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June 2007 |
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BBC World has an estimated weekly audience reach of 71 million making it the BBC's biggest television service. The channel is available in over 274 million homes, 1.4 million hotel rooms, on 50 cruise ships, 38 airlines and 32 mobile phone platforms |
May 2007 |
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BBC World News launches BBC World, a new dedicated news and information channel on YouTube – offering 30 news clips a day to millions of internet users across the world. |
February 2007 |
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BBC World has an estimated weekly audience reach of 65 million making it the BBC's biggest television service. |
November 2006 |
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Won 'Best International News Channel' at the AIB Awards |
October 2006 |
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Won 'Best Media Partner' at the Warsaw Destination Alliance (WDA) Awards |
September 2006 |
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Won 'Leading TV channel for Travellers' at the 13th Annual World Travel Awards and BBC World News won 'Best News Channel' at the 2006 HOT BIRD TM TV |
June 2006 |
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BBC World is available in the United States on a 24-hour basis on Cablevision in the New York metropolitan area. |
May 2006 |
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BBC World's 'Putting News First' brand campaign wins GOLD at 10th annual PROMAX/BDA European Awards. |
January 2006 |
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BBC World announces a partnership agreement with Discovery to distribute the 24-hour channel in the U.S. |
April 2005 |
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BBC World adds three more hours each weekday of news and business coverage; two additional editions of World Business Report, and BBC News Extra is introduced |
January 2005 |
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BBC World currently available in 268 million households globally (128 million on a 24-hour basis), plus more than one million hotel rooms The second phase of the 'Putting News First' campaign is due to be launched on-air and in print from 29th September. |
January 2005 |
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The biggest brand campaign for BBC World since the start of the channel 10 years ago is launched on 27th January. 'Putting News First' reaffirms the channel's newsgathering strengths and the extraordinary commitment of the teams who contribute to the channel's output. New on-screen graphics and a brighter studio set are unveiled |
October 2004 |
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BBC World is voted Europe's Best News Channel 2004 at the HOT BIRD(tm) TV Awards |
July 2004 |
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BBC World grows faster than any other news channel in EMS 2004 daily audience research |
June 2004 |
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BBC World becomes available in more than a million hotel rooms globally for the first time |
April 2004 |
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BBC World is presented with an Industry Innovator Award by the Society of Satellite Professionals International [SSPI], in recognition of the channel's success in using satellites to distribute its signal around the globe |
March 2004 |
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The Zayed International Prize for the Environment is awarded to BBC World in recognition of its commitment to global environmental issues |
June 2003 |
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BBC World now provides up to 91 hours per week of Japanese translation, including all peak-time viewing More than 250 correspondents based around the world with 58 international BBC News bureaux BBC World bulletins now reach 86 per cent of US households through PBS channels and BBC America Bilingual BBC World bulletins begin on China Airlines in English and Japanese BBC World currently available in 256 million homes (103 million 24-hour), plus 890,000 hotel rooms |
May 2003 |
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BBC World named the most trusted news channel during the war in a pan-European media survey BBC World awarded digital terrestrial frequency in Berlin, which is about to switch off all analogue TV transmissions |
April 2003 |
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Ratings for BBC World bulletins on New York PBS channel WNET rose by 33 per cent during Iraqi conflict |
March 2003 |
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Iraqi conflict - BBC World News is made available to an additional 77 million homes through deals with foreign broadcasters BBC World received extensive praise in US newspapers and its American viewers for unbiased, considered Iraqi coverage BBC World now available full-time in United Nations headquarters in New York Face To Face Pakistan programme launches |
December 2002 |
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BBC World transferred from BBC World Newswide to the BBC's Global News Division under Mark Byford Advertising sales team achieved the channel's highest ever revenues, despite the depressed market BBC World distribution exceeds 100 million full-time homes for the first time |
November 2002 |
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AC Nielsen ratings gave BBC World its highest ever daily audience in the US (840,000), greater than CNN or MSNBC |
October 2002 |
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BBC World won the Hotbird Award for best news channel |
September 2002 |
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BBC World marks the first anniversary of September 11 attacks with special series of programmes |
July 2002 |
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Arab World Direct, Question Time Pakistan and Fast Track programmes launched |
June 2002 |
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BBC World returned to the standard cable package in Amsterdam |
May 2002 |
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BBC World becomes available on US domestic flights by United Airlines |
April 2002 |
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BBC World and BBC World Service received the George Polk Awards for excellence in journalism during 2001 BBC World purchases Satellite News Corporation in Japan and increases the hours of its translation service by 50 per cent |
March 2002 |
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BBC World available in 253 million households (101 million 24-hour) |
February 2002 |
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BBC World available in more than 200 million homes for the first time (90 million 24-hour) |
December 2001 |
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BBC and Discovery Communications agree to widen availability of BBC World News bulletins in the US BBC World audiences in South East Asia increased for the fourth successive year in PAX survey |
November 2001 |
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BBC World began broadcasting to 26,000 American servicemen and women at army bases in South Korea |
September 2001 |
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Coverage of September 11 attacks enhanced BBC World's reputation globally |
June 2001 |
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Spanish subtitling began for Latin American audiences |
May 2001 |
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BBC World began supplying bulletins on all Virgin Atlantic flights |
April 2001 |
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Advertising revenue reached record level under restructured sales team |
March 2001 |
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BBC World available in 180 million homes (80 million 24-hour) across 200 countries and territories |
February 2001 |
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BBC World ratings in Hong Kong are more than twice that of CNN and CNBC combined in AC Nielsen figures |
November 2000 |
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BBC World watched by 23 per cent of affluent adults and decision-makers in Asia each week, according to PAX survey BBC World is the only major news network not to wrongly call the result of the US presidential election |
October 2000 |
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BBC World News received Silver Nymph Award in Monte Carlo for its coverage of the Middle East conflict |
July 2000 |
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British Airways signed one-year contract to underwrite BBC World bulletins on US public access channels |
April 2000 |
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"Making sense of it all" advertising campaign launched globally |
March 2000 |
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BBC World available in 160 million homes (70 million 24-hour) |
March 1999 |
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BBC World available in 125 million homes (50 million 24-hour), having tripled reach in North America |
January 1999 |
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Named the fastest-growing pan-European news channel for third year running by European Media & Marketing Survey |
November 1998 |
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BBC World began broadcasting bulletins on public service stations across the US BBC World News moved from Eutelsat IIF1 to Hotbird 5 in Europe |
October 1998 |
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BBC World moved to the world's first ever 24-hour fully digital newsroom BBC World named best news channel at HOTBIRDTM Awards |
September 1998 |
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BBC World began broadcasting to around 350,000 homes on cable in Finland |
July 1998 |
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BBC World exceeds two million homes in Latin America for the first time |
June 1998 |
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Passengers on Heathrow Express trains can now watch BBC World bulletins |
April 1998 |
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BBC World reaches one million homes in Israel for the first time |
March 1998 |
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BBC World distribution in Germany rises by 50 per cent through new cable agreement BBC World available in 52 million homes and 400,000 hotel rooms |
February 1998 |
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BBC World migrated from PAS 3 to PAS 5 for the Americas |
November 1997 |
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BBC News Online launched |
March 1997 |
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BBC World available in 41 million homes |
November 1996 |
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BBC World launched into Latin America on PAS 3 and DTH |
August 1996 |
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BBC World awarded terrestrial frequency in Berlin, the first foreign broadcaster anywhere to be granted such a licence |
April 1996 |
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BBC World moved from Asiasat 1 to Panamsat 4 and Panamsat 2 in Asia and the Middle East |
March 1996 |
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BBC World available in 38 million homes |
March 1995 |
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BBC World available in 24 million households |
January 1995 |
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BBC World launched in its present form - available in Europe, Asia and the Middle East |
December 1992 |
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Channel extended to Africa with MultiChoice |
October 1991 |
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BBC World Service Television launched across Asia and the Middle East |
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