Country |
India Pakistan United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Canada United States European Union Malaysia Singapore Middle East |
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Broadcast area | worldwide |
Network | BBC World Service |
Headquarters | Delhi |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Punjabi |
Picture format |
1080i
HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC |
Sister channels |
BBC News BBC Urdu BBC Gujarati BBC Bangla BBC World Service |
History | |
Launched | 2 October 2017 |
Links | |
Website |
bbc |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
BBC Punjabi | BBC Punjabi online |
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]
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]
Country |
India Pakistan United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Canada United States European Union Malaysia Singapore Middle East |
---|---|
Broadcast area | worldwide |
Network | BBC World Service |
Headquarters | Delhi |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Punjabi |
Picture format |
1080i
HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | BBC |
Sister channels |
BBC News BBC Urdu BBC Gujarati BBC Bangla BBC World Service |
History | |
Launched | 2 October 2017 |
Links | |
Website |
bbc |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
BBC Punjabi | BBC Punjabi online |
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]
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]