This has already happened for services in Azerbaijani, Brasil, Marathi, Mundo, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese. The cost-saving measures will prioritize cheaper online content over more expensive radio and television output for foreing language services. “The way audiences are accessing news and content is changing and the challenge of reaching and engaging people around the world with quality, trusted journalism is growing.”
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The BBC’s language-specific services in Gujarati, Igbo, Indonesian, Pidgin, Urdu, and Yoruba will also be moved to a purely online publishing format as part of cost-saving measures to tackle a £285 million funding shortfall caused by the License Fee freeze.ĭirector of BBC World Service, Liliane Lando, said: “There is a compelling case for expanding our digital services across the World Service in order to better serve and connect with our audiences. The corporation has announced that it expects 382 jobs to be lost as a result of these changes, which will see cuts to broadcast services in languages including Chinese and Urdu. International services are being moved to a “digital first” online format, rather than airing on TV and radio, in a bid to make £28 million in savings. The BBC has announced almost 400 job losses as the corporation makes cuts to the World Service’s foreign-language broadcasting.
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