The BBC’s Arabic radio service went off the air for the final time on Friday after 85 years of broadcasting.
The corporation announced the closure of BBC Arabic and Persian radio in September as part of a wider plan to cut costs to World Service channels and shift focus on digital content production.
At least 382 people will lose their jobs at the BBC World Service. The World Service had said it aims to save £28.5m by closing Arabic and Persian radio stations, part of a broader attempt to save £500m annually. The corporation will also stop producing radio output in 10 other languages, including Chinese and Hindi.
The broadcaster has said years of below-inflation license fee freezes imposed by the UK government, in addition to the increasing cost of producing programs, is to blame for the cuts.
BBC Arabic Radio was first launched in early 1938 from Egypt as the BBC Empire...
The corporation announced the closure of BBC Arabic and Persian radio in September as part of a wider plan to cut costs to World Service channels and shift focus on digital content production.
At least 382 people will lose their jobs at the BBC World Service. The World Service had said it aims to save £28.5m by closing Arabic and Persian radio stations, part of a broader attempt to save £500m annually. The corporation will also stop producing radio output in 10 other languages, including Chinese and Hindi.
The broadcaster has said years of below-inflation license fee freezes imposed by the UK government, in addition to the increasing cost of producing programs, is to blame for the cuts.
BBC Arabic Radio was first launched in early 1938 from Egypt as the BBC Empire...
- 1/29/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
A BBC journalist’s Zoom video call captured the dramatic moment that the Lebanese capital of Beirut was rocked by a giant explosion at the city’s port on Tuesday.
BBC Arabic journalist Maryam Toumi was conducting an interview from the BBC’s office in Beirut, which is around 1.5 miles from the epicenter of the explosion, which has killed at least 70 people and injured thousands of others.
A recording of the call, posted by the BBC News press team, shows Toumi in the top right of the screen conducting the interview, before hearing the noise of the explosion.
There is then a loud crash and screams as the aftershocks reached the bureau, and it appears that Toumi is thrown to the floor. A woman can then be heard making noises of shock and pain as her interviewee and his colleague look on concerned. Toumi restores her camera to an upright...
BBC Arabic journalist Maryam Toumi was conducting an interview from the BBC’s office in Beirut, which is around 1.5 miles from the epicenter of the explosion, which has killed at least 70 people and injured thousands of others.
A recording of the call, posted by the BBC News press team, shows Toumi in the top right of the screen conducting the interview, before hearing the noise of the explosion.
There is then a loud crash and screams as the aftershocks reached the bureau, and it appears that Toumi is thrown to the floor. A woman can then be heard making noises of shock and pain as her interviewee and his colleague look on concerned. Toumi restores her camera to an upright...
- 8/5/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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