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| BBC global audience hits new high | BBC global audience hits new high |
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| Record numbers of people are watching, listening to and clicking on BBC News around the world, according to independent research. | Record numbers of people are watching, listening to and clicking on BBC News around the world, according to independent research. |
| Television, radio and online news have a combined weekly audience of 233m - up from 210m last year. | Television, radio and online news have a combined weekly audience of 233m - up from 210m last year. |
| The survey, across 100 countries, found that 20m more are listening to the BBC World Service each week, with the biggest growth in Bangladesh. | The survey, across 100 countries, found that 20m more are listening to the BBC World Service each week, with the biggest growth in Bangladesh. |
| The BBC's international news website, BBCNews.com, had 12m users a week. | |
| Globally, 183m people listen to the World Service every week, but in China the audience has shrunk by 3m since last year. | Globally, 183m people listen to the World Service every week, but in China the audience has shrunk by 3m since last year. |
| BBC World, the corporation's commercially-funded TV news channel, had 76m viewers a week - an increase of 10m compared with 2006. | BBC World, the corporation's commercially-funded TV news channel, had 76m viewers a week - an increase of 10m compared with 2006. |
| The BBC's media correspondent, Torin Douglas, said the BBC had increased its audience despite greater competition from new channels like Al Jazeera. | The BBC's media correspondent, Torin Douglas, said the BBC had increased its audience despite greater competition from new channels like Al Jazeera. |
| The figures were compiled by independent market research groups. | The figures were compiled by independent market research groups. |