BBC World Service - Bush House
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 boost will be used to maintain BBC Arabic Service’s “valuable work in the region”, Foreign Secretary William Hague said.
The BBC will also reallocate an additional £9m to safeguard the Hindi language short wave service.