BBC Urdu

BBC Urdu (Urdu: بی بی سی اردو) is a digital television station covering Pakistan in Urdu language. It was the Urdu language station of the BBC World Service, accompanied by its website, which served as a news portal and provided online access to radio broadcasts. The radio service was broadcast from Broadcasting House in London and Pakistan as well as from a BBC South & East Asia bureau in New Delhi. It also has a children’s channel CBeebies. The target audience were Pakistanis & Indian viewers.[1]

BBC Urdu
بی بی سی اردو
TypeRadio network and website
Country
United Kingdom & Pakistan
AvailabilityInternational
EndowmentForeign and Commonwealth Office, UK
OwnerBBC
Launch date
1941
Official website
www.bbc.com/urdu/
LanguageUrdu

On December 30, 2022, after almost two decades of operation, BBC Pakistan stopped its Urdu Radio as part of its global cost-cutting efforts.[2][3]

Programs

See also

References
  1. "بی بی سی اردو کے شائقین ایک کروڑ سے زیادہ". 11 February 2015.
  2. "بی بی سی اردو ریڈیو کی آخری نشریات". BBC News اردو (in Urdu). 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. "BBC ends Urdu Radio service in Pakistan after nearly 2 decades". Daily Pakistan Global. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
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