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why dont they get labelled as state funded media? we know the government pay the bbc at least £370m via the World2020 - here is the press release they published https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/world-service-funding Noroots22 (talk) 19:05, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

The infobox currently includes "state media" as part of its description. If this comment is about other websites' policies, that's not our problem. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:17, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Why is not in the first paragaph like the other channels that are funded by their government? Noroots22 (talk) 19:29, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

IMO it's pretty clearly implied by the statement that BBC World Service is owned and operated by the BBC, arguably the most well-known government-backed broadcaster in the world. You could try to draft an improvement if you think the current wording is insufficient (WP:SOFIXIT). _signed, Rosguill ^talk 19:33, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

this is my improvement : BBC World Service, the international radio, tv and online broadcasting arm of the BBC, is funded by the UK government and operates as a state-owned media organization. Noroots22 (talk) 19:53, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

I see that in the other BBC articles we stick to the phrase "public broadcaster" rather than "state media" and have separate articles for those two concepts. Based on my own knowledge of the BBC, I think the case could be made that it is a state media company, rather than a truly independent public broadcaster, but we can't take my or your word for it, we need a citation to reliable secondary source to back it up. I would search on Google Scholar for phrases like "BBC" "independence" to find peer-reviewed sources that decisively analyze and state the company's character. If the balance of academic sources supports the state media perspective, I'd support your proposed edit. That having been said, this is probably a discussion more appropriate for a page like Talk:BBC rather than this subsidiary (unless something about this subsidiary gives it a different character than the rest of the BBC, in which case we'd want a source for that), and I'd bet that there have likely been prior discussions on this topic in that page's archives. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 20:17, 16 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

how can bbc remain independent from the government when they were collabrating with mi5?- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43754737 Noroots22 (talk) 12:46, 21 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

I follow your argument, the issue is that this argument is original research--the epistemic foundation that Wikipedia is based upon is that we need to be able to verify everything with citations to sources that directly state the claims we are making, not merely ones that provide substantive evidence that point to that conclusion. I would suggest you start by seeing if you can find anything pertinent in these sources, which came up in the search I suggested above: [1], [2] [3] _signed, Rosguill ^talk 16:51, 21 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

I wrote on how the World Service gets treated differently on BBC independence#World Service. I, or someone else, might introduce that here somewhere... JackTheSecond (talk) 21:21, 30 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

Is the current funding known? The article doesn't feel up to date. S C Cheese (talk) 15:30, 7 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

hi bbc one war is going on please cover the new mla warses sc people 2001:4490:488:7E43:0:0:0:1 (talk) 10:21, 23 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Rwendland Sorry about the overly ambitious removal. If you have the time, maybe you, or someone else so inclined, could put the cuts of 2010 in context with the re-expansion of 2016? I must admit, I'm a little lost as far as the modern history is concerned. JackTheSecond (talk) 21:25, 30 March 2024 (UTC)Reply

BBC used to support Tajik language, at least on website, should this be added to list of Former Services? BBC's archive is here: https://www.bbc.com/tajik 81.86.180.33 (talk) 15:36, 18 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Can someone please explain the link between the term “Gahuza” and the two Rwandan languages listed in this article? I cannot find it anywhere on Wikipedia. Thanks. 109.205.20.92 (talk) 08:00, 29 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

I asked the question to the BBC and I got this reply in private communication:

BBC Gahuza is the World Service's news service in the Kirundi and Kinyarwanda languages, catering primarily to audiences in Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo where these languages are spoken. The name "Gahuza" means "to connect" or "to bring together" in both languages, reflecting its mission to provide a platform for reliable news and information, bridging communities across the region.

213.78.37.134 (talk) 21:19, 27 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

Ukrainian Service radio was closed. Its last broadcast took place on April 29th, 2011.

Current page content:

Section Languages, subsection Current services. "Ukrainian" row in the table contains "Yes" in the "Radio" column.

Proposed edits:

Radio: No

Close date: 29 April 2011 (Radio Service)

Sources:

Announcement of BBC World Service related closures due to budget cuts, BBC Press Office: BBC World Service cuts (26.01.2011).

Announcement of closure, BBC News Ukrainian (in Ukrainian): Бі-Бі-Сі закриває радіо українською мовою (26.01.2011).

Article mentioning the Ukrainian Service's last radio broadcast, Ukrainian news website Unian (Уніан), (in Ukrainian): Українська служба Бі-бі-сі провела останній радіоефір (30.04.2011).

Dead link (not archived) from Unian's article to BBC News Ukrainian website that is meant to have some information about the last broadcast. The address has a date mark in it (110429 — 29th of April, 2011) and the mention of "last programme": http://www.bbc.co.uk/ukrainian/world/2011/04/110429_bbc_last_programme_oh.shtml

Article about the history of radio broadcasts in Ukraine, mentions the closure in the end of April, BBC News Ukrainian (in Ukrainian): Радіо в Україні - далі буде? (04.05.2011) KETHER CORTEX (talk) 22:15, 31 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

what is this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%22BBC%20Partners%22

https://wspartners.bbc.com/

Xo4v (talk) 09:04, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Didn't the BBC WS also broadcast in Ladino at one time? Maurice Sturt (talk) 14:45, 3 July 2026 (UTC)Reply