BBC World News America

BBC World News America
Current BBC World News America title card.
Genre News program
Created by Garth Ancier
Presented by Laura Trevelyan[1]
Katty Kay
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Production location(s) Washington, D.C.
Running time 30 - 60 minutes
Production company(s) BBC News
Release
Original network Worldwide:
BBC World (2007–present)
U.K.:
BBC News (2006-)
United States:
Noncommercial syndication (2007–present)
Picture format 480i (SDTV),
1080i (HDTV)
Original release October 1, 2007 (2007-10-01) – present
External links
Website

BBC World News America is a British/American current affairs news program produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s BBC News division, which premiered on October 1, 2007.[2] Produced out of the BBC's Washington, D.C. bureau, Katty Kay – who originally appeared on the program through her role as a Washington-based correspondent for BBC News – has served as the main presenter since 2011, replacing original co-anchor Matt Frei.[1]

The program is broadcast worldwide on BBC World News and, through an agreement with Los Angeles public independent station KCET, is also syndicated to PBS member stations and select non-commercial educational independent stations throughout the United States.

From its debut until 25 March 2011, the program originally maintained a one-hour format, airing as a simulcast on BBC America in the United States and BBC World internationally, with the first half-hour (on tape delay) being shown overnights on the BBC News Channel in the U.K. The program was reduced to a half-hour broadcast on 28 March 2011, and was removed from BBC America.[3] On 31 October 2016, the program returned to the BBC News Channel after a five-year absence, and currently airs on the channel at 21:30 GMT but has since rarely been on air from November 2016 until today. [4]

From 11 June[5] to 26 July 2018[6] Monday — Thursday (when BST is in effect), the program temporarily aired the first half hour edition for viewers around the world (except for North and South America where the full hour edition is being broadcast).[7] Then from August 2018, the usual full hour will be returned [8].

Special broadcasts

In some instances, this program has been cut off on its hour broadcast to a few snippets because of a breaking news broadcast (e.g.: 2007 Karachi bombing). But in the case of the 2008 US Election primaries & caucus, the program has been extended to 3 hours (e.g.: 2008 Iowa Caucus) and even up to 6 hours (e.g.: 2008 Super Tuesday) and only being presented by one host. BBC World News America also covered the three presidential and the only vice-presidential debates.

Presenters

YearsPresenterCurrent Role
201?-presentRajini Vaidyanathan
2017-presentKatty KayMain presenter

Katty Kay is currently the main presenter.[9] Laura Trevelyan also regularly presents the programme.

Former presenters

Awards

Tony Jolliffe, Melanie Marshall, Lyse Doucet and Shoaib Sharifi in 2010, at the 69th Annual Peabody Awards for Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence

BBC World News America has won several Peabody Awards. It won one in 2007 for White Horse Village.[10] In 2010, BBC World News America was a recipient of two 69th Annual Peabody Awards. One award was given to the program, calling it a "Unique Broadcast, Unique Perspective", which was described as "A nightly newscast like none the United States has ever had, it places our actions and concerns in a global context."[11][12] The second award was for the report Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence.[12][13] The program won another Peabody Award in 2014 "for dedicating the necessary resources and risking their lives to give the world an up-close look at the horrors of the Syrian conflict" in Inside Syria's War.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 Kent Gibbons (September 5, 2011). "BBC News Show Taps Anchor". Multichannel News. NewBay Media. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ David Bauder (October 1, 2007). "The news, with an English accent". Los Angeles Times. Tribune Publishing. Associated Press. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ Kent Gibbons (February 18, 2011). "'BBC World News America' Shifts To BBC World". Multichannel News. NewBay Media. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0081rbk/broadcasts/2016/11
  5. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmgh/broadcasts/2018/06
  6. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmgh/broadcasts/2018/07
  7. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmgh/broadcasts/2018/06
  8. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmgh/broadcasts/2018/08
  9. ↑ 'Katty Kay Named Anchor of ‘BBC World News America’' - MediaBistro
  10. ↑ 67th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2008.
  11. ↑ 69th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2010.
  12. 1 2 "'Glee,' 'Modern Family' win Peabodys". The Hollywood Reporter. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Where Giving Life is a Death Sentence (BBC America)". 69th Annual Peabody Awards. May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  14. ↑ 73rd Annual Peabody Awards, May 2014.
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