BBC News (TV channel)
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| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | United Kingdom |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BBC |
| Sister channels | BBC One BBC Two BBC Four BBC Parliament CBBC CBeebies |
| History | |
| Launched | 9 November 1997 |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview (UK) | Channel 231 (SD) |
| Saorview (only ireland) | 177 (HD) |
BBC News is a free news channel, broadcast by BBC. It began on 9th November 1997 as BBC News 24 until it was rebranded to its current name on 21 April 2008. The BBC's website, bbc.co.uk, also features a section called BBC News. This section contains news articles and videos of broadcasts from the news channel.
Other websites
[change | change source]- BBC News at bbc.co.uk
- BBC News at TV ARK Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine
- The BBC News Styleguide Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
BBC News HD
[change | change source]BBC News HD was launched on 10 December 2013 alongside the sister channels CBeebies HD, CBBC HD, BBC Four HD and BBC Three HD.
