International news channels

Last updated April 09, 2019

This is a list of international news channels, categorised by continent.

International news networks with channels in several languages

Network	English	Arabic	Spanish	French	Russian	German	Persian	Turkish	Other
Euronews	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	Italian, Greek, Portuguese and Hungarian; discontinued: Polish, Ukrainian
CGTN (China)	CGTN, CGTN America, CGTN Africa	CGTN Arabic	CGTN Spanish	CGTN French	CGTN Russian	-	-	-	-
IRIB (Iran)	Press TV	Al-Alam	HispanTV	PressTV Français	-	-	IRINN	-	Sahar TV (Azeri)
DW (Germany)	+	+	+	-	-	+	-	-	News bulletins in numerous languages aired by foreign networks
France 24	+	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	-
CNN (US)	CNN International, CNNj, CNN Philippines, CNN-News18	-	CNN en Español, CNN Chile	-	-	-	-	CNN Türk	CNN Indonesia (Indonesian)
RT (Russia)	RT International, RT America, RT UK	RT Arabic	RT Spanish	RT Français	-	RT Deutsch (launch postponed)	-	-	-
BBC (UK)	BBC World News	BBC Arabic Television	-	-	News bulletin for Dozhd TV channel	-	BBC Persian Television	-	News bulletins in Hindi, Urdu, Pashto and other languages
i24NEWS (Israel)	+	+	Weekly Spanish news bulletin at i24NEWS English	+	-	-	-	-	-
TRT (Turkey)	TRT World	TRT Al Arabiya	-	-	-	-	-	TRT Türk	TRT Avaz (Bosnian and various Turkic languages with subtitles in Turkish)
Al Jazeera (Qatar)	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera	-	-	-	-	-	Al Jazeera Türk (launch cancelled)	Al Jazeera Balkans (Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian); Al Jazeera Urdu (launch cancelled)
Sky News (UK)	Sky News, Sky News Australia	Sky News Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Africanews	+	Planned	-	+	-	-	-	-	Planned: Swahili, Portuguese
Telesur (Venezuela)	Web-based channel	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	Produces news bulletins in Portuguese which were aired by Brazilian and Lusophone African TV networks
CNBC (US)	CNBC, CNBC Africa, CNBC Europe, CNBC Latin America, CNBC World, CNBC TV18, CNBC Asia	CNBC Arabiya	-	-	-	-	-	CNBC-e (discontinued)	Class CNBC (Italian), Nikkei CNBC (Japanese), SBS-CNBC (Korean), CNBC Indonesia, CNBC Malaya, CNBC Tamilan, CNBC Bangles, CNBC Bajar (Gujarati), CNBC Awaaz (Hindi), CNBC Kurdish (Kurmanci and Sorani); discontinued: TVN CNBC (Polish)
ZEE (India)	WION	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Zee News ( Hindi)

Other news channels aimed specifically at international audience

China: CNC World
Georgia: PIK was a Caucasus-focused news channel broadcasting in Russian in 2010-2012.
Japan: NHK World-Japan (English).
Lebanon: Al Mayadeen is an Arabic channel associated with Syria's president Bashar al-Assad. Al-Manar is a Hezbollah-affiliated Arabic news channel. Al Jadeed also brands itself as a pan-Arab channel.
South Korea: Arirang (English).
Poland: Belsat TV is a Belarus-oriented satellite channel run by Polish state-owned Telewizja Polska.
Saudi Arabia: Al Arabiya is a Saudi-owned UAE-based pan-Arab television news channel.
Ukraine: Jewish News One (2011-2014) was a privately owned Ukrainian news channel aimed at international Jewish audience, broadcasting in English and Russian. After the start of the war in Donbas the channel was rebranded as Ukraine Today with exclusively English programming. It ceased operations in 2017. Government-managed UATV started test broadcasts in October 2015; as of 2017 it produced news bulletins in English, Arabic, Russian, Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian. Non-profit Hromadske.TV runs its English programs as Hromadske International.
US: Voice of America offers TV programming in numerous languages available online and aired as blocks by foreign networks. CurrentTime TV is a joint effort by VOA and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to produce a 24/7 TV service in Russian. Alhurra is an Arabic-language state-funded satellite TV news channel. TV Martí is another American governmental TV service, broadcasting for Cuba in Spanish. Bloomberg Television is a privately owned international business news channel. Its Indonesian version Bloomberg TV Indonesia was functioning in 2013-2015.
Pan-African: Africa 24, Presse Africaine, Africable (French), A24 news channel, Arise News, Africa Independent Television, TVC News (English).
RTVI is a channel oriented at Russian-speaking audiences worldwide, but unavailable in Russia.
NTDTV is an international channel affiliated with Falun Gong new religious movement.

CNC World is a 24-hour global English-language news channel, launched on July 1, 2010. It is 51% owned by the China Xinhua News Network Corporation, and 49% by private investors, including Chinese home appliances maker Gree.

NHK World-Japan is the international broadcasting service of NHK, Japan's public broadcaster. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW, France 24, CGTN, and RT, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world as well as online and through its mobile apps. The channel is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Al Mayadeen is a pan-Arabist satellite television channel launched on 11 June 2012 in Beirut, Lebanon. Its programming is predominantly news. It has news reporters in most Arab countries. In the pan-Arab TV news market it competes against Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya, and also against Sky News Arabia and BBC Arabic Television. At its founding in 2012, many of Al Mayadeen's senior staff were formerly correspondents and editors at Al Jazeera. Al Mayadeen is viewed as pro-Hezbollah and pro-Syrian government.

News/generalist channels aimed at citizens and relevant language audiences abroad

Most of these are spin-offs of domestic channels, rearranged and refurbished for international broadcasting. All in respective national languages.

Argentina: Telefe Internacional
Australia: ABC Australia
Austria: ORF 2 Europe
Brazil: TV Brasil Internacional, Globo Internacional, RecordTV Internacional, Band Internacional
Bulgaria: BNT 4
Chile: TV Chile
China: CCTV-4, Phoenix North America Chinese Channel
Croatia: RTL Croatia World
Cuba: Cubavision International
Egypt: Nile TV International
Finland: TV Finland
France, francophone Canada, Belgium, Switzerland: TV5Monde
Greece: ERT World, MEGA Cosmos
Hungary: Duna World
India: DD India
Italy: Rai Italia, Rai Med, Mediaset Italia
Japan: NHK World Premium
Kazakhstan: Kazakh TV
South Korea: KBS World
Lithuania: LRT Lituanica
Macedonia: MRT Sat
Moldova: TV Moldova Internațional
Montenegro: TVCG Sat
Netherlands, Flanders: BVN
Pakistan: PTV Global
Philippines: The Filipino Channel, GMA Pinoy TV, Kapatid Channel
Poland: TVP Polonia, Polsat 2, Polsat 1, TVN International
Puerto Rico: Telemundo Internacional
Portugal: RTP Internacional, TVI Internacional, SIC Internacional
Romania: TVRi
Russia: RTR-Planeta
Serbia: RTS Svet
Spain: TVE Internacional
- Basque Country: Canal Vasco, ETB Sat
- Catalonia: TV3CAT
Canal Vasco is the name that the Euskal Irrati Telebista group uses to broadcast its international television channel, ETB Sat, via satellite and CATV operators in the Americas.
ETB Sat is the television channel that the Euskal Irrati Telebista group broadcasts worldwide.
TV3 CAT was, until 29 May 2009, named Televisió de Catalunya Internacional. It was the international channel of Catalonia, Televisió de Catalunya. It is part of Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA). That channel was beaming to Europe through Astra satellite and America through Hispasat satellite. TV3CAT belonged to a group of channels where it was found programs from TV3, El 33, Canal Super3, Esport3 and 3/24.
Sweden: SVT World, 1988-2017
Ukraine: 1+1 International, Inter+
UK: British Forces Broadcasting Service (for army and navy abroad)
US: American Forces Network (for army and navy abroad)
Vietnam: VTV4

Telefe Internacional is the international signal of Argentina's channel Telefe. It broadcasts television programs produced by Telefe, mostly consisting of telenovelas, series, comedies, teen and children's series, etc. It is available in Asia, America,Europe, Canada, Oceania, Israel, Africa and now in the Philippines.

ORF 2 Europe is a free-to-air version of the Austrian TV channel ORF 2. The service differs from the Austrian version in that some programs are replaced with a video simulcast of Ö1 International, ORF's international radio service. It has been broadcast across Europe since July 2004.

By annual budget

Channel	Country	Annual budget	Year	References
RT	Russia	$77 million	2007	^[1]
France 24	France	$123 million	2010	^[1]
Deutsche Welle	Germany	$291 million	2010	^[1]
DD News	India	$127 million	2009
VOXAFRICA	Africa	$100 million	2016
Voice of America	USA	$355.87 million	2015	^[2]
BBC World News	United Kingdom	$80 million	2016	^[3]

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References

1 2 3 Anne Geniets (2013-12-13). The Global News Challenge: Market Strategies of International Broadcasting Organizations in Developing Countries. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-136-18012-5.
↑ "BBG Financial Year 2015" (PDF).
↑ "BBC Financial Statement 2016" (PDF). 2016.

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[Geniets2013-1] 1 2 3 Anne Geniets (2013-12-13). The Global News Challenge: Market Strategies of International Broadcasting Organizations in Developing Countries. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-136-18012-5.

[2] "BBG Financial Year 2015" (PDF).

[3] "BBC Financial Statement 2016" (PDF). 2016.