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BBC News

international news and current affairs television channel
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Summary

BBC News is a television station[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of television station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,466 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Instance of: specialty channel[4]
  • Owned by: British Broadcasting Corporation[5]
  • Headquarters location: Broadcasting House[6]
  • Commons category: BBC News (International TV channel)[7]
  • Original broadcaster: BBC News[8]
  • Industry: journalism[9]
  • Inception: March 11, 1991[10]
  • Parent organization or unit: British Broadcasting Corporation[11]
  • Official website: https://www.bbc.com/news/world_radio_and_tv[12], https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:BBC World News[14]
  • Motto text: Putting News First[15]
  • Operating area: New Zealand[16], Russia[17], Ukraine[18], Belgium[19], Gabon[20], Namibia[21], Rwanda[22], Moldova[23], Australia[24]
  • Language used: English[25]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
  • Social media followers: 32,000,000[27], 34,819,699[28], 39,454,060[29]

Why It Matters

BBC News has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Australia Belgium Gabon Moldova Namibia New Zealand Russia Rwanda Ukraine United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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