BBC News Sinhala has launched its channel on YouTube. The channel delivers a diverse range of content including interviews, explainers and short videos about issues relevant to Sinhala-speaking audiences, from politics and society to science, health and technology. BBC News Sinhala Editor, Ishara Danasekara, commented: “Our videos – especially original content from BBC News Sinhala […]

Following the developments in Syria, the BBC World Service has announced it will offer enhanced services to audiences across the country. Broadcast on medium wave and FM, an enhanced audio service will provide the people of Syria and surrounding countries with a source of independent news at a time when local media and digital services […]

BBC Studios has announced that three BBC-branded channels are now available to the Romanian market through Vodafone Romania. The European telco will offer these channels through its Vodafone TV service and the Vodafone TV+ platform to residential and corporate subscribers. The partnership between BBC Studios and Vodafone Romania entails a multiyear inclusion of BBC Earth, […]

CBC World Service English has partnered with the Guardian Media Group to bring its factual programming, news reports and analysis to audiences in The Bahamas. Guardian Media Group is the leading local multimedia group in The Bahamas. BBC World Service English radio will be received digitally, and broadcast live on Guardian Radio FM 96.9 when […]

The BBC is to eliminate 155 jobs from across its news operation as part of a wider cost-cutting strategy. The move will save £24 million (€29m), according to an internal memo sent to staff. The BBC set out a £500 million annual savings and reinvestment plan in May 2022, with a further £200 million of […]

BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC, and Delta Air Lines have announced a partnership that brings the live, 24-7 BBC News channel to passengers on Delta’s fleet of domestic aircraft for the first time. The deal unlocks access to the BBC’s programming and deliver up-to-the-minute breaking news for Delta passengers flying in the […]

Audiences across Japan can now watch the BBC News channel on U-NEXT, the first international news brand offered to U-NEXT customers. The channel will be available 24 hours a day in both English and Japanese (via simultaneous translation). BBC News provides impartial and independent journalism to 414 million people globally each week. In Japan, the […]

The BBC has reported its Global Audience Measurement (GAM) for 2024, revealing an international audience of 450 million people on average every week. The BBC said its annual reach figure, which includes the total reach for BBC News, BBC World Service and BBC Studios, “remains resilient in the face of increased investment and fierce competition […]

The BBC has announced that Jonathan Munro will take up the post of BBC News Global Director from September. In this new role, spanning international services, he will be Director of the BBC World Service, oversee BBC Monitoring and remain Deputy CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs. Munro commented: “I am thrilled and daunted […]

The BBC’s News at One will be live from its new home in Salford for the first time on June 3rd, making it the first daily network TV news bulletin outside London. This forms part of the BBC’s Across the UK (ATUK) plan, which aims to move power and decision-making across the country to better […]