On Thursday, December 11th, the BBC World Service, in collaboration with the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at Kings College, London publishes a count of the number of people who were reported killed by Jihadist attacks in the month of November. Continue reading
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ACTION NEEDED BY December 15: Subscribe to the new BBC Topline page/Extended air window
Beginning on Monday, December 15th, the air window for BBC Topline will extend to 08:45 ET. BBC Topline will be fed live with subsequent file transfer via Content Depot at 8:31:30 ET each morning (M – F) beginning on Monday, December 15th. Continue reading
Newshour Extra: The Ebola Response airs Friday
The BBC World Service airs Newshour Extra: The Ebola Response Friday, December 5 at 0206 ET. Outlook Arts will be dropped to accommodate. Newshour Extra: The Ebola Response will air live and is available to download from the American Public Media Exchange in Content Depot on Friday, December 5. The program is available to air through December 11. This program follows the normal BBC World Service Clock.
Additional broadcast times for Reith Lectures
Each year The BBC Reith Lectures, named after its first Director General, Lord Reith, gives a selected great thinker of this age the opportunity to deliver a series of lectures that are broadcast across BBC outlets worldwide. This year’s lecturer is the medical doctor and writer Dr Atul Gawande.
BBC Topline: Mind the Gap
On November 17th, APM is launching an exciting new module. BBC Topline is an up-to-the-minute, 90-second snapshot of the day’s most important developing stories, delivered by the world leader in global news and designed to fit into the bottom-of-the-hour break in the new Morning Edition® clock.
Use BBC Topline as the solution for filling the 8:31 ET break with vital content that gives your listeners the international perspective they expect. BBC Topline provides important insight into unfolding stories, at a time when you need it most.
Additional Ebola news segment added to BBC schedule starting Monday
Starting on Monday, October 13th, the BBC World Service introduces additional editions of the program New About Ebola. In the program, Kim Chakanetsa brings the latest information about local, regional and international efforts to contain and combat the Ebola virus.
Trauma program postponed one week
The BBC program Discovery: Trauma will air Monday, October 27th.
In a two part series, Dr. Kevin Fong traces the evolution of trauma medicine from the First World War through to modern day civilian emergency response.
BBC Partner Hub – Backgrounder – Islamic State Funding
One key question we have when we talk about the rise of the so-called ISLAMIC STATE in Iraq and Syria, is where this group is getting its MONEY from.
As part of the international campaign to defeat the Islamic State, the US and its allies are employing a range of strategies to try and choke off the terror group’s FUNDING which is both extensive and underpins its expansionist ambitions.
Some experts say previous strategies, like that used against Al Qaeda’s finances, simply won’t work this time. Why not? The BBC’s Defence and Diplomatic Correspondent Jonathan Marcus explains: Continue reading
NPR Clock Project: Marketplace Morning Report FAQ
In a move signaling public media’s shared commitment to its audience, NPR and American Public Media announced an agreement today that will make APM’s Marketplace Morning Report a daily feature during NPR’s Morning Edition newsmagazine. The change will take place in the fall.
BBC – PLANNED COVERAGE OF SCOTTISH REFERENDUM
On Thursday, voters in Scotland will go to the polls to answer the question, “Should Scotland be an independent country?” The result will have huge implications for the United Kingdom, and will be watched by separatist movements from Spain to Iran to China.
The BBC World Service will offer coverage of the referendum, its possible implications, and reaction to the results, tailored to a global audience. All programming is planned to follow the World Service clock, but will break format for the ‘Final Results’ of the referendum, or as other news warrants. Preliminary estimates say the result will be announced sometime between 1:30 – 2:30 AM ET.