(30 May 2007 5:35 pm)

MUMBAI: BBC World News has launched an information channel on YouTube. Around 30 news clips, gathered from the BBC's 58 international news bureaux and its 250 correspondents worldwide, are available every day.

Users can select any of the latest breaking news whenever they want to and comment on clips, rate them and post their own video responses.

The launch of the BBC World News channel on the online video platform is part of a non-exclusive partnership between the BBC, BBC Worldwide and YouTube to create BBC branded channels online.

BBC Global News development SVP Michele Grant says, "The BBC has more journalists in more places than any other broadcast news organisation in the world. As part of our mission to find new ways to engage audiences around the world, we are delighted to be able to offer a dedicated BBC World News channel on YouTube that gives viewers the freedom to see our first-hand reporting whenever they want."

The clips on the BBC World News which is available to users outside the UK only, and BBC Worldwide channels will benefit from Google and YouTube's advertising platforms, generating new revenues for investment in BBC programme development and creation.