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The BFBS Pro League Returns
The BFBS Pro League returns featuring Rocket League, F1 25, League of Legends, New Activations, and a Grand Final in London.
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BFBS’ MiPlayer Platform Turns Ten
BFBS today celebrates the tenth anniversary of its MiPlayer platform, the powerful service created to keep UK Armed Forces connected to home and entertainment, when they’re serving in the most remote and hostile environments.
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BFBS joins BBC and The Sportsman
BFBS will join the BBC and The Sportsman as an official broadcast partner for the Betfred Challenge Cup, bringing live coverage of first-round matches involving UK Armed Forces teams to service personnel worldwide.
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AI Skills For Military Partners
BFBS has officially launched its AI Skills For Military Partners programme, an innovative course designed to help military partners build practical digital skills, expand career opportunities, and strengthen employability in a fast-changing, tech-driven world.
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BFBS Sitrep Wins Award For Best News Coverage (Audio) at The AIBs 2025
BFBS is proud to announce that BFBS Sitrep has won Best News Coverage (Audio) at the 2025 Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) Awards. Sitrep secured the title against a highly competitive field that included BBC World Service, Bloomberg, and Times Radio.
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BFBS and APC Technology Sign Partnership to Support Defence and Mining Wellbeing Initiatives Across Australasia
BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) the UK-based media organisation and military charity supporting the UK armed forces community worldwide, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian company APC Technology Pty Ltd to deliver next-generation broadcast, media, and welfare technology solutions across the Defence and mining sectors throughout Australasia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
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British Forces Broadcasting Service Invites Partners to Build a Next Generation Digital Media Platform as Part of Five-Year Global Strategic Vision
BFBS is seeking strategic partners to help deliver trusted and secure media experiences to the UK's Armed Forces and their families. Using digital streaming and traditional broadcast platforms, this will enrich their lives by keeping them informed and entertained while meeting their evolving media needs.
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Inter Service Rugby Championship and BFBS continue positive and proactive partnership
At the start of the Under-23 Inter Service Rugby Championship this November, the tournament organisers and British Forces Broadcasting (BFBS) have confirmed an extension of the broadcast partnership which has proven so successful in recent years.
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CEO of BFBS to Give Keynote Speech at Scotland’s First International Conference on Armed Forces in Society
The Chief Executive of the British Forces Broadcasting Service, Ben Chapman, will be a keynote speaker at Identity, Purpose and Belonging: Scotland's inaugural international conference on Armed Forces in Society.
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BFBS Big Salute Opens 2024 Grant Applications, Offering Crucial Support to Forces Charities
BFBS is proud to announce the launch of the 2024 grant application process for the Big Salute. The annual initiative provides vital project-based funding to charities supporting forces related initiatives, empowering them to make a difference in the lives of those within the military community.
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BFBStival ‘On The Road’ Rocks Steadfast Defender
British troops on exercise in Poland enjoyed a night to remember when BFBS Live Events staged a festival show line up for them in early May. Thousands of personnel deployed to Northern Poland as part of the NATO exercise STEADFAST DEFENDER, the largest land-based exercise in a generation.
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BFBS is the Official Media Partner For Walking With The Wounded 2024
BFBS is proud to announce that it is the official media partner for this year's Walking with the Wounded event and will be entering a team from the organisation's Armed Forces Group.
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BFBS Radio Announces Exciting New UK Schedule
BFBS Radio, part of the military charity and media organisation BFBS, has announced a brand-new schedule for its national station, available across the UK on DAB+ digital radio.
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BFBS collaborates with BT to deliver broadcast content via the Cloud to UK armed forces serving abroad
Military charity and media organisation, the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) has chosen BT to future-proof delivery of its content for UK armed forces serving overseas and at sea.
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BFBS Academy Opens Applications for Fully Funded Production Managers Course
BFBS Academy is thrilled to announce that the application process is now open for its highly sought after Production Managers Course.
The fully-funded program – now running for the third consecutive year – is designed to support the transition of service leavers and veterans into one of the media industry's most in-demand roles.
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BFBS Radio Unveils a Sparkling Line-up for the Festive Season
BFBS Radio, part of the military charity and media organisation BFBS, is delighted to announce an extraordinary line-up of festive shows for Christmas.
From heart-warming messages, to entertaining music specials, the programmes are designed to bring joy, connection, and the holiday spirit to military personnel and their families wherever they are in the world.
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BFBS Confirms Defence Welfare Use Case for its MiPlayer over LiFi
BFBS Media Innovation has been testing its welfare media and communications platform, MiPlayer, with Consolite’s military LiFi technology.
Consolite develops and delivers specialised military lighting and optical communication systems, while BFBS MiPlayer provides video, audio, and digital print content via IP networks.
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The British Forces Broadcasting Service: Morale-building media wherever the military go
From September 12-15, BFBS invites attendees of DSEI to learn more about the pioneering military charity and media organisation.
The BFBS Media Innovation team will demonstrate the latest solutions for delivering live and on demand TV, radio and digital newspapers and magazines to UK forces wherever they are based – including live and on demand broadcasting at sea and on demand on submarines – and explain how the same technology can be used by UK partners.
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BFBS Big Salute Open for 2023 Grant Applications
2 August 2023
Forces charities can now apply for project-based grants from BFBS’s annual Big Salute campaign.
Each year BFBS invites charities to apply for grants of up to £10k to support specific projects for the serving military, families, or veterans, with every penny raised going to the beneficiary projects.
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BFBS Supporting Armed Forces Day
22 June 2023
Forces News will be at the national event in Falmouth, with coverage of the parade and flypast on Forces.net, YouTube, Facebook, and across social media @ForcesNews, bringing the colour of the day to audiences across the UK and around the forces world.
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BFBS Announces Partnership with OneWeb
23 May 2023
BFBS has announced a development partnership with Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite company, OneWeb. Thanks to the latest technology, the new BFBS MiPlayer Edge and OneWeb’s global constellation network will work together to deliver enhanced media services to the UK Armed Forces, even in the most remote and austere locations.