BBC News is pulling the plug on its US partnership with ABC in favour of a new deal with Stateside network CBS News.
The broadcaster will share video, editorial content and newsgathering resources in London, New York, Washington and around the world to increase both organisations’ coverage of global events.
CBS had previously partnered with Sky News in the UK.
BBC News has a new US partnership (Nick Ansell/PA)
BBC director of news and current affairs James Harding said: “There’s never been a more important time for smart, courageous coverage of what’s happening in the world.
“This new partnership between the BBC and CBS News is designed to bring our audiences – wherever you live, whatever your point of view – news that is reliable, original and illuminating.
“Our ambition is to deliver the best in international reporting on television.”
The broadcaster will share content (BBC)
CBS News president David Rhodes said: “CBS News is completely committed to original reporting around the world – a commitment clearly shared by the BBC.
“There’s no better partner to strengthen and extend our global coverage than BBC News.”
Harding thanked ABC News for their long-running collaboration with the BBC.
BBC News and ABC worked together on the royal wedding (Andrew Milligan/PA)
He said: “Our relationship with ABC has been long and fruitful.
“We have worked side by side on some of the most significant stories of our time on both sides of the Atlantic, from the attack on the Twin Towers to the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
“We wish ABC well and would like to thank them for many years of hard work and expertise.”
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here