BBC Looking for Washington D.C. Based Talent as it Launches Fresh Global News Network
variety.comK.J. Yossman Months after BBC’s director general Tim Davie revealed the corporation would be merging the BBC News and BBC World channels among a host of other budget-induced changes, the Beeb has confirmed it is launching a single news channel.The plans are currently being run by staff and trade unions.The new channel, which will launch in April 2023, will broadcast from London during U.K.
daytime hours followed by Singapore and Washington D.C. The corporation confirmed it would be looking for both on and off screen talent in Washington D.C.
prior to launch.The new as yet unnamed channel will also be broadcast globally and feature “new flagship programmes built around high-profile journalists, and programmes commissioned for multiple platforms.” During certain times of day, and depending on what local stories are breaking, the channel will give U.K.
viewers “specific content at certain times of the day” including via a U.K.-only stream. It will remain ad-free for U.K. audiences.BBC Studios will be tasked with monetizing the channel outside the U.K., primarily via advertising.The change will also impact sporting news, which will have a new international focus in addition to its U.K.
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