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1 May – The General Overseas Service is renamed the BBC World Service. [2] 1966. The World Service's reach in Africa is expanded with the opening of the Ascension Island relay. 4 July – Outlook is broadcast for the first time. 1967. 20 January – The BBC Albanian service ends. 1968. 28 October – Hebrew programming ends. 1969
BBC Radio 5 Live replaces the BBC World Service as BBC Local Radio's overnight downtime filler. 1999. BBC 648, which provided French and German language content for northern Europe from the Orfordness transmitting station, ends with the closure of the BBC's German service. [69] – the French for Europe service had closed in 1995. [70]
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
BBC World Service Logo used since 2022 Type Radio broadcasting news, speech, discussions, public broadcaster Country United Kingdom Availability Worldwide Headquarters Broadcasting House, London Broadcast area Worldwide Owner BBC Key people Jonathan Munro Launch date 19 December 1932 ; 92 years ago (1932-12-19) Former names BBC Empire Service BBC Overseas Service External Services of the BBC ...
2013 in British television – BBC Two launches in high-definition for the first time 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years after BBC One did, Panorama becomes the first ongoing British TV programme to reach and celebrate its 60th anniversary since BBC Wimbledon in 1987 The Boat Race in 1998 and BBC Cricket in 1999, More4 also launches in HD for the first time ...
24 June – Test match Cricket airs for the first time on the BBC Television Service, with coverage of the second test of The Ashes series between England and Australia, live from Lord's Cricket Ground. 1939. 4 March – The BBC Television Service airs one of the first plays to be written especially for television, Condemned To Be Shot by R. E ...
BBC Prime (since replaced by BBC Entertainment): 24-hour clock London English pay subscription cable variety entertainment, music, light entertainment, and entertainment free-to-air terestrial television channel programming line-up all of music entertainment television programmes from the United States, and the United Kingdom to appeal to ...
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) A timeline of notable events relating to BBC Television News. 1930s 1936 2 November – The BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television ...