BBC Monitoring tracks the global media for the latest news reports emerging around the world.

Television, radio and news agency, internet and press sources in 150 countries and more than 100 languages are monitored hour-by-hour for reports on a vast range of current issues and topics.

Monitoring's Newsfile and more detailed online and internet services provide a unique insight into world events.

It seeks to reflect as many perspectives as possible by accurate, reliable, focused reporting from a comprehensive range of authoritative and representative sources.

The service operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

Reporting is available electronically online or by fax and email, and on Monitoring's own website.

Customers can tailor the service they receive to meet their specific requirements.

Products and services include:

A 24-hour world news file

Online regional files of political, economic and other information

Thematic files, eg environment, energy

Audio and video actuality

News about the world's media and broadcasting, with updates on frequencies

Tailored information packages on specific topics or countries, multimedia packages.

BBC Monitoring is financed separately by its official customers.