This is a list of international news channels, categorised by continent.
Network | English | Mandarin Chinese | Hindi | Spanish | French | Standard Arabic | Bengali | Russian | Tamil | Other |
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Euronews (France, UK) | + | - | - | + | + | + | - | + | - | Albanian, Georgian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian |
CGTN (China) | CGTN, CGTN America, CGTN Africa, CGTN Europe | - | - | CGTN Spanish | CGTN French | CGTN Arabic | - | CGTN Russian | - | Japanese (Bulletin) |
PB-DD (India) | DD India and DD Nagaland | - | DD News | - | - | DD Bangla | - | DD Podhigai | DD Urdu in Urdu, DD Assam for Assamese | |
DW (Germany) | DW english | - | - | DW español | - | DW arabic | - | DW на русском | - | News bulletins in numerous languages aired by foreign networks |
IRIB (Iran) | Press TV | - | - | HispanTV | PressTV Français | Al-Alam | - | - | - | Sahar TV (Azeri) |
France 24 (France) | France 24 in english | - | - | France 24 en español | France 24 | France 24 Arabic عربي | - | - | - | - |
CNN (US) | CNN International, CNNj, CNN-News18 (India) | - | - | CNN en Español, CNN Chile, CNN Venezuela, CNN Mexico | - | CNN ARABIC CNNعربية | - | - | - | CNN Indonesia (Indonesian), CNN Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese), CNN Portugal (Portuguese), CNN Türk (Turkish), CNN Prima News (Czech), Antena 3 CNN (Romanian), A2 CNN (Albanian) |
RT (Russia) | RT International, RT America, RT UK | Planned | - | RT Spanish | RT Français | RT Arabic | - | - | - | RT DE (German) |
BBC (UK) | BBC News | - | BBC News Hindi | - | - | BBC News Arabic | - | News bulletin for TV Rain channel | News bulletins in Urdu, Pashto and other languages and BBC News Persian | |
i24NEWS (Israel) | i24NEWS English | - | - | Weekly Spanish news bulletin at i24NEWS English | i24NEWS français | i24NEWS Arabic | - | - | - | |
TRT (Turkey) | TRT World | - | - | - | - | TRT Al Arabiya | - | TRT Russian | TRT Avaz (Bosnian and various Turkic languages with subtitles in Turkish), TRT Türk, TRT Deutsch | |
Al Jazeera (Qatar) | Al Jazeera English | - | - | - | - | Al Jazeera Arabic | - | - | Al Jazeera Balkans (Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian); Al Jazeera Urdu (launch cancelled); Al Jazeera Türk (launch cancelled) | |
Sky News (UK) | + | - | - | - | - | Sky News Arabia | - | - | - | Sky TG24 (Italian) |
TV5Monde, S.A. (France) | TV5Monde Info | - | - | - | TV5Monde (en français) | - | - | - | - | Planned: English, Spanish, Portuguese |
Africanews (France) | Africanews | - | - | - | Africanews (en français) | - | - | - | - | Planned: Swahili, Portuguese |
Telesur (Venezuela) | Web-based channel | - | - | Telesur | - | - | - | - | - | 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 Awaaz (Hindi) | - | - | CNBC Arabiya | - | - | CNBC Tamilian | Class CNBC (Italian), Nikkei CNBC (Japanese), SBS-CNBC (Korean), CNBC Indonesia (Indonesian), CNBC Malaya, CNBC Bangles, CNBC Bajar (Gujarati), CNBC Kurdish (Kurmanci and Sorani); discontinued: TVN CNBC (Polish), CNBC-e (discontinued) |
Zee Media Corporation (India) | WION | - | Zee News, Zee Hindustan | - | - | - | Zee 24 Ghanta | - | Zee Tamil News | Zee Salaam in Urdu, Zee 24 Taas in Marathi language, Zee 24 Kalak in Gujarati language, Zee telugu news in Telugu language, Zee Odisha in Odia language, Zee Punjab Haryana Himachal in Punjabi language |
CNC World (China) | CNC World | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
TVP (Poland) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Belsat TV (Belarusian) |
Republic Media Network (India) | Republic TV | - | Republic Bharat TV | - | - | - | Republic Bangla | - | - | Republic Kannada |
Most of these are spin-offs of domestic channels, rearranged and refurbished for international broadcasting. All in respective national languages.
Channel | Country | Annual budget | Year | References |
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Voice of America | USA | $355.87 million | 2015 | |
Deutsche Welle | Germany | $320 million | 2010 | [1] |
Doordarshan | India | $127 million | 2009 | |
France 24 | France | $123 million | 2010 | [1] |
VOXAFRICA | Africa | $110 million | 2016 | |
BBC World News | United Kingdom | $80 million | 2016 | [2] |
RT | Russia | $77 million | 2007 | [1] |
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