BBC offering on cableBBC World Channel, a 24-hour...

BBC offering on cable

BBC World Channel, a 24-hour international news and information channel in Britain, is coming to U.S. cable TV systems next year under Reese Schonfeld, the man who invented CNN.

Mr. Schonfeld, who designed, launched and ran Cable News Network as its founding president, said yesterday that he changed his mind 18 months ago when the federal Cable Act cleared the way for the BBC on U.S. cable. BBC World will be available Feb. 1 and will cost operators about 5 cents per subscriber, he said.