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BBC Punjabi (in Punjabi: ਬੀਬੀਸੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (Gurmukhi), بی بی سی پنجابی (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
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]
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References
- ↑ BBC News India launches new services in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu. SEENIT(2017-10-02). Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ BBC launches its Punjabi service, Service, Tribune News. The Tribune. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ BBC News Agrees To Include Punjabi Language On News Site. Sikh24.com. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 BBC launches new Indian services(2 October 2017).
- ↑ BBC to launch in Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Telugu in late 2017. MediaNama(2016-11-17). Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ BBC World Service to add Punjabi, 10 other languages, Reuters. dawn.com(17 November 2016).
- ↑ At 50 million audience, India BBC’s top overseas market. The Indian Express(2019-06-22). Retrieved 2020-01-14.
- ↑ Did BBC, Al Jazeera, Reuters fabricate reports of unrest in Kashmir?. Alt News(2019-08-13). Retrieved 2020-01-14.