The BBC World Service has been crowned ‘Best Network/Publisher’ at the prestigious British Podcast Awards 2026. The BBC World Service took home the top organisational honour at the annual ceremony on ...
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 ...
The BBC faces a real-terms freeze in funding for the World Service from the UK government as part of an agreement close to being struck to pay for the broadcasting platform, the Financial Times ...
LONDON, UK—The BBC World Service is working with Encompass Digital Media and Zixi to transition the global distribution of its content from satellite to IP-based delivery, offering “unparalleled ...
But the biggest driver of the BBC crisis is the cut in real-terms funding for its national, regional and local UK services.
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has written to the Government to ask for reassurances over the future funding of the BBC World Service, following reports of potential ...
In September the BBC World Service (BBCWS) announced significant service cuts and “around 382 post closures,” or job losses, as the once-powerful global shortwave radio broadcaster copes with its ...
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 ...
The BBC World Service has been given its long-awaited funding boost in today’s UK budget, which contained no updates on film and TV tax credits but news on VFX. While not announced by chancellor ...
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 sustainability ...
On the hour for 85 years the chimes of Big Ben have sounded across the Arab world, a rare certainty in a region rife with war, revolution and repression. And then the sonorous tones of the presenter, ...
UPDATE 03:46 a.m PT: The BBC has confirmed the relocation of some of its World Service journalists away from the UK as it gets set to introduce a digital-first model that will see a net loss of around ...
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