w/regard to "BBC World" in the USA:

http://www.bbcworld.com/insite/conte...asp?pageid=484



BBC World News


30 minute live news bulletins are availalble every Monday through
Friday across the USA. These broadcasts are available to public
television stations through an alliance between BBC World and WLIW New
York Public Television.

BBC World draws on the resources of the world's largest news
organization, BBC News, with 58 international bureaux and 250
correspondents worldwide. These broadcasts mark the first time live,
international, daily newscasts have been made available to viewers
without cable access.

BBC World's newscasts augment PBS stations' position as a news
resource for viewers by offering international news as it happens, from
one of the world's most respected news sources.

What is BBC World?

BBC World is the BBC's commercially funded international news and
information television channel, broadcasting in English 24 hours a day
for a global audience. BBC World can be received in 270 million homes
in over 200 countries around the world. Of these 128 million homes
receive the channel on a 24-hour basis. In addition over 1,000,000
hotel rooms, 23 airlines and 25 cruise ships also carry the channel.

BBC World in the U.S.A.

Newscasts from BBC World, the BBC's commercially funded 24-hour
international news and information channel, are available throughout
the United States of America via PBS.

BBC World News is broadcast on over 220 public television stations in
the U.S. through an agreement with WLIW21, the public television
station based in New York. Through this agreement, BBC World news
bulletins now reach around 86% of U.S. television households (around 90
million homes). This covers every major market including New York,
Chicago, LA, Miami, Dallas, Washington DC, Seattle, San Francisco,
Boston and Houston.