BBC News Punjabi

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BBC News Punjabi
SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerBBC
Sister channelsBBC News
BBC Urdu
BBC Gujarati
BBC Bangla
BBC World Service
History
Launched2 October 2017; 6 years ago (2017-10-02)
Links
Websitebbc.co.uk/news
Availability
Streaming media
BBC PunjabiBBC Punjabi online

BBC Punjabi (in Punjabi: ਬੀਬੀਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (

Shahmukhi)) or BBC News Punjabi is an international news service in Punjabi language. It was started on 2 October 2017.[1][2] The service is on websites and social networking sites.[3] The launch is part of the World Service's biggest expansion since the 1940s, following a government funding boost announced in 2016.[4][5]

Broadcast area

Former BBC News Punjabi logo.

Target audiences are Punjabis from India, Pakistan and other western countries with significant Punjabi population like Canada, Britain and Australia.[6][7] According to BBC' s official website Punjabi language spoken by 100 million people, the 11th most used language in the world.[4][8]

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ "BBC News India launches new services in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu". SEENIT. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. ^ Service, Tribune News. "BBC launches its Punjabi service". The Tribune. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ "BBC News Agrees To Include Punjabi Language On News Site". Sikh24.com. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b "BBC launches new Indian services". 2 October 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
  5. ^ "BBC to launch in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu in late 2017". MediaNama. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. ^ "BBC World Service to add Punjabi, 10 other languages". dawn.com. Reuters. 17 November 2016.
  7. ^ "At 50 million audience, India BBC's top overseas market". The Indian Express. 22 June 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Did BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters fabricate reports of unrest in Kashmir?". Alt News. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.