TV News - Introduction
Millions of people around the world rely on television news to let them know what is happening. In times of crisis we turn to our televisions to find out what is going on, still preferring the quality of television images and sound to that which is available over the internet. There is a news bulletin that is local to pretty much every region on the planet, as well as rolling global news channels that cover worldwide events. News is very important in our lives and television feeds our desire for information in a variety of ways. It can be subdivided into different categories according to content:

• Politics
• Financial/Business
• Weather
• Sport
• Entertainment

and also according to length and style:

• breaking news
• spot news
• feature
• news documentary