{"id":15784,"date":"2015-11-23T13:05:44","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T17:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15784"},"modified":"2015-11-23T13:05:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T17:05:44","slug":"bbc-world-service-receives-funding-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/bbc-world-service-receives-funding-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC World Service receives funding increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BBC-AT-WAR\"<\/a>(Source: BBC Media Centre<\/a> via Jonathan Marks<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Statement on newly announced Government funding of the World Service<\/h2>\n

Tony Hall, the Director-General of the BBC, said:<\/strong>
\n“I warmly welcome today’s announcement. It’s fantastic news.<\/p>\n

“This new funding is the single biggest increase in the World Service budget ever committed by any government.<\/p>\n

“The millions announced today will help the BBC deliver on our commitment to uphold global democracy through accurate, impartial and independent news reporting.<\/p>\n

“The World Service is one of the UK’s most important cultural exports and one of our best sources of global influence. We can now further build on that. The funding will also help speed us on to our target of reaching half a billion people globally.”<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Enhanced TV services for Africa<\/li>\n
  • New radio services for audiences in North Korea; radio and digital services for Ethiopia and Eritrea<\/li>\n
  • Additional language offers via digital and TV in India and Nigeria<\/li>\n
  • More regionalised content to better serve audiences to the BBC Arabic Service<\/li>\n
  • Dedicated TV output for Somalia and a fully digital service for Thailand<\/li>\n
  • Enhanced digital and TV services for Russian speakers, both in Russia and surrounding communities<\/li>\n
  • A video-led digital transformation of Languages services<\/li>\n
  • To expand the impact and future-proof World Service English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    (Source: BBC Media Centre via Jonathan Marks) Statement on newly announced Government funding of the World Service Tony Hall, the Director-General of the BBC, said: “I warmly welcome today’s announcement. It’s fantastic news. “This new funding is the single biggest increase in the World Service budget ever committed by any government. “The millions announced today […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3],"tags":[104,327,246,4187],"class_list":["post-15784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-jonathan-marks","tag-tony-hall"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-46A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10683,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/bbc-world-service-director-peter-horrocks-to-resign\/","url_meta":{"origin":15784,"position":0},"title":"BBC World Service Director, Peter Horrocks, to resign","author":"Thomas","date":"September 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Another hat tip to Jonathan Marks for this press release from the BBC: (Source: BBC Media Centre) Peter Horrocks, Director of the BBC World Service Group, today announced that he will be leaving the BBC in the new year. 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