Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙2d ago
BBC #WorldService telling the truth about what Israel is doing in Southern Lebanon. Such a shame this reporting isn't followed up on BBC News + radio 4. Israel bombs healthcare, kills medics, Christian priests + seeks to occupy an area the size of Wales #Israel is a pariah state #BoycottIsrael
WenMar 17

BBC World Service

The UK does like to reduce its ‘soft power’ with ill considered cuts. With impeccable timing…

‘Some language services that were moved to digital-only distribution saw overall audiences fall 63 percent, while their digital reach also dropped 39 percent. In Nigeria, audiences were hit after social platforms deprioritized news content, further cutting visibility for BBC material’

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/bbc_world_service_digital_pivot/

#BBC #SoftPower #WorldService

BBC World Service digital switch backfires as online audience drops

: MPs say the Beeb closed broadcast services expecting audiences to migrate online, but digital reach has fallen instead

The Register
Human after allMar 13
@ChrisMayLA6 the fact that the morning breakfast show, very early breakfast show is broadcast from London and Nairobi is good too #worldservice
Emeritus Prof Christopher MayMar 12

It looks like (relative) good sense has broken out at the Treasury, a likely deal on a in real term's neutral (which is to inflation adjusted) budget agreement for the BBC World Service.

Given its centrality to the UK (dwindling) soft power, alongside the Govt's professed interest in maintaining (or at least not further damaging) UK influence in the world, this prospective settlement looks as good as it would likely have got in the current fiscal circumstances.

#WorldService #politics
h/t FT

Show threadGrantFeb 22

@randahl

Today:
#BBC #WorldService Radio - Newshour

Interview with Marina Lacerda who was abused by Epstein from ~14yrs old.
(Begins at around ~32mins)

https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w172zsslc3ffcqc

BBC Audio | Newshour | Russia launches huge overnight bombing of Ukraine

Ukraine says the Russian attack involved 50 missiles and nearly 300 drones

BBC News
Dr PenDec 19

Worth your time - the BBC WS interview today (playing now but available for some time). Audrey Tang: bringing digital diplomacy to the world

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8c45

The Interview
Zoe Kleinman speaks to Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s digital ambassador at large about her life and career: aligning big tech with community

#ai #GenAI #taiwan #digitalliteracy #academia #academicchatter #bbc #worldservice

BBC World Service - The Interview, Audrey Tang: bringing digital diplomacy to the world

Zoe Kleinman talks to Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s cyber ambassador at large

BBC
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈Aug 11, 2025
#BBC #BBC_Audio #WorldService 'Over to you'. Weasel words. "We have heard the concerns of our overseas listeners and are reviewing the functionality of #BBC.com and the app" = 'Kicking the can down the road' . Tin hat time (flying pigs).
909originalsMay 21, 2025

INTERVIEW: Dave Clarke's seminal 'World Service' was released on this day in 2001. A couple of years back, we caught up with the Baron himself to discuss how one of the most influential techno/electro mix CDs came together. #daveclarke #techno #electro #worldservice

https://909originals.com/2021/05/21/909originals-chats-to-dave-clarke-about-the-enduring-legacy-of-world-service/

909originals chats to Dave Clarke about the enduring legacy of ‘World Service’ - 909originals

Techno lovers of a certain age will probably remember where they were the first time they heard Dave Clarke's World Service, which was released on 21 May 2001.

909originals - THE STORIES BEHIND THE MUSIC
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🕊🌈May 20, 2025
#politics #eu #uk #reset I know, #nerdy but I've always maintained the closest #truth you're lilkely to hear is #worldservice #roundup #westminstertoday #faemingtoday all #bbcsounds #radio4 . Before 6 a.m & not after 7...(for truth), the sub editors get in by 6.45 . #age & #experience
ThomasMay 14, 2025
Opinion
Having risked my life in war zones for the #bbc I know this: cuts to the #WorldService will be disastrous, by
Martin Bell, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/14/bbc-world-service-cuts-risked-my-life-martin-bell
Having risked my life in war zones for the BBC, I know this: cuts to the World Service will be disastrous

In an age of disinformation, our broadcaster is trusted to find and tell the truth. Now more than ever we need it, says former reporter, MP and Unicef ambassador, Martin Bell

The Guardian