''The World'' is an Australian
news program which broadcasts on
ABC News
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from 10pm to 11pm on weekdays.
The program is hosted by
Beverley O'Connor and airs live in all Australian time zones on the
ABC News channel
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. It is also streamed live on the ABC's website and broadcast live on
Foxtel pay television service and also broadcast on
Australia Plus throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
History
The program commenced broadcasting on 22 July 2010, the same evening on the launch of
ABC News 24
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, with then host Scott Bevan presenting its first edition. The program originally aired at 9pm to 10pm and had a strong focus on overseas news.
''The World'' was originally produced from the
ABC Ultimo Centre in
Sydney before moving to the
ABC Southbank Centre in
Melbourne
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in early 2014 and with this change it moved to a later time-slots from 10.00pm to 11.00pm along with new hosts
Jim Middleton and
Zoe Daniel.
In September 2014, ABC received budget cuts from the Federal Government, leaving Jim Middleton to accept a redundancy package and Zoe Daniel moved back into ''ABC News'' reporting duties.
The program managed to survive the budget cuts with
Beverley O'Connor taking over as the permanent host, while still focusing on overseas news abroad the format was slightly modified to incorporate more localised stories from around Australia.
Presenters
*
Beverley O'Connor – host (2014–present)
*Graham Creed – weather (2010–present)
*Yvonne Yong – host (2018–present)
Past Presenters
*
Auskar Surbakti – business and occasional fill-in presenter (2014–2017)
*
Jim Middleton – co-host (2014)
*
Zoe Daniel – co-host (2014)
*
Jane Hutcheon – host (2013–2014)
*
Jeremy Fernandez – host (2013–2014)
*
Scott Bevan – host (2010–2013)
''The World This Week''
''The World This Week'' is broadcast on
ABC Australia each Saturday Morning from 4.00am to 4.30am and the
ABC News channel
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
each Saturday Morning from 4.30am to 5.00am and 11.30am to 12.00pm, as well as the
ABC main channel is repeated each Sunday Morning from 10.30am to 11.00am hosted by
Beverley O'Connor. The show recaps the main overseas news and current affairs from the week and is also replayed on
ABC News channel
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
and
ABC Australia throughout that day.
References
External links
ABC News websiteThe World website
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2010 Australian television series debuts
ABC News and Current Affairs
Australian television news shows
Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
English-language television shows
Television shows set in Melbourne