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CBC Newsworld
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| Type | Cable television specialty channel |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Availability | National |
| Founder | Joan Donaldson |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Key people | Tony Burman, editor in chief |
| Launch date | July 31, 1989 |
| Website | http://www.cbc.ca/newsworld |
CBC Newsworld is a 24 hour Canadian cable television specialty news channel owned and operated by the CBC. It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada, as well as into some northern states in the U.S. 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.
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With CNN already being widely available in Canada, during the 1980s both private and public Canadian broadcasters began to apply for a licence for a similar 24-hour news service in Canada. In 1987 the CRTC awarded a license to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and on July 31, 1989, CBC Newsworld began broadcasting.
CBC Newsworld originally broadcasted from studios in Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary, reflecting the coast-to-coast nature of the service. However, budget cuts over the years eventually forced CBC Newsworld to centralize most of its operations in Toronto and Calgary.
Unlike the CBC's main television network, which is publicly funded by Canadian taxpayers, Newsworld's primary funding comes from cable subscriber fees, although both networks also accept commercial advertising.
The network currently uses the slogan "Canada's #1 News Network". The new slogan came in a redesign in January 2006. Before then they were using the slogan "Trusted, Connected, Canadian".
Newsworld's French language counterpart is Réseau de l'information (RDI).
Newsworld originally aired a number of magazine-style programs, along with hourly news updates. In recent years, the network has moved from that style of programming to focusing solely on live news programs and documentary programs, including The Passionate Eye and Rough Cuts, both formerly hosted by Michaëlle Jean, and Politics, a political affairs program hosted by Don Newman which airs twice daily. The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos was launched in 2005 in an attempt to attract more younger viewers.
At the top of each hour is CBC News: Now, a two minute headline package that features the top news stories.
Several of Newsworld's programs also air on the main CBC network, which is available to most Canadians who own a television, and every Canadian who also receives Newsworld. The national morning program, CBC News: Morning, airs on the main CBC network from 6 - 7 a.m. local time (Atlantic Canada excluded). On Newsworld, the program airs from 6 a.m. eastern standard time to 10:30 a.m. EST. CBC's midday newscast, CBC News: Today, airs from noon to 1 p.m. on CBC Television, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. eastern time on CBC Newsworld. CBC's supper hour newscast Canada Now and its primetime national newscast The National also air on CBC Newsworld.
CBC News Saturday Report is a half hour newscast with the latest national and international news, hosted by Jacquie Perrin. It regularly showcases current affairs stories on Canadians from all across the country.
CBC News Saturday Report is broadcast Saturdays on CBC Television at 6:00 p.m. (ET). On CBC Newsworld you can see CBC News Saturday Report at 5:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m. and midnight (ET).
Some of CBC Newsworld's programming also aired on the now-defunct Newsworld International, an American cable news network co-owned by the CBC and the Power Corporation of Canada. However, CBC Newsworld also produced some programming for Newsworld International, and scheduled programming from other news networks, which did not air on the Canadian channel. Newsworld International was sold to Vivendi Universal in 2000, and sold again to Al Gore and Joel Hyatt in 2004. Newsworld continued to provide the network's programming until Gore and Hyatt launched their own network, Current TV, on August 1, 2005.
Newsworld also carried some news and lifestyle programming from BBC World.
| CBC Television |
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| English networks: CBC Television | CBC North | CBC Newsworld | CBC Country Canada | Documentary Channel |
| French networks: Télévision de Radio-Canada | Réseau de l'information | ARTV |
| Digital-only channels: Galaxie |
| Defunct channels: Newsworld International | CBC Parliamentary Television Network |
| Proposed channels: CBC-2 | Télé-2 |