![]() ![]() Move to Broadcasting HouseīBC World News relocated to Broadcasting House from its previous home at BBC Television Centre on 14 January 2013. New graphics were produced by the Lambie-Nairn design agency and music reworked by David Lowe. ![]() BBC World News later moved to the renovated former studio of BBC News 24 (now BBC News). ![]() The channel's present name was introduced on 21 April 2008 as part of a £550,000 rebranding of the BBC's news output and visual identity. On 22 January 2007 a new refresh was presented based on the previous graphics, a red coloured labels covering a red and black earthglobe along with the BBC World logo. The graphical refresh introduced in 2003 was refreshed in May 2006 with a more red output. Later in 2004, the channel's slogan became Putting News First, replacing Demand a Broader View. The music was changed slightly while the main colour scheme became black and red, with studios using frosted glass, white and red colours. 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 to that of 1999. The new uniform look was made up of red and cream designed by Lambie-Nairn, with music based on a style described as 'drums and beeps' composed by David Lowe, a departure from the general orchestral versions of other news programmes. The idents were computer generated and developed by the Lambie-Nairn design agency.Īnother large relaunch for BBC World took place on 3 April 2000, which brought it in line with the BBC's UK news channel which was relaunched in 1999. Various fictional flags with some real ones were used. From 1995 to 1997, the channel used relatively few graphics to display the name of the channel, with the studio modelled on that used for BBC News in the United Kingdom.Īs part of a major BBC corporate redesign (which included a new logo for the corporation on 4 October 1997) the channel received its first main refresh on 9 November 1997, the day BBC News 24 was launched. Since 1995, the service has gone through several branding changes. Monday, 30 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT: 24-hour English cable lifestyle, variety and entertainment channel such: variety, culture, leisure, lifestyle, art and light entertainment programmes " BBC Prime" (now BBC Entertainment).Monday, 16 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT: 24-hour 24-hour English free-to-air terrestrial international news channel such: news bulletin, information, business and financial, news magazine and current affairs programmes led of " BBC World" (now BBC World News).On Thursday, 26 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT, BBC World Service Television was split into 2- television stations: The original picture editing team consisted of Bob Scholes, Peter Hodge and Mike Casey. The programme editor was Johan "John" Ramsland from World Service Radio News with John Exelby from domestic BBC TV News as his managing editor. It was launched on 11 March 1991, after two weeks of real-time pilots, initially as a half-hour bulletin once a day at 19:00 GMT. The channel originally launched as BBC World Service Television, though unlike BBC World Service radio which (until 2011) was funded by a grant-in-aid from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the British government refused to extend the grant-in-aid to the new television service. Unlike the BBC's domestic channels, BBC World News is owned and operated by BBC Global News Ltd., part of the BBC's commercial group of companies and is funded by subscription and advertising revenues, and not by the United Kingdom television licence. It employs more correspondents and reporters and has more international bureaux than any other news channel. It broadcasts television programming including BBC News bulletins, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews. 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. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel, with an estimated 76 million viewers weekly in 2014, part of the estimated 265 million users of the BBC's four main international news services. (Free, 502 kbit/s) (Unavailable in UK, USA, Australia, Japan, China, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia)īBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. United Kingdom (for external consumption only)īroadcasting House, London, United KingdomīBC World Service Television (11 March 1991-15 January 1995)īBC World (16 January 1995-20 April 2008)Ĭhannel 404 (France 24 has ceased transmission and replace to BBC World News) BBC World Newsġ1 March 1991 as " BBC World Service Television"ġ5 January 1995 as " BBC World Service Television"ħ4 million viewers per week (September 2011, ) For the BBC radio network, see BBC World Service. This article is about the international news and current affairs channel. ![]()
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