List of world news channels explained

See also: List of news television channels.

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

International news channel networks with channels in several languages

Network	English	Mandarin Chinese	Hindi	Spanish	French	Standard Arabic	Bengali	Russian	Tamil	Other
Euronews (France, UK)	Chinese	Hindu	-	+	+	+	Tamil	+	-	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 Podhigai
DW (Germany)	DW english	DW Mandarin	DW Hindu	DW español	DW Francais	DW arabic	DW Bengali	DW на русском	DW Tamil	News bulletins in numerous languages aired by foreign networks
IRINN (Iran)		-	-	HispanTV	PressTV Français	Al-Alam	-	-	-	Sahar TV (Azeri)
France 24 (France)	France 24 in english	France 24 Mandarin	France 24 Hindu	France 24 en español	France 24	France 24 Arabic عربي	France 24 Tamil	-	-	-
CNN (US)	CNN International, CNNj(Japan), CNN-News18 (India)	-	-	CNN en Español, CNN Chile	-	CNN Arabic	-	-	-	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)		Planned	RT Mandarin	RT Spanish	RT Français	RT Arabic	RT Tamil	-	-	RT DE (German)
BBC News (UK)		BBC News Shijie	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 (Israeli TV channel)	i24NEWS English	i24NEWS Mandarin	i24NEWS Hindu	Weekly Spanish news bulletin at i24NEWS English	i24NEWS français	i24NEWS Arabic	i24NEWS Tamil	-		-
TRT Haber (Turkey)		TRT Mandarin	TRT Hindu	TRT Mundo	-	TRT Al Arabiya	-	TRT Russian		TRT Avaz (Bosnian and various Turkic languages with subtitles in Turkish), TRT Türk, TRT Deutsch
Al Mayadeen (Lebanon)	Al Mayadeen English	-	-	Al Mayadeen Español	-	Al Mayadeen	-	-
Al Jazeera (Qatar)		Al Jazeera Mandarin	Al Jazeera Hindu	-	-	Al Jazeera Arabic	Al Jazeera Russkiy	Al Jazeera Tamil		Al Jazeera Balkans (Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian); Al Jazeera Urdu (launch cancelled); Al Jazeera Türk (launch cancelled)
Sky News (UK)	Sky News (International)	-	-	-	-	Sky News Arabia	-	-	-	Sky TG24 (Italian)
TV5Monde, S.A. (France)	Planned:Chinese	Planned:Hindu	-	-	TV5Monde (en français)	-	Planned:Russian	Planned:Tamil	-	Planned: English, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic
Africanews (France)	Africanews	-	-	-	Africanews (en français)	-	-	-	-	Planned: Swahili, Portuguese
Telesur (Venezuela)	-	-	-	Telesur	Telesur Francais	-	-	-	-	Produces news bulletins in Portuguese which were aired by Brazilian and Lusophone African TV networks
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
Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia)		-	-	-	-	Al Arabiya	-	-	-	-	Planned: Spanish & French
NHK World-Japan	NHK World-Japan	-	-Chinese	-Hindu	-Spanish	-French	-Arabic	-Bengali	-Russian	-Tamil
CNC World (China)	CNC World	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TVP Info (Poland)	TVP World	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Belsat TV (Belarusian)

Other news channels aimed specifically at international audience

• Singapore: CNA is a 24-hour Singaporean multinational English-language news channel owned by the country's national public broadcaster Mediacorp. CNA covers global developments with an Asian perspective.
• Taiwan: TaiwanPlus (stylized as Taiwan+) is a state-owned free English-language streaming service and international television channel based in Taiwan.
• 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).
• Portugal: RTP África is a pay television channel aimed at the Portuguese-speaking African countries, owned by the public broadcasting organisation of Portugal (RTP).
• 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.
• Zee News is an Indian Hindi-language news channel owned by the Essel Group.

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

See also: List of international broadcasters.

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

By annual budget

Channel	Country	Annual budget	Year	References
	USA	$355.87 million	2015
	Germany	$320 million	2010
Doordarshan	India	$127 million	2009
	France	$123 million	2010
VOXAFRICA	Africa	$110 million	2016
	United Kingdom	$80 million	2016	^[1]
	Russia	$77 million	2007	^[2]

See also

• List of news television channels

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC Financial Statement 2016. 2016.
2. Book: Anne Geniets. The Global News Challenge: Market Strategies of International Broadcasting Organizations in Developing Countries. 2013-12-13. Routledge. 978-1-136-18012-5. 77.