BBC News Punjabi

BBC Punjabi (in Punjabi: ਬੀਬੀਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Gurmukhi), بی بی سی پنجابی (Shahmukhi)) or BBC News Punjabi is an international news service in Punjabi language. It was started on 2 October 2017.[1][2] The service is on websites and social networking sites.[3] The launch is part of the World Service's biggest expansion since the 1940s, following a government funding boost announced in 2016.[4][5]

BBC News Punjabi
Launched2 October 2017 (2017-10-02)
NetworkBBC World Service
Owned byBBC
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
CountryIndia
Pakistan
LanguagePunjabi
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom
India
Pakistan
HeadquartersDelhi
Sister channel(s)BBC News
BBC Urdu
BBC Gujarati
BBC Bangla
BBC World Service
Websitebbc.co.uk/news
Streaming media
BBC PunjabiBBC Punjabi online

Broadcast area

Target audiences are Punjabis from India, Pakistan and other western countries with significant Punjabi population like Canada, Britain and Australia.[6][7] According to BBC' s official website Punjabi language spoken by 100 million people, the 11th most used language in the world.[4][8]

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See also

References

  1. "BBC News India launches new services in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu". SEENIT. 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. Service, Tribune News. "BBC launches its Punjabi service". The Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  3. "BBC News Agrees To Include Punjabi Language On News Site". Sikh24.com. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  4. "BBC launches new Indian services". 2 October 2017 via www.bbc.com.
  5. "BBC to launch in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu in late 2017". MediaNama. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  6. Reuters (17 November 2016). "BBC World Service to add Punjabi, 10 other languages". dawn.com.
  7. "At 50 million audience, India BBC's top overseas market". The Indian Express. 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  8. "Did BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters fabricate reports of unrest in Kashmir?". Alt News. 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
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