CBC News Network
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CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. As Canada's first all-news channel,[1] 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.
Type | Broadcasting news, discussions, state media |
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Country | Canada |
Broadcast area | Worldwide |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 720p HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
Sister channels | CBC Television Ici Radio-Canada Télé Ici RDI Ici ARTV Ici Explora Documentary Channel CBC North |
History | |
Launched | July 31, 1989; 34 years ago (1989-07-31) |
Former names | CBC Newsworld (1989–2009) |
Links | |
Website | cbc |
It is funded by cable subscriber fees and commercial advertising. Unlike the CBC's main television network, the channel cannot directly receive operational funds from the corporation's public funding allotment—although it does benefit from synergies with other CBC services, such as the ability to share reporters and programs with the main network.[2]
CBC News Network's French-language counterpart is Ici RDI, also owned by the CBC (or, Société Radio-Canada in French).