BBC News (brand)

This article is about the department within the BBC. For the TV channel, see BBC News (TV channel).

Contents

1948–1954	1954–1955	1955–1963	1963-1964	1964–1972	1972–1974


1974-1976	1976–1979	1979–1981	1981–1988	1988–1993	1993–1997


1997–2008	2008–2013	2013–2019	2019–present

BBC News is an operational business division of the BBC responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

1948–1954

1954–1955

1955–1963

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1963–1964

1964–1972

1972–1974

1974–1976

1976–1979

BBC-TV's BBC News Video Open From March 8, 1976.jpg

1979–1981

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1981–1988

1988–1993

1993–1997

Designer:

Michael Peters

Typography:

Helvetica Black Oblique
Futura Condensed Italic

1997–2008

Designer:

Lambie-Nairn

Typography:

Gill Sans

This logo continued to be used on BBC Three's 60 Seconds until its final broadcast in 2016, and the opening and closing idents of the program Victoria Derbyshire broadcast on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel until 2019, when the Reithisation of the whole BBC took place.

2008–2013

Designer:

Lambie-Nairn

Typography:

Gill Sans

Following the rebrand of the whole BBC News department in 2008, new graphics were introduced. This graphics package was used until 18 March 2013, when BBC News operations moved to New Broadcasting House in Central London.

2013-2019

Designer:

Lambie-Nairn

Typography:

Gill Sans

Following the move of BBC News from BBC Television Centre in West London to BBC New Broadcasting House on the 18th of March 2013 (BBC World News moved in the 14th of January of the same year), new graphics were introduced. This graphics package has minor yet has significant differences from the 2008 look.

2019–present

Designer:

Lambie-Nairn

Typography:

Gill Sans (BBC logo)

BBC Reith Sans

In early 2019, this logo began to be used in various social media images and video, with it being used on the BBC News's YouTube thumbnails since 27 March. The new logo, along with new on-screen graphics for national and local bulletins with the BBC's new corporate font, BBC Reith, launched on-screen on 15 July 2019.

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BBC News

Part of the BBC

Nations:
Scotland: Reporting Scotland | An Là | The Nine
Wales: Wales Today | Newyddion
Northern Ireland: Newsline

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BBC

UK TV:
BBC One (HD) (NI | SC | WA) | (England: E | EM | L | M | NE&C | NW | S | SE | SW | W | Y | Y&L) | Defunct: L&SE
BBC Two (HD) (NI | WA) | Defunct: SC | (England: E | EM | L | L&SE | M | NE&C | NW | S | SE | SW | W | Y&L)
BBC Three (TV channel) (HD) | BBC Four (HD) | BBC Scotland (HD) | BBC News (HD) | Euronews | BBC Parliament | CBBC (HD) | CBeebies (HD) | BBC Alba

Nations:
BBC Scotland | BBC Cymru Wales | BBC Northern Ireland

Defunct: BBC South East (former)

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BBC Studios

Part of the BBC

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UKTV

Part of BBC Studios

Other brands:
UKTV Play

Former channels:
Divested¹: Good Food (+1, HD) | Home (+1) | Really

Defunct: CCXTV | Good Food (+1, HD) | UK Horizons

Notes:
¹All UKTV lifestyle channels were fully-acquired by Discovery, Inc., which formerly had a half stake of UKTV until 2019.

¹50.01% owned by the BBC, 49.99% owned by AMC Networks.
²80% owned by Corus Entertainment, 20% owned by the BBC.
³Co-owned by Sony Pictures Networks India.
⁴Co-owned by ITV plc.
⁵Formerly a joint venture with The Times Group, which is now its sole owner.