The BBC World Service today announced its biggest expansion since the 1940s, in a move designed to bring its programming to millions more people around the world, including in places where media freedom is under threat, the broadcaster said.
BBC said it will add 11 new languages including Ethiopian official language Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrinya spoken in Tigray and Eritrea.The other languages include Gujarati, Igbo, Korean, Marathi, Pidgin, Punjabi, Telugu, and Yoruba.
In Addition to BBC world Service, Ethiopians now have a choice of international programming from Voice of America and Deutsche Welle which both broadcast in Amharic.
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Ethiopians are increasingly turning to Satellite TV programs like the immensely popular ESAT TV with studios in Washington and Amsterdam. Under Ethiopia’s state of Emergency, you cannot watch the TV channels ESAT and OMN, which are both based outside the country. The government has described them as “belonging to terrorist organisations”. These broadcasters have become some of the major sources for people wanting to know more about the protests and crisis in the country. Read more here
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