China news English news, it all has to be reported and the USA cable channel and Fox news channel online are two of the many media agencies that try to be first to bring it to the public. This means that news is now big business and both old media favourites and newly emerging news outlets are all vying to be the most popular but who is succeeding?. Here are the top 10 most popular news channels of 2013.
10
NDTV
This is an Indian channel that provides news to the more than one billion people of India. This is the most popular source for news in the country.
9
Geo News
This is a Pakistan news channel that has now been in existence for 10 years despite occasional pressure from different governments to close it down. Apart from Pakistan, the channel is also listened in other countries, making it more popular than its near neighbour.
8
Al-Arabiya
This channel was established by the Saudi Royal family in 2003 and as well as showing in Saudi Arabia, it is also watched in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and other Middle Eastern countries.
7
Euronews
This is a multi-language European news channel based in France and although it started off only giving a European perspective of the news, now that it gives a broader view, it is also being watched by countries outside of Europe.
6
MSNBC
The initials MSNBC stand for the Micro Soft and National Broadcasting Corporation and it was once known only as a political news channel. More recently it has expanded to incorporate world news as well as sport and entertainment, which is making it more popular.
5
Al-Jazeera
This channel which is solely devoted to world news is based in Doha, Qatar and has started to become popular all around the world.
4
Sky News
Starting off as a channel that only reported UK news in 1989, it has now expanded both its coverage parameters and its viewing audience. It is now watched globally, even as far away as in New Zealand.
3
Fox News
This channel is part of the Fox Entertainment Group of companies and is watched by millions of viewers in the United States alone. Add to that its worldwide coverage through satellite and cable and it is able to acquire third place on this international list of news broadcasters.
2
CNN
With its initials standing for Cable News Network, it is exactly that. Established in 1980, this was the first television network to report news 24 hours every day. Now known as a source for news throughout the world, it holds the number 2 position on this list.
1
BBC
BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation and it has been a source of world news globally, via radio, since before the days of Television. It is therefore probably no surprize that since the introduction of televised BBC world news in 1991 it quickly established itself as the most popular news channel.