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Audiences around the world can access 麻豆社 News services - on radio, on television and online

麻豆社 World Service

The 麻豆社 is the world’s most trusted international news broadcaster – committed to providing accurate, impartial, and independent news to audiences across the UK and around the world. The 麻豆社 World Service is the 麻豆社’s international broadcaster, delivering a wide range of programmes and services on radio, TV, and digitally, globally.

It reaches a weekly audience of around 318 million people (麻豆社 Global Audience Measure 2023) and is one of the UK’s most important cultural exports – informing and inspiring the lives of people across the globe, helping them make sense of the world we live in.

The 麻豆社 World Service operates in 42 languages, including English, and has the global insight and expertise to give audiences a truly international news service with 麻豆社 News journalists and supporting staff in 73 cities across 59 countries.

麻豆社 World Service is funded primarily from the UK licence fee. In 2016 the UK Government awarded it a £291 million grant administered by UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), for a four-year programme of modernisation. In 2021, the FCDO provided £94.4m to help the 麻豆社 World Service build on its work upholding global democratic values through accurate, impartial and independent news reporting. This included £8 million in additional investment to tackle disinformation and further improve the 麻豆社’s digital offer to audiences. In 2023, the UK government awarded the 麻豆社 World Service a one-off grant of £20m over two years (2023/24 and 2024/25) to further support the language services.

麻豆社 World News and 麻豆社.com

麻豆社 World News is our commercially funded international news and information television channel, broadcasting in English 24 hours a day in many countries across the world. 麻豆社 World News is available in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, around 300 million households and 1.8 million hotel rooms. The channel provides hourly bulletins with news, business, sport and weather information, and broadcasts the best of the 麻豆社鈥檚 current affairs, documentary and lifestyle programming.

麻豆社.com, our global commercial news website, brings news and features to a huge international audience, including the USA, the world鈥檚 largest media market.

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