[U-verse TV]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=BBC World News launches on AT&T U-verse|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldnews/world-news-at-t|publisher=BBC|date=28 February 2014|access-date=27 February 2015}}</ref> As of 2023, the American distribution and advertising sales for the channel are handled by [[AMC Networks]], who own and operate [[BBC America]] under license from the BBC.<ref name="bloomberg-amcbbc">{{cite news|title=AMC Buys Half of BBC America to Bolster Pay-TV Leverage|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-23/amc-networks-pays-200-million-for-half-of-bbc-america|website=Bloomberg L.P.|location=New York|access-date=18 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="deadline-amcbbc">{{cite news|title=AMC Networks Pays $200M For 49.9% Of BBC America|url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/amc-networks-pays-200m-49-9-bbc-america-859244/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=23 October 2014|access-date=18 December 2016|first=David|last=Lieberman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AMC Networks Acquires Full Control of BBC America for $42 Million|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first1=Jennifer|last1=Maas|first2=K.J.|last2=Yossman|date=8 November 2024|access-date=8 November 2024|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/amc-networks-acquires-bbc-america-42-million-1236204741/}}</ref>

In addition, BBC News syndicates its daytime and evening news programmes to [[public broadcasting|public television]] stations throughout the US, originally maintaining a distribution partnership with [[Garden City, New York]]-based [[WLIW (TV)|WLIW]] that lasted from 1998 until October 2008, when the BBC and WLIW mutually decided not to renew the contract.<ref>{{cite news|title=Long Island PBS Channel To Get Live BBC Newscasts|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/30/business/international-business-long-island-pbs-channel-to-get-live-bbc-newscasts.html|first=Lawrie|last=Mifflin|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 July 1998|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BBC World News signs new US distributor|url=https://www.campaignlive.com/article/bbc-world-news-signs-new-us-distributor/806066|first=Paul|last=McNally|website=CampaignUS|date=30 April 2008|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BBC Tailors Its News Broadcast|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-02-et-jensen2-story.html|first=Elizabeth|last=Jensen|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=2 October 2002|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> BBC News subsequently entered into an agreement with Community Television of Southern California, Inc., in which [[Los Angeles]] PBS member station [[KCET]] (which was a [[Non-commercial educational station|public]] [[Independent station (North America)|independent station]] from 2011 to 2018) would take over distribution rights to ''BBC World News America'' (the KCET agreement has since been extended to encompass a half-hour simulcast of the 90-minute-long midday news bulletin ''GMT'', which airs in the US as a morning show, and a weekly edition of the BBC news-magazine ''Newsnight'').<ref>{{cite press release|title=KCET Expands Audience Reach for 'BBC World News' With Station Upgrades and Improved Time Periods; Cleared in Top 30 Markets With Six New Stations Added to Line-Up|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080924006056/en/KCET-Expands-Audience-Reach-BBC-World-News|publisher=[[BBC]]|via=[[BusinessWire]]|date=24 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162642/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080924006056/en/KCET-Expands-Audience-Reach-BBC-World-News|access-date=24 May 2017|archive-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=New-Look 'BBC World News' Uses Unrivaled News-gathering Resources to Bring PBS Audiences News from around the World|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20081001006313/en/New-Look-BBC-World-News-Unrivaled-Newsgathering-Resources|publisher=BBC|via=BusinessWire|date=1 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162459/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20081001006313/en/New-Look-BBC-World-News-Unrivaled-Newsgathering-Resources|access-date=24 May 2017|archive-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=KCET Picks Up 'BBC World News' Distribution From WLIW|url=https://www.tvweek.com/in-depth/2008/04/kcet-picks-up-bbc-world-news-d/|website=TVWeek|date=28 April 2008|access-date=24 May 2017}}</ref> 

Since June 2019, the distribution of the programme has been handled by Washington, D.C. PBS member [[WETA-TV|WETA]], which also produces other networked news and public affairs programmes such as the ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' and ''[[Washington Week]]''.<ref name="WETAtakeover">{{cite news|url=https://current.org/2019/05/bbc-shifts-distribution-of-news-shows-to-weta%EF%BB%BF/?wallit_nosession=1|title=BBC shifts distribution of news shows to WETA|work=[[Current (newspaper)|Current]]|date=29 May 2019|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref> PBS separately began distributing another programme aired by the channel, ''Beyond 100 Days'', as a tape-delayed late night broadcast on 2 January 2018, as an interim replacement for ''[[Charlie Rose (talk show)|Charlie Rose]]''. Unlike ''GMT'' and ''BBC World News America'', ''Beyond 100 Days'' is distributed exclusively to PBS member stations as part of the service's base schedule.<ref>{{cite press release|title=PBS and BBC Announce "Beyond 100 Days" Coming to PBS in New Late-Night Timeslot|url=https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/pbs-and-bbc-announce-beyond-100-days-coming-to-pbs-in-new-late-night-timeslot/|publisher=[[PBS]]|date=19 December 2017|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BBC's 'Beyond 100 Days' Takes Charlie Rose's Former PBS Slot|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/bbc-beyond-100-days-pbs-1202645053/|first=Daniel|last=Holloway|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|location=Los Angeles|date=19 December 2017|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref>

China [[Censorship in China|banned]] BBC News in 2021, although access had already been heavily restricted before then and what was carried was censored, with parts of the show being blacked out by censors operating live. It was banned because of its coverage of the [[Persecution of Uyghurs in China|persecution of Uyghur people in China]] and in retaliation for [[China Global Television Network|CGTN]] being banned from the British market for violating national broadcast regulations.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tiezzi|first=Shannon|title=China Bans BBC World News Over Xinjiang Reporting|url=https://thediplomat.com/2021/02/china-bans-bbc-world-news-over-xinjiang-reporting/|work=The Diplomat|date=13 February 2021|location=Washington DC|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>

===Online===
The channel is available in the US as part of [[Sling TV|Sling]]'s World News add-on package.<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC America and BBC World News now on Sling TV|url=http://blog.sling.com/announcements/bbc-america-and-bbc-world-news-now-on-sling-tv|website=Sling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702170245/http://blog.sling.com/announcements/bbc-america-and-bbc-world-news-now-on-sling-tv|access-date=7 August 2016|archive-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>

The international feed of BBC News was available on [[LiveStation]] from 2012 until the platform closed in 2016, along with the UK simulcast.

The channel was added to various [[free ad-supported streaming television]] (FAST) platforms in the United States, including [[Pluto TV]], [[Xumo]] Play, [[Samsung TV Plus]], and Sling Freestream, in March 2024. Apart from advertising, the FAST version of the channel is identical to the version already available through traditional U.S. cable and satellite providers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newscaststudio.com/2024/03/13/bbc-news-fast/|title=BBC News launching FAST offering|first=Michael P.|last=Hill|work=NewscastStudio|date=March 13, 2024|access-date=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
The TV platforms in the UK (i.e. Freeview, Sky, BT TV, Freesat, Virgin) do not officially offer the international feed of BBC News as a standalone full-time channel because it carries, and is funded by, advertising. (The BBC's domestic channels are funded by a [[Television licensing in the United Kingdom|television licence fee]] which households and establishments that want to watch television programmes as they are being broadcast must pay). However, it can be easily received due to its [[free-to-air]] status on many European satellite systems, including [[SES Astra|Astra]] and [[Hot Bird]], and is available in selected London hotels. The UK's TV platforms, however, do provide the [[BBC News (British TV channel)|UK feed of BBC News channel]], which carries much of the same programming. The international feed of BBC News can also be viewed in the public areas of Broadcasting House (in the lobby and café).

However, some programmes are officially available to UK audiences through the channel's UK feed. Such programmes air on the BBC's domestic channels, and some are available on demand on the BBC's iPlayer. From 00:00 to 05:00 UK time, the top-of-the-hour news bulletins are broadcast on both the UK and international feeds of the channel. At 01:30 on weekdays, ''Asia Business Report'' and ''Sport Today'' also air on both channels. There is a simulcast of the 05:00 UK edition of ''The Briefing'' and ''Business Briefing'' on [[BBC One]] and the [[BBC News (British TV channel)|BBC News channel]]. This programme was previously branded as ''The World Today'' (later a generic BBC World News bulletin) and ''World Business Report'' respectively. At 08:30 UK time, ''[[Worklife (TV programme)|Worklife]]'' airs on the BBC News Channel. BBC News also produces a version of ''[[BBC OS|Outside Source]]'' at 21:00 UK time Monday–Thursday (shown on the BBC News Channel), ''World News Today'' at 19:00 Monday–Friday (shown on BBC Four), and 21:00 Friday–Sunday (shown on the BBC News Channel). ''World News Today'' replaced ''The World'', which had been broadcast as a simulcast on BBC Four between 2002 and 2007.

The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] saw an increase of simulcasts between BBC News and BBC World News with simulcasting running through the morning (10:00 to 11:00) that was also shared with BBC Two, and the evening (19:00 to 20:00 & 12:00 to 22:00). The additional simulcasting was made permanent in August 2020. Consequently, the two channels now simulcast every day from 10:00 to 11:00; on weekdays from 19:00 to 06:00, apart from the ''[[BBC News at Ten]]'' and for an hour at 20:00; and between 21:00 to 06:00, apart from the evening [[BBC One]] bulletin, over the weekend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/latestnews/2020/news-modernisation-update/|title=BBC News sets out update on modernisation plans|website=bbc.com}}</ref>

The BBC implemented a wider consolidation of the networks' lineups in April 2023.<ref name=":0" />

==Programming==
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Live news programmes:<ref>{{cite web|last=BBC|title=Programmes – BBC World News|url=https://www.bbcwwpartners.com/worldnews/programming/|publisher=BBC}}</ref>
*''BBC News'' – International news.
*''[[BBC World News America]]'' – News from the United States and around the world, live from the BBC's Washington DC bureau.
*''[[The Context (BBC News programme)|The Context]]'' with [[Christian Fraser]] in London reports on international news, with a focus on the UK, Europe and the US (previously called ''100 Days'', ''100 Days +'', ''Beyond 100 Days'' and ''BBC News with Katy and Christian'').
*''[[Focus on Africa (TV programme)|Focus on Africa]]'' – BBC News's flagship African news programme, with news, business and sport from the continent.
*''[[Newsnight]]'' – A current affairs programme presented by [[Victoria Derbyshire]] and [[Faisal Islam]]
*''[[Newsday (TV programme)|Newsday]]'' – Live from Singapore, news and analysis from both an Asian and global perspective.
*''[[Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg]]'' – Interviews and analysis of the week's news from the UK and around the world, including interviews with politicians and personalities from all walks of life.
*''[[Verified Live]]'' – Analysing and [[fact-checking]] the truth behind the news based on available data and facts.
*''[[BBC News Now]]'' – fast-moving breaking news with live interviews and reactions.
*''[[The Daily Global|The World Today]]'' – The best of the BBC's global journalism,<ref>{{cite web |title=The World Today with Maryam Moshiri launches on the BBC News Channel |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/the-world-today-with-maryam-moshiri-launches-on-the-bbc-news-channel |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=14 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> as well as interviews with leading figures from the arts, culture and entertainment.

Live business and sports programmes:
*''[[BBC Sportsday]]'' – International sports news and results.
*''[[BBC Business Today]]'' – The latest business news.
Pre-recorded programmes:
*''[[100 Women (BBC)|100 Women]]''
*''[[Click (TV programme)|Click]]'' – Technology programme aimed at non-technical audiences.
*''Our World'' – Documentaries.
*''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]'' – Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
*'' Reporters'' – Weekly reports from the BBC's correspondents.
*''[[Talking Business]]'' – Examining business stories and economic trends.
*''[[Talking Movies]]'' – A look at the latest developments in the global film industry. 
*''[[The Travel Show (TV programme)|The Travel Show]]''
*''[[The Media Show]]'' – A global, topical weekly show on the entertainment and news business. 
*''[[Unspun World with John Simpson]]'' 


Former programmes:
*''The Briefing'' – [[Sally Bundock]] with news, business, and sport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09dccgc|title=The Briefing – BBC News|website=BBC}}</ref>
*''[[Dateline London]]'' – Foreign correspondents based in London discussing the week's international news.
*''[[Global (TV programme)|Global]]'' – International news and analysis.
*''[[GMT (TV programme)|Live]]'' – International news, including business and sport.
*''[[Impact (TV programme)|Impact]]'' – Global news as it affected audiences in Asia.
*''[[Outside Source]]'' – Discussion and analysis of news topics.
*''[[Worklife (TV programme)|Worklife]]''
*''[[World News Today]]'' – A daily news programme with in-depth analysis. Focus on the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Presenters included [[Nancy Kacungira]], [[Karin Giannone]], [[Kasia Madera]], Alpa Patel and [[Philippa Thomas]].
*''[[Asia Business Report]]'' – Live from Singapore.
*''[[World Business Report]]''

===BBC News bulletins===
[[File:BBC News Room August 2013.JPG|thumb|right|The BBC newsroom at Broadcasting House in London.]]
Half-hour ''BBC News'' bulletins are made available to [[PBS]] stations in the US through Los Angeles's [[KCET]], a non-commercial independent public television station which has been separate from PBS since the beginning of 2011 due to a rights-fee dispute (it returned to being a minor PBS member station in 2019 after a merger with the major PBS member-station in the market). 80 to 90% of Americans can receive the bulletins, with PBS member stations having scheduling discretion. The programme is broadcast on several PBS stations in markets such as New York City and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington DC]].

On PBS stations, ''BBC News'' is not broadcast with traditional commercials (the breaks are filled with news stories) but omits the [[Met Office]] international [[Weather forecasting|weather forecast]] at the end of the programme, replacing it with underwriting announcements. The PBS broadcasts are [[Broadcast delay|tape-delayed]] on some stations.

[[BBC America]] formerly aired a three-hour block of BBC News programmes from 05:00 to 08:00 on weekdays, until the stabilisation of the network's carriage in the United States. Met Office forecasts were removed, and it was broadcast with advertisements.

Many airlines around the world also play pre-recorded extracts of BBC News, have text headlines from it, or have a full bulletin available on the in-flight entertainment systems.

===Previous bulletins===
Another BBC World News programme, the hour-long ''[[BBC World News America]]'', aired on BBC America at 19:00 [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]]. A second broadcast at 22:00 ET ended in 2010 when BBC America introduced a second feed for the western time zones of the US. On 18 February 2011, it was announced that ''BBC World News America'' would no longer be broadcast on BBC America and would instead be broadcast only on BBC World and local [[PBS]] stations in the US as a 30-minute programme.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.multichannel.com/content/bbc-world-news-america-shifts-bbc-world-news|title=' BBC World News America' Shifts To BBC World News|date=18 February 2011|first=Kent|last=Gibbons|work=Multichannel News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927043935/https://www.multichannel.com/content/bbc-world-news-america-shifts-bbc-world-news|archive-date=27 September 2012|location=Washington DC|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The channel also produced short bulletins for public transport services in Singapore and Hong Kong:
*[[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Singapore Mass Rapid Transit]] service from [[Marina Bay MRT station|Marina Bay]] to [[Changi Airport MRT station|Changi International Airport]]
*[[Hong Kong]] [[MTR]] service from [[Airport Express (MTR)|Chek Lap Kok International Airport]]-[[Disneyland Resort station]] to [[Disneyland Resort line]]

These broadcasts began with the statement: "Welcome to BBC World News on board the [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Singapore Mass Rapid Transit]] and [[Hong Kong]] [[MTR]]". The short bulletin was updated twice a day and has since been replaced by a similar programme from [[Mediacorp]]'s [[CNA (TV network)|CNA]].

Travellers on the [[Heathrow Express]] rail service between [[London Paddington station|London Paddington]] and [[Heathrow Airport]] could watch a summary of the headlines from BBC World News on the LCD screens provided.

==News presenters==
{{About|section=yes|former presenters|a full list of current presenters|List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters#BBC World News}}

===Former presenters===
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*[[Samira Ahmed]]
*[[Karen Bowerman]]
*[[Tony Campion]]
*Jonathan Charles
*Peter Coë
*[[Stephen Cole (broadcaster)|Stephen Cole]]
*[[James Dagwell]]
*[[Dharshini David]]
*[[Martine Dennis]]
*[[Juliet Dunlop]]
*[[Maya Even]]
*[[Adrian Finighan]]
*[[Rico Hizon]]
*[[Donald MacCormick]]
*[[Anita McNaught]]
*[[Richard Quest]]
*[[Daniela Ritorto]]
*[[Owen Thomas (journalist)|Owen Thomas]]
*[[Alastair Yates]]
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==Presentation==


[[File:BBC_News_international_countdown.png|thumb|Part of the countdown sequence used since consolidation with [[BBC News (TV channel)|domestic BBC News channel]] on 3 April 2023.]]
BBC News is, for the most part, the same channel around the world; the [[Advertising|commercials]] are intended to be the only differences. However, there are some regional programming variations. For example, several programmes are made exclusively for regional viewings, such as the Indian feeds, and ''The Record Europe'', which is only broadcast in Europe. Also, the weather forecasts focus more on the area the viewer is watching from.

On most feeds of BBC News, when no commercials are 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 [[television advertisement]]. This is the case on the broadband versions of BBC News, and on versions of BBC News aired in the US on [[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.{{clarify|date=February 2015}} 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 the YouTube channel, and the 15-second weather/time/coming-up screens each feature their theme. The colour theme was updated following the relaunch of the channel in April 2008.

Since its inception, and more so since its extensive association with the [[BBC News (British TV channel)|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 (television and radio composer)|David Lowe]]. The current style of countdown features reporters and technical staff in many different locations working to bring news stories to air. The new countdown keeps the same music, but with Chameleon-style branding and a clock relocated to the middle from the bottom right corner,<ref>Newscast Studio. 2023. "BBC News streamlines output with the merger of news channels". Accessed April 18, 2023. https://www.newscaststudio.com/2023/04/06/bbc-news-streamlines-output-with-merger-of-news-channels/</ref> similar in style to that of [[BBC Alba]]. The countdown can range from 45 seconds to as little as 3 seconds.

==Awards==
The then-called BBC World News was named ''Best International News Channel'' at the [[Association for International Broadcasting]] Awards in November 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world_radio_and_tv|title=Key Dates|access-date=22 August 2010|publisher=BBC World News}}</ref> It won a [[Peabody Awards|Peabody Award]] in 2007 for ''White Horse Village''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/white-horse-village|title=2007 Peabody Awards: White Horse Village (BBC America)|publisher=[[University of Georgia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127070413/https://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/white-horse-village|archive-date=27 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and another in 2009 for ''Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence.''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/where-giving-life-is-a-death-sentence|title=2009 Peabody Awards: Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence (BBC America)|publisher=[[University of Georgia]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912080730/https://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/where-giving-life-is-a-death-sentence|archive-date=12 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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