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CBC Newsworld is a Canadian 24-hour cable news television channel operated by the CBC. It broadcasts into over 10 million homes nation-wide, as well as into some northern states in the U.S. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and Sky News in the United Kingdom.
History
The channel initially began broadcasting on July 31, 1989, and it originally broadcast from studios in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary, reflecting the coast-to-coast nature of the service. Budget cuts over the years eventually forced CBC Newsworld to centralize most of its operations in Toronto and Calgary.
Unlike the CBC's main television network, which is publicly funded by Canadian taxpayers, Newsworld's primary funding comes from cable subscriber fees, although both networks also accept commercial advertising.
The network currently uses the slogan "Canada's #1 News Network". The new slogan came in a redesign in January 2006. Before then they were using the slogan "Trusted, Connected, Canadian".
Newsworld's French language counterpart is Réseau de l'information (RDI).
Programming
Newsworld originally aired a number of magazine-style programs, along with hourly news updates. In recent years, the network has moved from that style of programming to focussing solely on live news programs and documentary programs, including The Passionate Eye and Rough Cuts, both formerly hosted by Michaëlle Jean, and Politics, a political affairs program hosted by Don Newman which airs twice daily. The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos was launched in 2005 in an attempt to attract more younger viewers.
Several of Newsworld's programs also air on the main CBC network, which is available to most Canadians who own a television, and every Canadian who also receives Newsworld. The national morning program, Morning, airs on the main CBC network from 6 - 7 a.m. local time (Atlantic Canada excluded). On Newsworld, the program airs from 6 a.m. eastern standard time to 10:30 a.m. EST. CBC's midday newscast, Today, airs from noon to 1 p.m. on CBC TV, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. eastern time on CBC Newsworld. CBC's supper hour newscast Canada Now and its primetime national newscast The National also air on CBC Newsworld.
Newsworld International
Some of CBC Newsworld's programming also aired on the now-defunct Newsworld International, a US owned and operated cable news network. However, CBC Newsworld also produced some programming for Newsworld International, and scheduled programming from other news networks, which did not air on the Canadian channel. Newsworld International was originally owned and operated by the CBC. Newsworld International was sold to Vivendi Universal in 2000, and sold again to Al Gore and Joel Hyatt in 2004. Newsworld continued to provide the network's programming until Gore and Hyatt launched their own network, Current TV, on August 1, 2005.
Newsworld also carried some news and lifestyle programming from BBC World.
External links
24-hour television news channels | Canadian television networks | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
"CBC Newsworld"