ARLA/CLUSTER: BBC World Service tem 289 milhões de libras para a expansão dos serviços em 12 novas línguas. A maior expansão registada desde 1940.

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BBC World Service launches £289 million expansion with services in new languages

The BBC World Service will extend its reach across the world as it
launches new services in 12 languages such as Amharic, Afaan Oromo and
Tigrinya from next month.

The service aims to target areas such as Ethiopia and Eritrea as part
of the £289 million expansion, its biggest since the 1940s.

The expansion will continue to roll out further services, including
Korean, throughout the year with a view to deliver BBC News in more
than 40 languages.

Plans begin on Monday with the launch of a new digital service in
Pidgin, a language spoken by more than 75 million people across
Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and Equatorial Guinea.

Describing the wider project as a “new chapter” for the BBC, the
broadcaster’s director general, Lord Tony Hall, said: “The BBC World
Service is one of the UK’s most important cultural exports.

“In a world of anxieties about ‘fake news’, where media freedom is
being curtailed rather than expanded, the role of an independent,
impartial news provider is more important than ever.

“The new services we’re launching will reach some of the most
under-served audiences in the world.”

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BBC World Service launches £289 million expansion with services in new languages

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