New figures show that BBC World News has burst through the 300million distribution mark – increasing the number of households it broadcasts in by more than 40 million over the past year.
From Calgary to Montreal, Toronto to Halifax, Canada is in the spotlight this May, as some of the BBC’s leading anchors and programmes are in the country to find out more about its cultural diversity, economy and its people.
In the seventh episode of Horizons, presenters Adam Shaw and Saima Mohsin head to Ithaca, New York, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Berkeley, California, to look at how new technology is increasing our potential to live longer, better lives.
In the sixth episode of the series, Horizons presenters Adam Shaw and Saima Mohsin head to China and Kenya to discover how relatively simple technology is being used to try and tackle the problems of soil degradation and water shortage.
Katsuhiko Waza has been appointed as non executive director of BBC World News Japan, it was announced today. He served as President of BBC Worldwide Japan from its creation in 2000 until his retirement in 2011.
In the fifth episode of Horizons, presenters Adam Shaw and Saima Mohsin travel to Toronto, Canada and College Station, Texas to explore how the world is adapting to ever changing threats to public health and learn about the pioneering technologies and response systems working to predict and respond to worldwide outbreaks of disease and natural disasters.
In the third episode of the series, Horizons presenters Adam Shaw and Saima Mohsin travel to Silicon Valley, USA and across the UK to look at the issue of corporate carbon footprint and to discover the ways that some companies are working to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
In the second episode of the series, Horizons presenters Adam Shaw and Saima Mohsin travel to the US and the UK to explore the burgeoning science of nanotechnology.
Now in its second year, a new 10-part series of Horizons starts on Saturday 7 April on BBC World News.
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