The government will increase funding of the BBC World Service over the next three years, the foreign secretary is to announce on Thursday. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will ...

The U.K. public broadcaster says seven more language services will become digital-only. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The BBC World Service has outlined plans “to accelerate its digital ...

Britain's push to drag the BBC World Service into the digital age hasn't gone quite to plan, with MPs warning the broadcaster's "digital-first" strategy has shrunk audiences rather than growing them.… ...

The BBC World Service is in danger of being supplanted by Russian and Chinese propaganda outlets on the global stage because of funding cuts and poor management, a parliamentary committee has warned.

The BBC announced up to 2,000 job cuts, its largest downsizing in 15 years, as financial pressures and falling licence fee ...

The BBC World Service programme Witness History will release five animated video adaptations of recent episodes, created using generative AI technology. This marks a first for the BBC World Service, ...

If you’ve ever owned a shortwave radio, you’ve probably listened at least a little to the BBC World Service. After all, they are a major broadcasting force, and with the British Empire or the ...

BBC Podcasts Premium, available exclusively on Apple Podcasts, aims to offer "the very best of our audio journalism and storytelling," says the U.K. public broadcaster's commercial arm BBC Studios. By ...