Talk:BBC World Service

message: This article contains a reasonably good comparison of international audiences' radio consumption patterns that could be shown to substantively correlate to national GDP:
https://beyondwords.io/knowledge-base/spoken-word-audio-statistics/.
Further support for the assertion made in the Wikipedia article:
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2015/03/19/1-communications-technology-in-emerging-and-developing-nations/, AND
https://ourworldindata.org/internet, AND
https://www.worlddab.org/countries, AND
https://www.itu.int/en/mediacentre/backgrounders/Pages/digital-inclusion-of-all.aspx, AND
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx, AND
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17427665211073868, AND
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_using_DAB/DMB, AND
https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2013/12/the-state-of-global-dab-and-dab-radio/, AND
https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5781234/tv-radio-broadcasting-global-market-report?utm_source=GNOM&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_code=flknlc&utm_campaign=1574893+-+Worldwide+TV+and+Radio+Broadcasting+Industry+to+2030+-+Featuring+Comcast%2c+DISH+Network+and+Viacom+Among+Others&utm_exec=jamu273prd.
This short UNESCO article cites multiple authoritative sources that, themselves, contain facts in support of the Wikipedia article's assertion:
https://www.unesco.org/en/days/world-radio/resources-radio-peace.
There are paid sources that suggest support for the above:
https://www.statista.com/outlook/amo/media/music-radio-podcasts/traditional-radio/worldwide#key-market-indicators, AND
https://www.thebusinessresearchcompany.com/report/radio-station-global-market-report.
This Pew Research article might be worth using as a citation:
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/audio-and-podcasting/.
Additionally, there's also this: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1840&context=honorstheses, AND
https://arxiv.org/ftp/cs/papers/0109/0109046.pdf (somewhat dated).
There are additionally interesting data contained in these citations:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-radio-and-audio-review/digital-radio-and-audio-review
https://getdigitalradio.com/online-listening-surges-to-new-record/
https://www.adtonos.com/rajar-research-confirms-the-popularity-of-digital-radio-is-on-the-rise/
https://www.rajar.co.uk/docs/news/RAJAR_DataRelease_InfographicQ42015.pdf
https://www.worlddab.org/countries/united-kingdom?page=32
Furthermore, there is tremendous pressure on radio frequency spectrum allocation as cited in, for example, https://www.itu.int/en/itunews/Documents/2019/2019-04/2019_ITUNews04-en.pdf, which can potentially lead to more formal regulatory pressure to deliver consumer content over transmission media other than terrestrial radio delivery. However, this is my opinion based on my experience as an Air Force Communications Officer, and thus not an objectively established fact. Smiley jrk (talk) 22:11, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re. reduction in terrestrial delivery under Early History 

message: why dont they get labelled as state funded media? we know the government pay the bbc at least £370m via the World2020 - here is the press release they published https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/world-service-funding Noroots22 (talk) 19:05, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: The infobox currently includes "state media" as part of its description. If this comment is about other websites' policies, that's not our problem. signed, Rosguill talk 19:17, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Why is not in the first paragaph like the other channels that are funded by their government? Noroots22 (talk) 19:29, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: IMO it's pretty clearly implied by the statement that BBC World Service , arguably the most well-known government-backed broadcaster in the world. You could try to draft an improvement if you think the current wording is insufficient (WP:SOFIXIT). signed, Rosguill talk 19:33, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: this is my improvement : BBC World Service, the international radio, tv and online broadcasting arm of the BBC, is funded by the UK government and operates as a state-owned media organization. Noroots22 (talk) 19:53, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I see that in the other BBC articles we stick to the phrase "public broadcaster" rather than "state media" and have separate articles for those two concepts. Based on my own knowledge of the BBC, I think the case could be made that it is a state media company, rather than a truly independent public broadcaster, but we can't take my or your word for it, we need a citation to reliable secondary source to back it up. I would search on Google Scholar for phrases like  to find peer-reviewed sources that decisively analyze and state the company's character. If the balance of academic sources supports the state media perspective, I'd support your proposed edit. That having been said, this is probably a discussion more appropriate for a page like Talk:BBC rather than this subsidiary (unless something about this subsidiary gives it a different character than the rest of the BBC, in which case we'd want a source for that), and I'd bet that there have likely been prior discussions on this topic in that page's archives. signed, Rosguill talk 20:17, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: how can bbc remain independent from the government when they were collabrating with mi5?- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43754737 Noroots22 (talk) 12:46, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I follow your argument, the issue is that this argument is original research--the epistemic foundation that Wikipedia is based upon is that we need to be able to verify everything with citations to sources that directly state the claims we are making, not merely ones that provide substantive evidence that point to that conclusion.  I would suggest you start by seeing if you can find anything pertinent in these sources, which came up in the search I suggested above: ,    signed, Rosguill talk 16:51, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

text: I wrote on how the World Service gets treated differently on BBC independence#World Service. I, or someone else, might introduce that here somewhere... JackTheSecond (talk) 21:21, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  bbc world service funded by government! 

message: Raja Singh 54321 (talk) 17:10, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 17:26, 2 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 2 September 2023 

message: Director General should be Director-General 86.191.233.190 (talk) 22:37, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: IgnatiusofLondon (talk) 17:47, 29 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 28 December 2023 

message: hi  bbc one war is going on please cover the new mla warses sc people 2001:4490:488:7E43:0:0:0:1 (talk) 10:21, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
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message: @Rwendland Sorry about the overly ambitious removal. If you have the time, maybe you, or someone else so inclined, could put the cuts of 2010 in context with the re-expansion of 2016? I must admit, I'm a little lost as far as the modern history is concerned. JackTheSecond (talk) 21:25, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spending: (2010/cuts) - (2016/raise)