• Variety, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 9:30 AM

Veteran TV journalist Ted Koppel will be a contributing analyst for BBC America and BBC World News. Koppel, who has been making documentaries for Discovery Channel since he left ABC News in 2005, will provide his expertise on major news stories, including the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

"Ted Koppel is the quintessential American journalist with a global perspective," says BBC executive Rome Hartman.

"The BBC has worldwide capabilities that I don't think any American network matches," Koppel says. "Our future in this country is dependent on what's happening in the rest of the world, which you won't hear about a great deal on the American networks. [That makes] the BBC very helpful."

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