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CBC Newsworld is a 24-hour cable television news channel operated by the CBC. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and Sky News in the United Kingdom. The channel initially began broadcasting on July 31, 1989, and it originally broadcast from studios in several different Canadian cities, reflecting the coast-to-coast nature of the service. Its French counterpart is Réseau de l'information (RDI), produced by the CBC's sister company, Radio-Canada.
Budget cuts eventually forced CBC Newsworld to centralize most of its operations in Toronto.
Some of CBC Newsworld's programming also airs on Newsworld International, an American cable news network owned by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt. Newsworld International was originally owned and operated by the CBC, but was sold to Vivendi Universal in 2000, although CBC continues to provide the network's programming until Gore and Hyatt launch their own network.
Newsworld carries some programming from BBC Worldwide.
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