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Audiences around the world can access Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ News services - on radio, on television and online

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service

The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is the world’s most trusted international news broadcaster – committed to providing accurate, impartial, and independent news to audiences across the UK and around the world. The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service is the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ’s international broadcaster, delivering a wide range of programmes and services on radio, TV, and digitally, globally.

Mainly through the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ News reaches a global weekly audience of around 467 million people (Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Global Audience Measure 2026). The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service is one of the UK’s most important cultural exports – informing and inspiring the lives of people across the globe, helping them make sense of the world we live in.

The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service currently operates in 45 languages, including English, and has the global insight and expertise to give audiences a truly international news service, with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ News journalists and supporting staff in 64 cities across 53 countries.

The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service is primarily funded from the UK licence fee, with additional grants from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ News Channel and Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.com

International audiences access Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ News via the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ News channel, broadcasting in English 24 hours a day in many countries across the world.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Studios secures commercial revenues from the channel outside the UK, through advertising and distribution, returning funding to the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, that can be reinvested. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Studios is also responsible for the development and operation of global digital news platforms Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.com and the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ app, offering stories and videos across business, innovation, culture, travel and more, alongside news and sport.

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