The World (news program)

For the PRI radio program, see The World (radio program).

The World
Genre	News, Current Affairs
Developed by	>
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	5
Production
Production location(s)	Melbourne, Victoria
Running time	60 minutes (1 hours)
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	576i (SDTV) ABC 720p (HDTV) ABC News 24
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	22 July 2010 – present
External links
Website

The World is an Australian News program which broadcasts on ABC News 24 from 10pm to 11pm on weekdays. The program airs live in all Australian timezones on the high-definition digital free-to-air channel ABC News 24. It is also streamed live on the ABC's website and broadcast live on Foxtel pay television service. It is also broadcast on Australia Plus throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

History

The program commenced broadcasting on the 22 July 2010, the same evening on the launch of ABC News 24, with former host Scott Bevan presenting its first edition. The program originally aired at 9pm to 10pm and had a strong focus on overseas news. The program was originally produced from the ABC Ultimo Centre in Sydney before moving to the ABC Southbank Centre in Melbourne in early 2014. With this change The World changed time-slots to 10.00pm to 11.00pm along with new hosts Jim Middleton and Zoe Daniel. In September 2014 the ABC receive budget cuts from the federal government, leaving Jim Middleton to accept a redundancy package from the Network and Zoe Daniel's moving back into ABC News reporting duties. The program managed to survive the budget cuts with Beverley O'Connor taking over as the permeant host, while still focusing on overseas news abroad the format was slightly modified to incorporate more localised storied from around Australia. Graham Creed also presents an overlook forecast of the worlds weather with Auskar Surbakti presenting an in-depth look at the Worlds business news.

The World This Week

The World This Week' is broadcast on the ABC main channel each Sunday Morning from 10.30am to 11.00am hosted by Beverley O'Connor. The show recaps the main overseas news from the week and is also replayed on ABC News 24 throughout that day.

Presenters

• Beverley O'Connor - host (2014–present)
• Auskar Surbakti - business (2014–present)
• Graham Creed - weather (2010–present)

Past Presenters

• 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)

External links

• ABC News website
• {http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/programs/the-world/}