How many news channels are there?

As some will know im a journo student - just a question;

How many 24 hr news channels are there in the world?

Twelvety.

EH?

Twelve? are you saying?

I'm sure there has to be more than that, i.e with all the international channels taken into consideration - I don't just mean that are available here in the UK.

I mean everywhere

http://www.uncleblink.fsnet.co.uk/Store/Train.jpg

Quite clearly aiming to be a journalist for the Scum or the Daily Maul then, where most of the time they do no research themselves.

*cough*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:24-hour_television_news_channels

Too bloody many

Forgive me for thinking then that Research is not just about asking questions to people who activly take an interest the media and have a broad media knowledge on the subject.





Thank you, it is very much appreciated, nice to know some people can think beyond their brains!

Why does Nick Harvey keep posting pictures of a train in posts???

Its getting quite annoying

http://www.uncleblink.fsnet.co.uk/Store/Train.jpg

That Wikipedia link (not working by now) was by no means comprehensive: it lacked all Spain-based news channels - that is:

Canal 24 Horas TVE , available in Europe and America via satellite, and throught Spain via pay-TV and shortly FTA via DTT. It was launched in September 1997 and is State-owned.

CNN+ , a joint venture between Sogecable and Turner, available via Digital+ (Satellite) and shortly FTA via DTT, according to some reports.

3/24 , a recently born news channel with public funding. It is broadcasted to the Catalonian region via DTT and selected analogue frequencies.

Intereconomi­a TV , a business and financial channel also covering general information issues. It replaces Expansion TV, that was discontinued earlier this year.

Bloomberg Espana , providing business and financial information in Spanish from Madrid 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. It is independent from Bloomberg Latin America.

It's Wikipedia so ithe list is only as good as the people who contribute. Like most of the site, America is better covered then the rest of the world