BBC World News

BBC World is one of the best news and a current affairs channel in the world is now celebrating its 20 years of broadcasting. It launched on 11^th March 1991 in Europe and was known as BBC World Service Television. In 1995 it was available all major continents in the world and renamed as BBC World. On 9^th November 1997 the channel launched its 24 hour news transmission. Three years ago in 2008 it renamed as BBC World News. Now the channel is available in 270 million households in the world. Its new news studio is under construction in Landon and it will be inaugurate in2012. It would be the biggest and the most technologically well equipped news studio in the world. In India it was a free to air (FTA) channel till 15 June 2006 and now this channel is a pay channel. Almost all cable networks in India are distributing BBC World and on all DTH platforms in India except "DD Direct Plus" this channel is available. BBC Entertainment is an English entertainment channel of BBC and this channel also available in India.  BBC is the abbreviation of British Broadcasting Corporation.