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• French news channel to challenge 'Anglo-Saxon' CNN, BBC: boss

  - 2006-10-31

  PARIS AFP — A round-the-clock international news channel France is to launch in December will challenge the "Anglo-Saxon" views spread by market leaders BBC and CNN by relying on "French values", the network's chief said. France 24, as the network is called, will start broadcasting in English and French on...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, British Broadcasting Corp., CNN, France, network, NETWORKING

• Iran looks to CNN and BBC to sell itself

  - 2005-04-12

  TEHRAN AFP — Iran, which long castigated the United States as the "Great Satan", is to promote its tourist potential on America's CNN television station and Britain's BBC, the country's vice-president for tourism Hossein Marachi has revealed to AFP. Tense relations between Tehran and Washington will not stop Iran...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, British Broadcasting Corp., Cable, CNN, Iran, MARKETING, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• Embedded in Iraq; Television news.(The high cost of the war to the 24-hour news networks)

  - 2003-03-29

  The high cost of the war to the 24-hour news networks THE first Gulf war made CNN, Ted Turner's pioneering 24-hour news network, a household name. This time round, CNN is but one of a dozen or so non-stop news channels--from the BBC and Fox...

  Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., CNN, FINANCE, Investment, network, NETWORKING, TV

• Talking Heads Opine About the News

  - 2002-11-18

  Byline: SHIRLEY BRADY On-air talent from CNN and Fox News Channel debated the merits - and weaknesses - of their respective employers at a seminar in New York last week. Richard Roth, host of CNN's weekly show Diplomatic License, and FNC's Jon Scott, the morning co-anchor of Fox...

  Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., CNN, network, NETWORKING

• Lyons, France-Based News Channel Garners Biggest Audience Numbers in Europe.

  - 2001-11-11

  By Jon Rees, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 11--The most watched news channel across Europe is not CNN, Sky or BBC World, but the Lyons-based, ITN-backed, presenter-free EuroNews, which has seen its audience soar since 11 September. ...

  Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., broadcaster, Cable, CNN, Europe, ITN, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs

• Inmarsat the power behind live TV and radio broadcasting in Afghanistan; Broadcasters including CNN and BBC turn to Inmarsat to feed the world's thirst for news and developments in the region.

  - 2001-10-10

  M2 PRESSWIRE-10 October 2001-INMARSAT: Inmarsat the power behind live TV and radio broadcasting in Afghanistan; Broadcasters including CNN and BBC turn to Inmarsat to feed the world's thirst for news and developments in the region C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10102001 ...

  Tags: Afghanistan, British Broadcasting Corp., broadcaster, broadcasting, CNN, MARKETING, NETWORKING, radio, satellite, TV, videophone

• Casting the net work: Pan-European news operations are allying with regional partners to deliver international services with a strong local focus. (News Channels).

  - 2001-10-01

  Deciding which is the leading news channel across Europe is no straightforward judgement. Depending on which survey you look at or which set of statistics are dissected CNN International can claim top spot -- as can Euronews, and at least for some regions BBC World and Sky...

  Tags: Bloomberg L.P., British Broadcasting Corp., Cable, CNN, INTERNET, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs

• The ITN News Channel joins the EnfoCast Portfolio; ITN joins BBC News 24, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, EuroNews and The Money Channel on EnfoCast's essential broadband business information gateway.

  - 2001-01-10

  M2 PRESSWIRE-10 January 2001-Enformatica: The ITN News Channel joins the EnfoCast Portfolio; ITN joins BBC News 24, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, EuroNews and The Money Channel on EnfoCast's essential broadband business information gateway C1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10012001 ...

  Tags: Bloomberg L.P., British Broadcasting Corp., broadband, CNBC, CNN, ITN, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS

• News of the world.(marketability of international TV news broadcasting)(Brief Article)

  - 1995-09-02

  OUTSIDE the United States, Ted Turner is synonymous with CNN International CNNI, the cable channel on which presidents and prime ministers watched the Gulf war and the invasion of Haiti. Plenty of broadcasters would like to copy him--and not just for the fame. Given the cost...

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• The boundless Ted Turner: road to globalization.

  - 1994-04-11

  With a critical mass in programing, Turner is expanding his empire with satellite-delivered news and entertainment channels Ted Turner has always put his money where his mouth is. These days, it's in internationnal expansion. The man who helped...

  Tags: Asia, CNN, globalization, NETWORKING, satellite, Turner Broadcasting, TV