#OMO_YORUBA! BBC To Launch Broadcasting Services In Yoruba And Pidgin

The UK Government is about to inject £85m a year in
enhancing and expanding BBC services around the
world including in Russia, North Korea, the Middle
East and Africa (Yoruba, Somali) as part of its
expansion programme.
The list of services to be expanded using the
funding include enhanced TV services for Africa,
new radio services for audiences in North Korea
and radio and digital services for Ethiopia and
Eritrea.

Details of which languages the BBC will broadcast
in to Ethiopia and Eritrea will be announced later.
The BBC will also expand TV, radio and digital
offerings in Somalia, India, Nigeria and Thailand.
A TV service will be added to the existing service
for Somalia.
For Nigeria, a digital service will be started in
Pidgin and Yoruba.
"Pidgin is a popular language among young
people in Nigeria and across West Africa," said
Liliane Landor, controller of languages at the
World Service.
It will also help boost digital and TV services for
Russian speakers, both in Russia and the
surrounding communities.
The corporation presently reaches 308 million
people worldwide, and it hopes to increase the
number to 500 million by 2022.