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33 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1991-03-11</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-MacDonald_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacDonald-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Replaced</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/BBC_TV_Europe" title="BBC TV Europe">BBC TV Europe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closed</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1995<span class="noprint">; 29 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1995-04-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_America_(international_TV_channel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BBC America (international TV channel) (page does not exist)">BBC World</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_learning&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="BBC learning (page does not exist)">BBC learning</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>BBC World Service Television</b>, often abbreviated to <b>WSTV</b> (World Service Television), was the name of two <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> international <a href="/wiki/Satellite_television" title="Satellite television">satellite television</a> channels between 1991 and 1995. It was the BBC's first foray into worldwide television broadcasting. In Europe, it was the successor to <a href="/wiki/BBC_TV_Europe" title="BBC TV Europe">BBC TV Europe</a>, which it replaced on 11 March 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-MacDonald_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacDonald-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The service was also launched in Asia as a 24-hour news and information service with minor differences, a precursor to <a href="/wiki/BBC_World_News" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC World News">BBC World News</a>, launched on 14 October 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_70_years_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_70_years-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike the <a href="/wiki/BBC_World_Service" title="BBC World Service">BBC World Service</a> at the time, it was not funded by the British government through a grant-in-aid.<sup id="cite_ref-Immerfall_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Immerfall-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, it was funded either by subscription or by commercial advertising, with advertisements inserted locally by individual cable or satellite providers. News headlines, trailers and other updates, known as "break fillers", were inserted to fill gaps in cases where no commercials were broadcast by the local provider. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Availability">Availability</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_World_Service_Television&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Availability"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Europe">Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_World_Service_Television&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Europe, BBC WSTV replaced BBC TV Europe on 11 March 1991 as the BBC's subscription-funded entertainment service.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_70_years_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_70_years-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like BBC TV Europe, it was a mix of <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC1</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC2</a>. However, in place of BBC TV Europe's near-continuous direct rebroadcast of BBC1 and schedule pattern timed to UK time (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>/<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>), it had a schedule pattern more synchronised to <a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">Central European Time</a> and many of its first-run programmes were timeshifted to more suitable times for viewing in CET, as well as showing specially commissioned <i>World Service News</i> bulletins from <a href="/wiki/BBC_Television_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Television Centre">Television Centre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <b>BBC World Service News</b> studio looked like the BBC's domestic news, though with different graphics and an on-screen logo. The station also broadcast its own <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_BBC" class="mw-redirect" title="Children's BBC">Children's BBC</a> junctions from Presentation Studio A. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outside_Europe">Outside Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_World_Service_Television&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Outside Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Outside Europe, BBC World Service Television was the name of the 24-hour news, information and current affairs service, launched in Asia on 14 October 1991 as carried by <a href="/wiki/Fox_Networks_Group_Asia_Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific">Star TV</a>, and also available from <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> to <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> on <a href="/wiki/AsiaSat" title="AsiaSat">AsiaSat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_70_years_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_70_years-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Competing against <a href="/wiki/CNN_International" title="CNN International">CNN International</a>, it showed current affairs and documentary programming from BBC One and BBC Two in addition to <i>BBC World Service News</i> with entertainment programs aired on <a href="/wiki/Star_World" title="Star World">Star Plus</a>. Explaining why the company choose to carry BBC WSTV instead of CNN, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Li" title="Richard Li">Richard Li</a>, who was head of Star TV at the time, cited American bias projected in CNN's coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, in an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/News_Corporation_(1980%E2%80%932013)" class="mw-redirect" title="News Corporation (1980–2013)">News Corporation</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a>, began acquiring Star TV in 1993. In March 1994, the BBC and Star TV reached a deal after an out of court settlement, that would gradually drop BBC World Service Television from the satellite broadcaster's offerings. BBC WSTV would be dropped from the channel line-up for the Northeast Asia by mid-April that year, but would be available in the rest of Asia until 31 March 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-UPI-94MAR22_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UPI-94MAR22-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BBC World Service Television programming was also carried in Africa on <a href="/wiki/M-Net" title="M-Net">M-Net</a>, launched on 15 April 1992, for 11 hours a day.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, its bulletins were carried on <a href="/wiki/CBC_News_Network" title="CBC News Network">CBC Newsworld</a> several times a day.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BBC World Service Television news broadcasts were aired on Malaysia's <a href="/wiki/TV1_(Malaysian_TV_network)" title="TV1 (Malaysian TV network)">TV1</a> until May 1994, with the BBC demanding that it would stop supply their content to Malaysia and should air their content without cuts,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which TV1's operator <a href="/wiki/Radio_Television_Malaysia" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio Television Malaysia">RTM</a> think is unfair.<sup id="cite_ref-other_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-other-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also said that the BBC ignored priorities and cultural values of Asians.<sup id="cite_ref-other_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-other-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presentation">Presentation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_World_Service_Television&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Presentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Computer_Originated_World#BBC_World_Service_Television" title="Computer Originated World">Computer Originated World § BBC World Service Television</a></div> <p>The channel from 1991 until c.1994 used the presentation device of a rotating world: the <a href="/wiki/Computer_Originated_World" title="Computer Originated World">Computer Originated World</a>, which had previously been used on BBC One between 1985 and 1991. The world symbol remained the same, but the legend at the bottom was altered to a <a href="/wiki/Logo_of_the_BBC#1980s" title="Logo of the BBC">BBC logo</a> with an italic "World Service" beneath. Promotional style and static programme captions mirrored that of BBC1 and 2 at the time and featured the globe symbol above a small BBC logo in the top left corner of promotions and on captions. The sidebar of captions featured a vague wispy line style, similar to that used by WSTV bulletins.<sup id="cite_ref-youtube_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-youtube-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The channel also used a break bumper featuring the globe, and a promo bumper featuring the COW globe split into lines to the side and bottom.<sup id="cite_ref-TBS_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TBS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around the time of the relaunch, BBC WSTV adopted a variation of the flag look later to be used by <a href="/wiki/BBC_World_News" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC World News">BBC World</a>, which only featured a BBC logo.<sup id="cite_ref-TVARK_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVARK-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TVWorld_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVWorld-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The channel had a permanent <a href="/wiki/Digital_on-screen_graphic" title="Digital on-screen graphic">DOG</a> of the BBC logo in the top right corner of the screen.<sup id="cite_ref-TVARK_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TVARK-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rebranding_and_reorganisation">Rebranding and reorganisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_World_Service_Television&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Rebranding and reorganisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Thursday, 26 January 1995 at 19:00 or 7pm <a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>, BBC World Service Television was split into two new television services broadcast from <a href="/wiki/BBC_Television_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Television Centre">BBC Television Centre</a> in <a href="/wiki/White_City,_London" title="White City, London">White City, London</a>: </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_News_(international_TV_channel)" title="BBC News (international TV channel)">BBC World</a></b> (since renamed <a href="/wiki/BBC_News_(international_TV_channel)" title="BBC News (international TV channel)">BBC News</a>): 24-hour English free-to-air terrestrial international news channel: news bulletins, information, business and financial news magazines and current affairs.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/BBC_Prime" title="BBC Prime">BBC Prime</a></b> (since replaced by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Entertainment" title="BBC Entertainment">BBC Entertainment</a>): 24-hour English cable lifestyle, variety and entertainment channel: variety, culture, leisure, lifestyle, art and light entertainment programmes.<sup 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London: British Broadcasting Corporation. pp. 142, 143 and 151. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0563367504" title="Special:BookSources/0563367504"><bdi>0563367504</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+BBC%3A+70+years+of+broadcasting&rft.place=London&rft.pages=142%2C+143+and+151&rft.pub=British+Broadcasting+Corporation&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0563367504&rft.aulast=Cain&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABBC+World+Service+Television" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Immerfall-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Immerfall_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=MO_zF5woowQC&dq=%22BBC+World+Service+Television%22&pg=PA112"><i>Territoriality in the Globalizing Society: one place or none? : with 5 figures and 8 tables</i></a>, Stefan Immerfall, Springer Science & Business Media, 14 May 1998, page 112</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IH0jAQAAMAAJ&q=%22bbc+tv+europe%22"><i>Combroad</i></a>, Issues 86-93, Commonwealth Broadcasting Association, 1990, page 39</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRichardson" class="citation news cs1">Richardson, Michael. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/02/business/worldbusiness/IHT-bbc-and-cnn-test-asias-news-tastes.html">"BBC and CNN Test Asia's News Tastes"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 December</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=BBC+and+CNN+Test+Asia%27s+News+Tastes&rft.issue=2+October+1991&rft.aulast=Richardson&rft.aufirst=Michael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1991%2F10%2F02%2Fbusiness%2Fworldbusiness%2FIHT-bbc-and-cnn-test-asias-news-tastes.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABBC+World+Service+Television" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-UPI-94MAR22-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-UPI-94MAR22_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/03/22/Murdochs-STAR-TV-to-drop-BBC/9394764312400/">Murdoch's STAR TV to drop BBC</a>" UPI March 22, 1994</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dawtrey, Adam "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/1994/tv/news/bbc-star-tv-to-split-in-parts-of-asia-119420/">BBC, Star TV to split in parts of Asia</a>" <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> March 21, 1994</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/look-what-happened-in-asia-the-bbcs-world-service-television-is-a-sure-winner-but-it-needs-better-1432177.html">Look what happened in Asia: The BBC's World Service Television is a sure winner, but it needs better backing if it is to keep its audiences, says Jonathan Eyal</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>, 27 March 1994</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fGMOAQAAMAAJ&q=%22BBC+World+Service+Television%22++"><i>Africa Research Bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series</i></a>, Volume 29, Blackwell, 1992, page 10559</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DJQHAQAAMAAJ&q=CBC+Newsworld"><i>BBC Worldwide</i> The BBC World Service Magazine</a>, Issues 9-14, November 1993</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19940505-1.2.14.6.3">"RTM axes BBC news programmes"</a>. <i>Business Times</i>. 5 May 1994<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Business+Times&rft.atitle=RTM+axes+BBC+news+programmes&rft.date=1994-05-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feresources.nlb.gov.sg%2Fnewspapers%2Fdigitised%2Farticle%2Fbiztimes19940505-1.2.14.6.3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABBC+World+Service+Television" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-other-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-other_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-other_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19940502-1.2.22.4">"RTM to use other news sources after BBC boycott"</a>. <i>The Straits Times</i>. 2 May 1994<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Straits+Times&rft.atitle=RTM+to+use+other+news+sources+after+BBC+boycott&rft.date=1994-05-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feresources.nlb.gov.sg%2Fnewspapers%2Fdigitised%2Farticle%2Fstraitstimes19940502-1.2.22.4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABBC+World+Service+Television" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-youtube-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-youtube_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=henrdyozbzQ&NR=1">"BBC World Service TV 1992"</a>. YouTube. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/henrdyozbzQ">Archived</a> from the original on 12 December 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 September</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BBC+World+Service+TV+1992&rft.pub=YouTube&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhenrdyozbzQ%26NR%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABBC+World+Service+Television" class="Z3988"></span> YouTube video of BBC WSTV continuity including idents, captions and promotions.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TBS-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TBS_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110608074616/http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/intertel/gallery/bbcworld.php">"BBC World Service Television"</a>. <i>Intertel</i>. Transdiffusion Broadcasting System. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/intertel/gallery/bbcworld.php">the original</a> on 8 June 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 September</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Intertel&rft.atitle=BBC+World+Service+Television&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.transdiffusion.org%2Femc%2Fintertel%2Fgallery%2Fbbcworld.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABBC+World+Service+Television" class="Z3988"></span> Contains images and video clips of News, Weather and break and promo bumpers.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TVARK-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TVARK_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TVARK_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalker" class="citation web cs1">Walker, Hayden. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120505191537/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/news/bbcworld/1991.html">"BBC World 1991"</a>. TVARK. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/news/bbcworld/1991.html">the original</a> on 5 May 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 September</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BBC+World+1991&rft.pub=TVARK&rft.aulast=Walker&rft.aufirst=Hayden&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.tv-ark.org.uk%2Fnews%2Fbbcworld%2F1991.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABBC+World+Service+Television" class="Z3988"></span> Contains news clips from the channel, and an ident used on BBC WSTV.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TVWorld-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TVWorld_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20010306233136/http://home.clara.net/jim.edwards/bbcwrld.htm">"BBC World"</a>. TV World. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://home.clara.net/jim.edwards/bbcwrld.htm">the original</a> on 6 March 2001<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 September</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BBC+World&rft.pub=TV+World&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.clara.net%2Fjim.edwards%2Fbbcwrld.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABBC+World+Service+Television" class="Z3988"></span> Contains images and previously video of BBC WSTV continuity.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TVARK1995-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TVARK1995_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120318042746/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/news/bbcworld/1995.html">"BBC World 1995"</a>. TVARK. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/news/bbcworld/1995.html">the original</a> on 18 March 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 September</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BBC+World+1995&rft.pub=TVARK&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.tv-ark.org.uk%2Fnews%2Fbbcworld%2F1995.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABBC+World+Service+Television" class="Z3988"></span> Contains video of pre-launch caption, and of the simultaneous launch of BBC World and BBC Prime.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BBC_World_Service_Television&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.transdiffusion.org/intertel/gallery/bbcworld/">BBC World Service Television idents</a> 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