News Summary

• The BBC is planning to make the 24-hour rolling news channel available on YouTube in select countries outside of the UK.
• Australia is one territory under discussion, as the BBC looks to exploit the news network in places where it does not have significant commercial deals.
• The BBC signed a landmark deal with YouTube in January, under which the broadcaster pledged to produce original shows on the video service for the first time.
• Is this the same BBC News Channel that’s currently available on many F.A.S.T.
• The BBC should have done this 10-15 years ago when streaming was just Netflix plus cat videos on YouTube.