BBC News

BBC News (TV channel)
BBC News (also called BBC News Channel) is the BBC’s 24-hour rolling news television network in the United Kingdom. The channel launched as BBC News 24 on November 1997 as part of the BBC’s foray and becoming the first competitor to Sky News. At first BBC News 24 was originally available only to analogue cable television subscribes, but now the channel forms an important part of the Freeview package of channels.
On 22 February 2006, the channel was named News Channel of the Year at the Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards for the first time in its history. The judges remarked that this was the year that the channel had “really come into its own”.
In 2008 BBC News 24 was renamed BBC News on the channel itself. This is part of creative futures plan to bring all BBC News output under the single brand name.
Programming
Each hour consists of headlines about the main part of the daily news. News including reports and live interviews. Weather summaries are provided every half hour by forecasters from the BBC Weather Centre while business and sport updates are also presented generally from within the main studio.
Special simulcasts: Examples of special broadcasts include the 11 September 2001 attacks, 7 July 2005 London bombings and the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Other programming produced solely by the BBC News channel includes the BBC News at Five O’Clock with Huw Edwards, Entertainment programme E24, Sportsday and Newswatch.
Rico Hizon regularly presents the main business stories from Singapore during the BBC’s overnight coverage, which is simulcast on BBC World News.
Presenters: during a major news event one or more of the main news presenters may be sent to present live for the channel from the scene of the story, where they will conduct interviews with the people involved, question correspondents, introduce related reports and also give general information on the story, much as a reporter sent to cover a story would. The presenters often have expertise in the story they are sent to cover, for example, former Paris correspondent Jon Sopel presented coverage of the 2007 French presidential elections.
As this channel is in the United Kingdom, its native language is English. Also they have their own slogans: “Britain’s most watched news channel” and “Whenever you need to know”.
Their website: bbc.co.uk/news (http:/www.bbc.co.uk/news).
It gives us an opportunity to watch news online: Watch live (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10318089) (UK only)