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BBC News

Summary

BBC News is a television station[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (328 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BBC News is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • BBC News's instance of is recorded as television station[4].
  • BBC News's instance of is recorded as specialty channel[5].
  • BBC News's owned by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[6].
  • BBC News's logo image is recorded as BBC News 2022 (Alt 2).svg[7].
  • BBC News's logo image is recorded as BBC World News red.svg[8].
  • BBC News's logo image is recorded as BBC World News.svg[9].
  • BBC News's headquarters location is recorded as Broadcasting House[10].
  • BBC News's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 247002902[11].
  • BBC News's GND ID is recorded as 7654974-4[12].
  • BBC News's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2012094998[13].
  • BBC News's Commons category is recorded as BBC News (International TV channel)[14].
  • BBC News's original broadcaster is recorded as BBC News[15].
  • BBC News's industry is recorded as journalism[16].
  • +1991-03-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC News[17].
  • BBC News's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09cw9[18].
  • BBC News's parent organization or unit is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[19].
  • BBC News's official website is recorded as https://www.bbc.com/news/world_radio_and_tv[20].
  • BBC News's official website is recorded as https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion/[21].
  • BBC News's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BBC World News[22].
  • BBC News's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Putting News First'}[23].
  • BBC News's X is recorded as BBCWorld[24].
  • BBC News's X is recorded as bbcmundo[25].
  • BBC News's operating area is recorded as New Zealand[26].
  • BBC News's operating area is recorded as Russia[27].

Body

Founding

+1991-03-11T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC News[17].

Operations

BBC News's headquarters location is recorded as Broadcasting House[10]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[19].

Industry

BBC News's industry is recorded as journalism[16].

Ownership

BBC News's owned by is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[6].

Why It Matters

BBC News ranks in the top 2% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (328 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Australia Belgium Gabon Moldova Namibia New Zealand Russia Rwanda Ukraine United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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