Tag Archives: BBC World Service Cuts

BBC World Service audience dwindling in transition to internet-based media

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Thomas

A lesson here is when you pull out of shortwave radio broadcasts you lose very large swatches of listeners–especially when many in your audience lack access to the internet. (Source: Journalism.co.uk) The BBC World Service’s global audience has dropped by … Continue reading →

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BBC strike next week

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Thomas

BBC journalists have announced that they will strike next week in protest of the mandatory lay-offs/redundancies which will greatly reduce the BBC World Service staff. (Source: Journalism.co.uk) Journalists at the BBC have announced they will take strike action next week … Continue reading →

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Hague giving BBC World Service £2.2 million to save Hindi shortwave broadcasts

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Thomas

This is fantastic news for BBC World Service’s Hindi shortwave broadcasts. The allocated funds will be given to BBC WS over a 3 year period.Kudos to Foreign Secretary, William Hague, for recognizing the impact of BBC Wold Service’s Hindi language … Continue reading →

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BBC World Service to be allocated additional funding

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Thomas

In the midst of many international broadcasting budget cuts, very good news for the BBC World Service (Source: BBC): BBC World Service is to receive an extra £2.2m per year over the next three years from the government. The funding … Continue reading →

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Lord Patten: BBC Hindi to survive budget cuts

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Thomas

(Source: moneycontrol.com) Terming the BBC Hindi Service as “very important”, Lord Chris Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust and chancellor of the University of Oxford, today said the service will survive the major funding cuts that had severely affected its … Continue reading →

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Lord Patten to save the World Service from cuts

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Thomas

(Source: The Telegraph) The new chairman of the BBC has signaled he is prepared to axe sports events and a digital television channel – but vowed to fight to save the World Service from spending cuts. Read full article at … Continue reading →

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The BBC World Service to keep Hindi broadcasts

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Thomas

According to MSN India, British Members of Parliament have decided that they cannot allow cuts to BBC WS broadcasts in Hindi to India as India is a growing economic power and partner with the UK. Hmmm…I wonder if the BBC … Continue reading →

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The Sydney Morning Herald: “We need to broadcast to the world, not whisper”

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Thomas

(Source: The Sydney Morning Herald) As the Cold War was ending in the late 1980s and early ’90s, Western nations, confident of a lasting peace, began to neglect the tools that had sustained them in the ideological war against communism. … Continue reading →

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BBC World Service budget cut by 20%

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Thomas

This is a sad week for fans and listeners of the BBC World Service. According to news reports, the British Foreign Office has cut BBC’s World Service budget by 20%, resulting in sweeping reductions in their shortwave service. As many … Continue reading →

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