BBC World

BBC World is the British Broadcasting Corporation's 24-hour international current affairs TV channel with BBC News, documentaries, lifestyle programmes and interviews, and was launched in January 1995. Its main competitor is the many variants of CNN. Other competitiors include News Corporation's Sky News, Fox News and Star News.

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British Broadcasting Corporation - BBC News - January - 1995 - CNN - News Corporation - Sky News - Fox News - Star News

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It was formerly known as BBC World Service Television, although unlike BBC World Service radio it was (and is) commercially funded, as the British government refused to extend the Foreign Office grant-in-aid.

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BBC World Service Television - BBC World Service - Radio - Foreign Office

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BBC World is based in the BBC's new Broadcast Centre and takes News feeds from BBC Television Centre both of which are in west London.

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BBC Television Centre - London

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