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BBC News also known as 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 9 November 1997 at 17:30 as part of the BBC’s foray into digital domestic television channels, becoming the first competitor to Sky News, which had been running since 1989. Since then, with several relaunches, an increase in funding and resources from the BBC and improvements in digital television technology, the channel has been able to diversify content, with two minute looped bulletins available to view via BBC Red Button, BBC News Online and the BBC’s mobile website, alongside individual weather and sport bulletins.

In May 2007 the channel became available for UK viewers to view through the BBC News website through a live stream. In April 2008 the channel was renamed “BBC News” as part of a £550,000 rebranding of the BBC’s news output, complete with a new studio and presentation. Its sister services, BBC World was also renamed as “BBC World News” while the national news bulletins became BBC News at One, BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten.

As a major part of the BBC News department, the channel is based at and broadcast from the News Centre within BBC Television Centre in West London. The channel was named RTS News Channel of the Year in 2006 and again in 2009.

The BBC maintains guidelines for procedures to be taken for breaking news. With domestic news, the correspondent first records a “generic minute” summary (for use by all stations and channels) and then priority is to report on BBC Radio 5 Live, then on the BBC News Channel and any other programmes that are on air. For foreign news, first a “generic minute” is recorded, then reports are to World Service radio, then the reporter talks to any other programmes that are on air.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_News_%28TV_channel%29

The BBC maintains guidelines for procedures to be taken for breaking news.^[14] With domestic news, the correspondent first records a “generic minute” summary (for use by all stations and channels) and then priority is to report on BBC Radio 5 Live, then on the BBC News Channel and any other programmes that are on air. For foreign news, first a “generic minute” is recorded, then reports are to World Service radio, then the reporter talks to any other programmes that are on air.

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