#international-broadcasting

#international-broadcasting

The PAC was deeply troubled to learn that the BBC still does not know how much the government would fund the World Service for the coming year. The government provides about 30% of the budget for the World Service, which reaches more than 300 million people a week and is 'a jewel in the crown of the UK's soft power', according to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.

The BBC Sounds app will become a UK-only service, unavailable to those in other countries, requiring listeners outside the UK to use the new BBC app or BBC.com.