BBC World Service has announced that Leila Nathoo and Rajini Vaidyanathan will join the Newshour presenting line-up in the ...

The U.K. public broadcaster says seven more language services will become digital-only. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The BBC World Service has outlined plans “to accelerate its digital ...

If you’ve ever owned a shortwave radio, you’ve probably listened at least a little to the BBC World Service. After all, they are a major broadcasting force, and with the British Empire or the ...

BBC World Service has been given a funding boost in the UK budget. The budget document said: “In 2025-26, the settlement provides an increase in funding to the BBC World Service, protecting existing ...

BBC World Service is expanding its news offer with the launch of a pilot Polish-language news website, BBC News Polska, and its content on social channels. Going live from June 24th, the website will ...

The BBC World Service has extended its partnership with Zeno Media to make BBC World Service and BBC News Hausa content available on Zeno.FM We are excited to grow our partnership with Zeno, expanding ...

The BBC celebrates its 100th birthday on October 18, 2022. It comes as the institution faces increasing competition for audiences from global entertainment providers, anxieties about the ...

The new editorial priority is dedicated to stories that resonate with women worldwide Press freedom continues to reduce globally, making it harder for the BBC to reach audiences and for audiences to ...

BBC World Service is launching BBC Global Women, a bold new commitment to highlight women’s storytelling across its global output. Amid reductions in press freedom globally, the need to reach women ...

It began in 1932 as the “BBC Empire Service” — making radio broadcasts via globe-girdling shortwave to the far-flung territories ruled under the British Crown. Subsequently, what is now the BBC World ...

Press freedom continues to reduce globally, making it harder for the BBC to reach audiences and for audiences to access independent news. Internationally, we also know women in particular view, read ...