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BBC News

British 24-hour television news channel
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BBC News

Summary

BBC News is a television station[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 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 headquarters location is recorded as Broadcasting House[8].
  • BBC News's Commons category is recorded as BBC News Channel[9].
  • BBC News's industry is recorded as journalism[10].
  • +1997-11-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC News[11].
  • BBC News's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01gw2[12].
  • BBC News's parent organization or unit is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[13].
  • BBC News's significant event is recorded as high-definition television[14].
  • BBC News's official website is recorded as http://www.bbcnews.com/[15].
  • BBC News's nominated for is recorded as Out d'or[16].
  • BBC News's topic has template is recorded as Template:BBC News[17].
  • BBC News's name in kana is recorded as ビービーシー ニュース チャンネル[18].
  • BBC News's operating area is recorded as United Kingdom[19].
  • BBC News's operating area is recorded as Ireland[20].
  • BBC News's language used is recorded as English[21].
  • BBC News's Quora topic ID is recorded as BBC-News[22].
  • BBC News's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 351082[23].
  • BBC News's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 3418[24].

Body

Founding

+1997-11-09T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC News[11].

Operations

BBC News's headquarters location is recorded as Broadcasting House[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[13].

Industry

BBC News's industry is recorded as journalism[10].

Ownership

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

Why It Matters

BBC News ranks in the top 3% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Ireland United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2019.outdor.fr. 2019.outdor.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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