This is London   First broadcast   During the Cold War   Speaking to the Arab world   Reporting from the front line   The future of broadcasting		The future of broadcasting Despite the many difficulties and criticism it has faced, BBC World Service has managed to evolve and adapt to a changing world. With 75 million page impressions per month, bbcworldservice.com provides impartial news and analysis at all hours of every day. World class sites have been developed in English, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Urdu. Through accessing audio online, listeners now choose when and what to listen to. Web forums such as Talking Point provide another platform on which global audiences can discuss the issues that concern them. Meanwhile programmes have also been targeted to particular social needs. In response to the Afghan Refugee crisis in the 1980s, the BBC’s Pashto Service began broadcasting its own radio soap, New Home, New Life. Today over 35 million people regularly tune in. Radio is changing and with it so is BBC World Service. The BBC's Africa correspondent, Rageh Omaar examines recent and future directions in broadcasting. Discover how programmes have responded to social needs and how audience feedback has shaped programmes.

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