BBC announces World Services cutbacks, hundreds of jobs to go

Due to the government’s persisting license fee freeze, BBC was compelled to declare deep cuts on its World Services. BBC would no longer produce radio output in at least ten languages, including Chinese, Hindi, and Arabic.

Even the World Services’ English language radio output would focus more on live news and sports. It is predicted that they will lose almost 400 jobs due to the changes declared by BBC.





The World Services was funded by the government and acted as a soft power that dissipated British news and information worldwide; however, due to George Osborne’s meagre budgets, levied the bill for World Service operations upon domestic license fee payers.

It is unlikely that any country would lose the World Service content wholly; digital operations would continue in all languages. Despite the cuts, World Service still reaches an audience of approximately 364 million people.

FAQs

Q1. What is the World Service of BBC?
Ans. World Services of BBC is a soft power used by Britain to dissipate information on British news worldwide.

Q2. How many languages will be discontinued due to World Service cutbacks?
Ans. About ten languages will be discontinued, including Arabic, Chinese, and Hindi.

Q3. Who funds the World Service?
Ans. The government initially funded World Service, but now it is imposed on domestic license fee payers.

Q4. Who is George Osborne?
Ans. George Osborne is a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer.