BBC World Service

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BBC World Service is the BBC’s international broadcaster, providing global news, analysis, and cultural programming in multiple languages to audiences around the world.

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instanceOf international broadcaster
news organization
radio network
availableOn BBC Sounds NERFINISHED
DAB digital radio in the UK
FM relays in many countries
internet radio platforms
satellite television audio channels
broadcastArea worldwide
broadcastsInLanguage Amharic
Arabic
Azeri NERFINISHED
Bengali
Burmese
Chinese
English
French
Greek
Hausa NERFINISHED
Hindi NERFINISHED
Igbo NERFINISHED
Indonesian
Japanese
Korean
Kyrgyz NERFINISHED
Nepali NERFINISHED
Pashto NERFINISHED
Persian
Pidgin
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Sinhala NERFINISHED
Somali NERFINISHED
Spanish
Swahili NERFINISHED
Tamil
Thai
Tigrinya NERFINISHED
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu NERFINISHED
Vietnamese
Yoruba NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
editorialPolicy accuracy
impartiality
independence
formerName BBC Empire Service NERFINISHED
fundingModel public funding
fundingSource BBC licence fee (partly, historically and for some services)
UK government grant-in-aid
genre cultural programming
current affairs
documentary
educational programming
news
hasCoverageOn business
culture
development issues
human rights
international news
politics
science
sports
headquartersLocation Broadcasting House, London NERFINISHED
London NERFINISHED
inception 1932
language English
medium online streaming
podcasts
radio
satellite radio
shortwave radio
missionStatement to provide accurate, impartial, and independent news and information to audiences worldwide
notableProgram HARDtalk NERFINISHED
Newshour NERFINISHED
Outlook NERFINISHED
Science in Action NERFINISHED
The Documentary NERFINISHED
The World This Weekend (international editions) NERFINISHED
The World Today NERFINISHED
World Business Report NERFINISHED
World Update NERFINISHED
operator BBC World Service Group NERFINISHED
ownedBy BBC NERFINISHED
parentOrganization BBC NERFINISHED
partOf BBC News division NERFINISHED
serviceType international public service broadcaster
targetAudience global audience

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BBC Religion and Ethics producesContentFor BBC World Service
Sir John Tusa employer BBC World Service
Sir John Tusa notableWork BBC World Service
BBC Pashto operator BBC World Service
BBC Pashto serviceOf BBC World Service
BBC Pashto publisher BBC World Service
BBC Pashto website partOf BBC World Service
BBC Pashto website publisher BBC World Service
Allan Little workedFor BBC World Service
Tayeb Salih employer BBC World Service
this entity surface form: BBC Arabic Service
BBC Radio Scotland sisterStation BBC World Service
BBC Radio hasPart BBC World Service
BBC Pronunciation Dictionary associatedWith BBC World Service
BBC News bulletins network BBC World Service
Egton Wing usedBy BBC World Service
BBC World Service radio studios partOf BBC World Service
BBC World Service radio studios servesNetwork BBC World Service
this entity surface form: BBC World Service English
BBC World Service radio studios servesNetwork BBC World Service
this entity surface form: BBC World Service language services
BBC News Centre affiliation BBC World Service
BBC Audio collaboratesWith BBC World Service
BBC News division hasDivision BBC World Service
subject surface form: BBC News
this entity surface form: BBC World Service News
BBC World News formerName BBC World Service
this entity surface form: BBC World Service Television
BBC Digital Radio includesService BBC World Service
this entity surface form: BBC World Service (digital UK distribution)
BBC Radio Comedy alsoBroadcastOn BBC World Service