Post by Teddy Bear on May 21, 2007 19:31:58 GMT
Well BBC bias is clearly paying off, as the following article illustrates. "The growth comes as the BBC is preparing to launch Arabic and Farsi television services which it hopes will expand its viewing figures substantially in the Middle East." One has to wonder why an extremist and hardline regime such as Iran is interested in having BBC TV broadcasting there, obviously the BBC line suits them.
Note too this paragraph: "Richard Sambrook, director of the BBC's global news service, said growth had been particularly strong in Bangladesh, where political instability had driven de-mand for the BBC's broadcasts, and in Pakistan and Egypt."
It's a phenomenon in the Muslim world for any person, let alone a journalist, to speak out against fundamentalist Islam. A journalist, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury spent 17 months in a Dhaka prison for advocating REAL interfaith understanding and warning Bangladeshis about radical Islamists. Now, he faces physical attacks, and the government wants to put him on trial for his life. [/i]Understand that this is a soul that the West should be applauding and applying the highest of pressure to the Bangladesh government to have him released. However, look on the BBC website and see if you can find ANY MENTION of his name, or the story. So who is the BBC serving?
Note too this paragraph: "Richard Sambrook, director of the BBC's global news service, said growth had been particularly strong in Bangladesh, where political instability had driven de-mand for the BBC's broadcasts, and in Pakistan and Egypt."
It's a phenomenon in the Muslim world for any person, let alone a journalist, to speak out against fundamentalist Islam. A journalist, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury spent 17 months in a Dhaka prison for advocating REAL interfaith understanding and warning Bangladeshis about radical Islamists. Now, he faces physical attacks, and the government wants to put him on trial for his life. [/i]Understand that this is a soul that the West should be applauding and applying the highest of pressure to the Bangladesh government to have him released. However, look on the BBC website and see if you can find ANY MENTION of his name, or the story. So who is the BBC serving?
Rise in BBC's overseas audiences
By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Media Editor
Published: May 21 2007 03:00 | Last updated: May 21 2007 03:00
The BBC's international audiences grew by an estimated 11 per cent last year as the broadcaster shifted attention and resources to the Islamic world and saw strong growth from its online news service.
Weekly audiences grew from 210m to 233m, despite new competition from Al- Jazeera International and France 24's television news channels. The growth comes as the BBC is preparing to launch Arabic and Farsi television services which it hopes will expand its viewing figures substantially in the Middle East.
Richard Sambrook, director of the BBC's global news service, said growth had been particularly strong in Bangladesh, where political instability had driven de-mand for the BBC's broadcasts, and in Pakistan and Egypt.
The figures were helped in part by better survey coverage in Afghanistan, where the BBC estimates it has a 60 per cent share of the radio audience, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Audiences grew in India among Hindi listeners, but English language listening declined by almost 10 per cent around the world.
World Service radio audiences rose 11 per cent to 183m over the year, the BBC World television channel grew by 17 per cent to 76m viewers and its online news sites expanded by 17 per cent to 38.5m users, with a 40 per cent rise in page impressions. Many people used more than one service.
Nigel Chapman, director of the World Service, said it expected a boost in radio listening in the Arab world when the BBC Arabic channel was launched. "In most markets people use radio in the morning and television in the evening, so they're very complementary," he said.
The Arabic TV service, which is expected to launch in October, has a budget of £19m for 12 hours a day, but the BBC is considering expanding coverage to 24 hours a day for an extra £6m a year. The government has allocated £15m for the launch of its Farsi TV service, expected early next year, on top of the World Service's annual £245m "grant-in-aid".
The BBC Trust is expected to discuss BBC executives' proposal to carry advertising on its non-UK websites within the next two months.
By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Media Editor
Published: May 21 2007 03:00 | Last updated: May 21 2007 03:00
The BBC's international audiences grew by an estimated 11 per cent last year as the broadcaster shifted attention and resources to the Islamic world and saw strong growth from its online news service.
Weekly audiences grew from 210m to 233m, despite new competition from Al- Jazeera International and France 24's television news channels. The growth comes as the BBC is preparing to launch Arabic and Farsi television services which it hopes will expand its viewing figures substantially in the Middle East.
Richard Sambrook, director of the BBC's global news service, said growth had been particularly strong in Bangladesh, where political instability had driven de-mand for the BBC's broadcasts, and in Pakistan and Egypt.
The figures were helped in part by better survey coverage in Afghanistan, where the BBC estimates it has a 60 per cent share of the radio audience, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Audiences grew in India among Hindi listeners, but English language listening declined by almost 10 per cent around the world.
World Service radio audiences rose 11 per cent to 183m over the year, the BBC World television channel grew by 17 per cent to 76m viewers and its online news sites expanded by 17 per cent to 38.5m users, with a 40 per cent rise in page impressions. Many people used more than one service.
Nigel Chapman, director of the World Service, said it expected a boost in radio listening in the Arab world when the BBC Arabic channel was launched. "In most markets people use radio in the morning and television in the evening, so they're very complementary," he said.
The Arabic TV service, which is expected to launch in October, has a budget of £19m for 12 hours a day, but the BBC is considering expanding coverage to 24 hours a day for an extra £6m a year. The government has allocated £15m for the launch of its Farsi TV service, expected early next year, on top of the World Service's annual £245m "grant-in-aid".
The BBC Trust is expected to discuss BBC executives' proposal to carry advertising on its non-UK websites within the next two months.