BBC News (international TV channel)

BBC News

Logo used since 2023
Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	Worldwide (except the UK)
Network	BBC News
Headquarters	Broadcasting House
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i/480i for the SDTV feeds; Latin American sub-feed downscaled to letterboxed 4:3 480i)
Ownership
Owner	BBC Studios (BBC Global News Ltd)
Sister channels	See list
History
Launched	16 January 1995; 30 years ago (1995-01-16)
Former names	BBC World (1995–2008) BBC World News (2008–2023)
Links
Website	www.bbc.com/news/world_radio_and_tv
Availability
Terrestrial
Boxer TV Access (Sweden)	Channel 27
RiksTV (Norway)	Channel 55
Digital terrestrial television (Andorra)	Channel 20
ERT (Greece)	Channel 48 Channel 56 (HD)
GOtv (Sub-Saharan Africa)	Channel 41
Digital terrestrial television (Mauritius)	Channel 2
Nexmedia (Indonesia)	Channel 703
Foxtel (Australia) Fetch TV (Australia)	Channel 606 Channel 174
DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa)	Channel 400
Zuku TV (Kenya)	Channel 510
Streaming media
Service(s)	DirecTV Stream, Plex, Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus, Sling Freestream, YouTube TV

BBC News is an 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 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 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 United Kingdom television licence.^[1] 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 overnight hours), and vice versa (including domestic programmes such as 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 its rivals, with an estimated 99 million viewers weekly in 2016–2017, part of the estimated 121 million weekly audience of all its operations.^[2]