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The BBC World Service began on 19 December 1932 as the BBC Empire Service, broadcasting on shortwave [25] and aimed principally at English speakers across the British Empire. In his first Christmas Message (1932), King George V characterised the service as intended for "men and women, so cut off by the snow, the desert, or the sea, that only ...
August – For the first time in its history the World service is taken off air due to strike action in protest at the British government's decision to ban a documentary featuring an interview with Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin. 1986. No events. 1987. The BBC World Service launches BBC 648 from the Orfordness transmitting station. The service ...
16 January – BBC World Service Television was renamed as BBC World. It was launched as an international free-to-air news channel on 26 January at 19:00 GMT. March – BBC News creates its very first website, for the 1995 Budget. 1996. 9 May – The BBC announces the launch of a new rolling news channel as part of its plans for digital ...
The BBC World Service launches BBC 648 from the Orfordness transmitting station. The service provides a tailor-made service for northern Europe featuring some French and German programming programmes interwoven with the main output in English. [47] 28 April – BBC television programming in Hindi and Urdu ends after more than 20 years.
16 January – BBC World Service Television was renamed as BBC World it was launched as an international free-to-air news channel on 26 January at 19:00 GMT. 27 February – European Business News (EBN) launches. The pan-European service is broadcast from London and features rolling coverage of UK business alongside business news from Europe. 1996
The BBC gradually gained the right to edit the copy and, in 1934, created its own news operation. [11] ... and also included the BBC World Service, ...
BBC World Service Television, often abbreviated to WSTV (World Service Television), was the name of two BBC international satellite television channels between 1991 and 1995. It was the BBC's first foray into worldwide television broadcasting.
BBC World in 1995 had a completely different style of presentation to BBC News in the UK. BBC World News, the BBC's international 24-hour news and current affairs channel was launched on 16 January 1995 at 19:00 GMT. The channel has shared a common appearance with domestic news channel BBC News 24 since 1997, when both used the fictitious flags ...