Komla, who was born in Accra, Ghana in 1972, was one of Ghana's most prominent journalists. Komla joined the BBC in 2006 after spending a decade of journalism in Ghana. While reporting in Ghana, he received the Ghana Journalist of the Year Award. From 2006 to 2009, he was involved in hosting Network Africa for the BBC World Service before joining The World Today programme. Komla became the first host of Africa Business Report on BBC World News in 2009. At the … [Read more...] about BBC presenter Komla Dumor dies
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“Power of Nature” shorts return to BBC.com and BBC World News
Starting January 14, Power of Nature, sponsored by Nikon, returns to bbc.com and BBC World News for a new 10-part series that reveals more to the Earth’s great wild places than just their natural beauty. Using extraordinary HD imagery, the individual four minute films focus on a diverse range of the Earth’s most spectacular places and uncover the profound impact individual animals have on them. From the gardener elephants of Africa’s tropical rainforests to … [Read more...] about “Power of Nature” shorts return to BBC.com and BBC World News
​​​​BBC to ​launch “Freedom2014”
BBC’s Investigative programme season Freedom2014 will run on the BBC World Service in English and across the BBC’s language services, on BBC World News television, BBC News Channel and BBC.com, until April 2014.As part of the season, the BBC will be calling on its worldwide audience to submit their own images of freedom. Peter Horrocks, Director of BBC Global News said: “The BBC is a champion of media freedom. The BBC has long been a symbol of freedom, as the sole … [Read more...] about ​​​​BBC to ​launch “Freedom2014”
BBC World News HD launches in South Korea
Seoul/ Singapore – The BBC has announced the inaugural launch of BBC World News in HD in South Korea. LG U+ launched the channel to U+ TV subscribers on November 1, 2013.BBC World News is the BBC’s commercially-funded international 24-hour news channel, and leads the way in Asia with native HD from source. Earlier this year the channel started broadcasting from the heart of the BBC Newsroom in new state-of-the-art HD studios in the BBC's new London headquarters.Colin Lawrence, … [Read more...] about BBC World News HD launches in South Korea
BBC World News HD launches in Thailand and Indonesia
Singapore - BBC Worldwide has announced the launch of BBC World News HD on three platforms in Southeast Asia - TrueVisions in Thailand, and two platforms in Indonesia - First Media and Big TV. The channel is broadcast in native HD from source. Earlier this year the channel started broadcasting from the heart of the BBC Newsroom in the new High Definition studios in the BBC's London headquarters.In Thailand, TrueVisions made the permanent move of its BBC World News service from Standard … [Read more...] about BBC World News HD launches in Thailand and Indonesia
BBC named fastest-growing international news brand in APAC
Singapore – The BBC is the fastest-growing international news brand in Asia Pacific and continues to hold its number one status amongst Asia Pacific’s high net worth consumers and high income earners, according to the new Ipsos PAX study.BBC is the only news brand that has shown quarter on quarter gross audience growth amongst the C suite audience. The proportion of C suites consuming BBC content both on TV and on digital has been growing 10% faster than that of CNN, according … [Read more...] about BBC named fastest-growing international news brand in APAC
