How BBC News quickly delivers accurate impartial news


 Through its AFPTV Newsrooms and AFPTV Live services, AFP provides the BBC News with original content from all over the world.


BBC News uses AFP raw footage to cover international stories on a daily basis, to provide broadcast and digital coverage on mobile, desktop and tablet formats.

By using AFP Forum BBC News is kept informed of the material AFP offers. AFP’s content from Africa, Asia and Middle East helps BBC News’ global operations, providing material for its language services.

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BBC Challenges - AFP solutions


 

BBC News needs to deliver accurate impartial news as fast as possible

BBC World and News Channel used AFP’s multiple lives on a daily basis.

Example: On April 18th, 2019, AFP provided multiple lives of the French cathedrals ringing bells to honour Notre-Dame. These were heavily used by BBC World and News Channel.

 

BBC News needs original content from all over the world

Through its AFPTV Newsrooms and AFPTV Live services, AFP provides the BBC with original content from all over the world. AFP’s content from Africa, Asia and Middle East helps BBC News’ global operations, providing material for its language services.

Example: BBC World and News Channel used AFP’s live images from Khartoum of crowds gathering following the coup in Sudan.

 

BBC News aims to provide daily coverage on multiple devices

BBC News uses AFP raw footage to provide broadcast and digital coverage on mobile, desktop and tablet formats.
Example: North Korea’s 70th Anniversary Parade.

  
 

 


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+800 Lives per month


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250 videos/day from breaking news to timeless feature pieces
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+65% AFP owned, restriction-free content

 
 


BBC News attracts a weekly global audience of 394 million people to its international news services including BBC World Service, BBC World News television channel and bbc.com/news. BBC World Service delivers news content around the world in English and 41 other language services, on radio, TV and digital, reaching a weekly audience of 319 million. BBC World Service English has a weekly global audience of 97 million.

 
 
 

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