BBC News is the largest broadcast news operation in the world with more than 2,000 journalists and 48 newsgathering bureaux, 41 of which are overseas. Last year BBC News reported from more than 150 countries and produced more than 45,000 hours of programming - that works out at an average of 120 hours of news broadcasting for every day of the year. BBC News is also a global news provider reaching more than 260 million viewers through the international TV news channel BBC World and more than 150 million listeners via BBC World Service. These services are not funded by the licence fee but by grants for the World Service and commercial income for BBC World.
Owner: 
    British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
    
  
  Broadcast area:  United Kingdom and International
  
  Premiered: 
    9 November 1997
    
  
  Quality: 
    1080i HDTV
    
  
  
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