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´óÏó´«Ã½ World News and ´óÏó´«Ã½.com are to showcase a multi-platform series exploring the business world of the future, after signing a major new sponsorship deal with DuPont.

´óÏó´«Ã½ World News will air a series of 30-minute programmes, to be called Horizons, which will transmit from late Spring 2011. Adam Shaw, familiar in the UK to listeners of the Today programme on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 and viewers of Panorama on ´óÏó´«Ã½ television, will anchor the series.

The programmes will examine the future of business, looking at the companies around the world that are likely to be making the greatest impact in influencing the way mankind will live and work in the future. The series will be supported online, with a variety of content on the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s international website, ´óÏó´«Ã½.com, and with live events – set to take place throughout the year.

Paul Gibbs, Senior Commissioner at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Global News, says: "Horizons will offer a glimpse of what the future holds for us all, by looking at the businesses that are testing the boundaries of science and technology. It's a global series and we'll be visiting companies across the world to uncover the ones with the most interesting, intriguing and advanced products and ideas. The approach we're taking is unique, so we're excited about the possibilities."

DuPont Executive Vice President, Mark Vergnano, adds: "It's going to take companies large and small, and ideas that are bigger than all of us, to solve the tough challenges facing our world. DuPont is proud to sponsor a series that highlights collaborative, business innovation from a global vantage point. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ has the reputation and integrity to tell these stories in a way that will educate, entertain, and maybe even inspire."

Notes to Editors

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ attracts a global audience of 241 million people (2010) to its international news services including ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service , ´óÏó´«Ã½ World News television channel and bbc.com/news .

´óÏó´«Ã½ World News , the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s commercially funded international 24-hour news and information channel, is owned and operated by ´óÏó´«Ã½ World News Ltd, a member of the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s commercial group of companies. ´óÏó´«Ã½ World News is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, and around 300 million households and 1.8 million hotel rooms. The channel's content is also available on 118 cruise ships, 40 airlines, 39 mobile phone networks and a number of major online platforms including . For further information on how to receive ´óÏó´«Ã½ World News , download schedules or find out more about the channel, visit .

bbc.com/news : The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is one of the most respected brands on the internet and offers up-to-the minute international news, business, sports, weather, lifestyle and technology content and in depth analysis. bbc.com is the online expression of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ outside of the UK and is run by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Worldwide, the commercial arm of the ´óÏó´«Ã½.

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