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Thursday 11 Mar 2010

BBC World News Press Releases

BBC World News is the BBC's commercially funded international 24-hour news channel

BBC World News takes India Distribution to 22 million with Sun Direct Partnership

BBC World News has boosted its audience in India by over 20%, after signing a major new deal with Sun Direct that takes the channel’s overall India distribution to around 22 million.

BBC World News launches Weekend World, presented by Paddy O’Connell

From Friday 5 February, BBC World News presents Weekend World, a brand new weekend review programme, as part of the channel’s schedule refresh, which commenced this week. 

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