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{{Infobox television channel
| name = BBC News Punjabi
| logo = BBC News 2022 (Alt, boxed).svg
| logo_size = 150px
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2017|10|2|df=yes}}
| network = [[BBC World Service]]
| owner = [[BBC]]
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]] {{small|(downscaled to [[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]] [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)}}
| country = [[India]] [[Pakistan]] [[United Kingdom]] [[Australia]] [[New Zealand]] [[Canada]] [[United States]] [[European Union]] [[Malaysia]] [[Singapore]] [[Middle East]]
| language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| area = worldwide
| headquarters = Delhi
| former_names =
| sister_channels = [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News]] [[BBC Urdu]] [[BBC Gujarati]] [[BBC Bangla]] [[BBC World Service]]
| website = {{URL|bbc.co.uk/news}}
| online_serv_1 = BBC Punjabi
| online_chan_1 = [https://www.bbc.com/punjabi BBC Punjabi online]
}}

'''BBC Punjabi''' (in Punjabi: ਬੀਬੀਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ([[Gurmukhi]]), بی بی سی پنجابی ([[Shahmukhi alphabet|Shahmukhi]])) or '''BBC News Punjabi''' is an international news service in [[Punjabi language]]. It was started on 2 October 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seenit.co.uk/bbc-news-india-launches-new-services-in-gujarati-marathi-punjabi-and-telugu/|title=BBC News India launches new services in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu|date=2017-10-02|website=SEENIT|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/bbc-launches-its-punjabi-service-476635|title=BBC launches its Punjabi service|last=Service|first=Tribune News|website=The Tribune|language=en|access-date=2020-01-14}}</ref> The service is on websites and social networking sites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sikh24.com/2017/07/04/bbc-news-agrees-to-include-punjabi-language-on-news-site|title=BBC News Agrees To Include Punjabi Language On News Site|website=Sikh24.com|access-date=2020-01-14}}</ref> The launch is part of the World Service's biggest expansion since the 1940s, following a government funding boost announced in 2016.<ref name="bbc.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41360801|title=BBC launches new Indian services|date=2 October 2017|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.medianama.com/2016/11/223-bbc-indian-languages/|title=BBC to launch in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu in late 2017|date=2016-11-17|website=MediaNama|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-14}}</ref>

==Broadcast area==
[[File:BBC News 2019.svg|thumb|Former BBC News Punjabi logo.]]
Target audiences are Punjabis from [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and other western countries with significant Punjabi population like [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1296888|title=BBC World Service to add Punjabi, 10 other languages|last=Reuters|date=17 November 2016|website=dawn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/at-50-million-audience-india-bbcs-top-overseas-market-5794070/|title=At 50 million audience, India BBC’s top overseas market|date=2019-06-22|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-14}}</ref> According to BBC' s official website [[Punjabi language]] spoken by 100 million people, the 11th most used language in the world.<ref name="bbc.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altnews.in/did-bbc-al-jazeera-reuters-fabricate-reports-of-unrest-in-kashmir/|title=Did BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters fabricate reports of unrest in Kashmir?|date=2019-08-13|website=Alt News|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-14}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[List of Punjabi media]]
* [[List of Punjabi-language television channels]]

==External links==
* [https://www.bbc.com/punjabi BBC Punjabi (Gurmukhi) website]
* [http://www.bbc.com/urdu/punjabi_video BBC Punjabi (Shahmukhi) website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN5piaaZEZBfvFJLd_kBHnA/videos BBC News Punjabi on YouTube]

==References==
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[[Category:BBC World News shows]]
[[Category:BBC News]]
[[Category:British Indian mass media]]
[[Category:British Pakistani mass media]]
[[Category:Mass media in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language television channels]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language television channels in India]]
[[Category:Punjabi-language television channels in Pakistan]]
[[Category:BBC World Service foreign language|Punjabi]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 2017]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2017]]

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