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Press Releases A year of record-breaking impact for Â鶹Éç World Service

Category: World Service
Date: 03.07.2007
Printable version

The Â鶹Éç World Service Annual Review for 2006/7, published today (3 July), provides information about its performance during a year of major news events.

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The review highlights:

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• Independent research which indicates that Â鶹Éç World Service's reputation for trust and objectivity is stronger than that of any other international broadcaster in virtually all markets surveyed.
  
  
• An increase in its audience to a record 183 million, a rise of 20 million on the previous year, giving Â鶹Éç World Service a third more listeners than any other international radio broadcaster. Audiences rose in the Middle East, the wider Islamic world and Africa.
  
  
• The availability of Â鶹Éç World Service on FM in 152 capital cities, up from 150 last year.
  
  
• A steady growth of online traffic. The Â鶹Éç's international news websites attracted a record 763 million page impressions in March 2007, up from 546 million compared to March 2006. Around the world there were a record 38.5 million online users in March 2007, up from 32.8 million a year ago.
  
  
• Â鶹Éç Global News services – which include Â鶹Éç World Service, the Â鶹Éç World television channel and Â鶹Éç international online news sites - attracted a record global weekly audience of over 233 million during 2006/7.
  
  
• The Annual Review can be accessed at .

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