The BBC World Service is developing a global version of Radio 1's teenage news bulletin Newsbeat as part of an £8m attempt to gain a younger overseas audience.
Peter Horrocks, the BBC's director of global news, will tell staff on Tuesday that radio will remain the bedrock of the World Service, which sits alongside the BBC's World News television channel and BBC News online.
But Horrocks will outline a range of new investments, including an African edition of the BBC News website and video news bulletins for Burma. World Service strands such as Witness will be turned into multilingual video brands and its programmes will be made available internationally on iPlayer.
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