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4–12 August – The BBC's coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games sees Breakfast Time being given over to Olympic Games highlights, and this includes weekend editions. News summaries are broadcast on the hour and this is the first time that the BBC has broadcast a full service of pre-lunchtime news bulletins at the weekend.
This is the first time that satellite viewers are able to see a full-time feed of the BBC's rolling news service. 15 November – The public launch of digital terrestrial TV in the UK takes place and BBC News 24 launches on the new service. 1999. 25 October – Relaunch of BBC News 24 with a new set design, known as "Cream and red". 2000s. 2000
In addition to the BBC's extensive live coverage, British Satellite Broadcasting broadcasts nightly highlights of the 1990 Wimbledon Championships. 27 August to 9 September – BSB broadcasts daily live coverage of the US Open. This is the first time that the UK has received daily live coverage of this event. 1991
7 November – Coverage of American sport gets its first regular coverage on UK television when Channel 4 starts broadcasting American football on a weekly basis. [2] 1983. 30 January – Live American Football is seen in the UK for the first time when Channel 4 broadcasts live coverage of Super Bowl XVII. 1984.
Channel 4 also covers the 1984 events. 7–14 August – Channel 4, in conjunction with ITV, broadcasts live coverage of the first World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland. 1984. 22 March – Horse racing coverage is broadcast on Channel 4 for the first time, resulting in the launch of Channel 4 Racing.
A special Olympic schedule is running across the duration of the event on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds, with 12 hours of consecutive coverage a day from 10am until 10pm, plus medal winners live ...
The World Today, styled also as The World Today with Maryam Moshiri is a news programme that premiered on both UK feed and international feed of BBC News channel on 21 February 2024. The programme is mainly hosted by Maryam Moshiri. The show, dedicated to international news is said to "bring the best of the BBC's global journalism to audiences ...
A look at major news events from the past are shown in "This Week in History" for UK and PBS viewers while commercial breaks are broadcast for international viewers. During the UK's principle COVID-19 pandemic periods, Newsday was not broadcast from 27 March 2020 to 20 July 2021; during that time the slot was temporarily replaced with ...