Niall Ferguson to give this year's BBC Reith Lectures
This year’s BBC Reith lecturer will be British historian Niall Ferguson.
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BBC Africa Debate asks if Africa’s image is prejudiced
People across Africa often question the images the continent projects around the world, focusing on famine, disease, poverty, instability and violence. Western media and aid organisations, are often blamed for perpetuating this one-sided negative view of Africa, and some people believe that Africa can only influence its image abroad if it gets to control or own part of the global media market.
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Africa Beats on BBC introduces Africa’s new talent to global audiences
BBC World Service launches Africa Beats - a series of multimedia programmes showcasing Africa’s new musical talent. From Friday 6 April 2012, each edition of the eight-part weekly series, available on radio, TV and online, will introduce to the BBC’s global audiences an up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Africa.
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BBC Africa Debate asks whether "Africa is on trial"
The March edition of BBC World Service’s programme, BBC Africa Debate, will discuss whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) places too much emphasis on African cases.
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BBC World Service launches its first live IPTV service with news bulletins from BBC Russian on Dozhd TV
BBC World Service has launched its first Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service with live bulletins in Russian. BBC Russian’s 10-minute IPTV news bulletins are to be broadcast Monday to Friday via Russia’s 24-hour live IPTV channel, Dozhd TV, and also will be available via the website bbcrussian.com.
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BBC Swahili’s Haba na Haba to facilitate dialogue between ordinary people and their leaders in Tanzania
BBC World Service and the BBC’s international development charity, BBC Media Action, have joined forces with Radio Free Africa (RFA) and community radio stations across Tanzania to launch a new weekly radio programme facilitating dialogue between ordinary people and their leaders.
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BBC to increase investment in international business coverage
The BBC is launching an international search for a new role of Chief Business Correspondent as part of a major drive to expand the breadth and depth of its international business coverage.
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Audiences double in Iran, despite increase in censorship and intimidation
New figures published today reveal the reach of BBC Persian TV has nearly doubled in Iran - rising by 94 per cent from 3.1 million in 2009 to 6.0million - despite an intensifying campaign of censorship and intimidation by the Iranian authorities.
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BBC World Service celebrates 80th Anniversary
Global audience gets unique behind the scenes access as move from iconic London home begins.
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BBC Africa Debate in Freetown examines land acquisition
BBC World Service’s new monthly programme, BBC Africa Debate, will bring to the fore the issue of land acquisitions in Africa. Broadcast on Friday 24 February from Freetown, Sierra Leone, the debate is presented by BBC Africa’s Alex Jakana, and Justin Rowlatt, correspondent for BBC’s TV current-affairs programme, Newsnight.
