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BBC World Service Television

was the name given to two of the BBC's international satellite television channels between 1991 and 1995
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BBC World Service Television

Summary

BBC World Service Television is a television station[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BBC World Service Television is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • BBC World Service Television's instance of is recorded as television station[4].
  • BBC World Service Television's headquarters location is recorded as Television Centre[5].
  • +1991-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC World Service Television[6].
  • BBC World Service Television's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04vh_j[7].
  • BBC World Service Television's parent organization or unit is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[8].
  • BBC World Service Television's replaced by is recorded as BBC News[9].

Body

Founding

+1991-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BBC World Service Television[6].

Operations

BBC World Service Television's headquarters location is recorded as Television Centre[5]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as British Broadcasting Corporation[8].

Why It Matters

BBC World Service Television ranks in the top 8% of television_station entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

Related Entities

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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