To ensure audiences can access crucial information in the aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake, the BBC World Service has added a direct-to-home satellite video channel to the platforms delivering BBC News Burmese content. In the coming four months, the Thaicom 6 satellite, which covers Myanmar, Thailand, and the wider region, will deliver BBC News Burmese […]

BBC News Swahili has officially launched its TikTok channel. The channel aims to deliver journalism to Swahili-speaking audiences across Africa and beyond, by providing trusted news in an engaging format that resonates with audiences. The BBC News Swahili TikTok channel will feature a range of short-form videos in Swahili covering politics, culture, society as well […]

BBC News has announced a new way of working internationally which it says “will enhance opportunities for audience growth around the world and to simplify the organisation’s structure”. Later this year, six regional directors will be appointed to lead six regions around the world both editorially and operationally. The regional directors will be tasked with […]

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 […]