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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.