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April 2008 |
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BBC World News, is the new name for BBC World. |
May 2007 |
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BBC World launches BBC World News, a new dedicated news and information channel on YouTube – offering 30 news clips a day to millions of internet users across the world. |
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 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. |
January 2005 |
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The biggest brand campaign for BBC World since the start of the channel is launched. 'Putting News First' reaffirms the channel's newsgathering strengths and the extraordinary commitment of the teams who contribute to the channel's output. |
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. |
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.
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. |
May 2003 |
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BBC World named the most trusted news channel during the Iraq 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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BBC World now available full-time in United Nations headquarters in New York. |
December 2002 |
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BBC World transferred from BBC World Newswide to the BBC's Global News Division under Mark Byford.
BBC World distribution exceeds 100 million full-time homes for the first time. |
October 2002 |
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BBC World won the Hotbird Award for best news channel. |
May 2002 |
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BBC World becomes available on US domestic flights by United Airlines |
February 2002 |
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BBC World available in more than 200 million homes for the first time (90 million 24-hour). |
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. |
March 2000 |
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BBC World available in 160 million homes (70 million 24-hour). |
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. |
June 1998 |
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Passengers on Heathrow Express trains can now watch BBC World bulletins. |
November 1997 |
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BBC News Online launched. |
November 1996 |
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BBC World launched into Latin America. |
August 1996 |
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BBC World awarded terrestrial frequency in Berlin, the first foreign broadcaster anywhere to be granted such a licence. |
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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