BBC World News
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| Launched | 11 March 1991 |
| Network | BBC News |
| Owned by | BBC |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i, HDTV)/(576i), SDTV |
| Country | United Kingdom (for external consumption only) |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide (except UK) |
| Formerly called | BBC World Service Television (1991–1995) BBC World (1995[source?]–2008) |
| Sister channel(s) | BBC News BBC One BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four BBC Parliament BBC HD |
| Website | www.bbc.co.uk/news |
BBC World News is an international news channel. Unlike other BBC channels in is not available in the UK, and is not funded by a licence fee and instead has advertisements. BBC world news employs more corespondents and reporters than any other news channel[1].
History [change]
The channel was first launched in 1991
