WBC World Service, is a Webchesterian international broadcaster owned by the Webchesterian Broadcasting Corporation which broadcasts radio and television news, speech and discussions in more than 60 languages to many parts of the world on analogue and digital shortwave platforms, Internet streaming, podcasting, satellite, DAB, FM and MW relays. WBC World Service is funded by the Webchester's television licence fee and limited advertising. WBC World Service English maintains a general feed as well as four different regional feeds with several program variations, covering, respectively, Xenopolia, Elitopia, Kanbordee Republic and Webchester. There are also two separate online-only streams with one being more news-oriented, known as News Internet. The service broadcasts 24 hours a day. Besides English, WBC World Service currently broadcasts in Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Bulgarian, Burmese, Croatian, Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Czech, Dari, Danish, Dutch, Elitish, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek and Vietnamese. WBC World Service encompasses seven 24-hour global radio networks in English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Persian and separate services in other languages. News and information is available in these languages on the WBC World Service website, with many having RSS feeds and specific versions for use on mobile devices, and some also offer email notification of stories. In addition to the English service, each of the language services broadcast a radio service using the short wave, AM or FM bands. These are also available to listen live or can be listened to later (usually for seven days) over the Internet and, in the case of some language services, can be downloaded as podcasts. In recent years, video content has also been used by WBC World Service: 16 language services show video reports on the website, and the English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Persian services have their own television channels. WBC World Service aims to be "the world's best-known and most-respected voice in international broadcasting, thereby bringing benefit to the UK, the WBC, and to audiences around the world", while retaining a "balanced Webchesterian view" of international developments. The WBC World Service's central newsroom has hundreds of journalists and dozens of full-time domestic and overseas correspondents. They are augmented by hundreds of contract correspondents and stringers throughout the world, who file in English or in one of WBC World Service's other radio and television broadcast languages. At present, seven 24-hour global radio networks offer a schedule consisting mainly of news and background programmes with some other cultural programmes also featuring. The core feature of much WBC World Service scheduling is the news. A six-minute bulletin is transmitted at the top of the hour, with a three-minute summary at half past the hour. Sometimes these bulletins are separated from the programmes being transmitted, whilst at other times they are integral to the programme. On weekdays, an hour of the schedule is given over to Have Your Say which encourages listeners to participate in discussing current events via text message, phone calls, emails and blog postings. === WBC World Service Television is a Webchesterian state-owned international news television network based in Webchesterfield. Its channels broadcast in English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Persian and are aimed at the overseas market. WBC World Service Television is run by the Webchesterian Broadcasting Corporation and funded from the Webchesterian television licence fee. The service started on October 14th 1991. It is aimed at a worldwide market and is generally broadcast by pay television providers around the world, but additionally, in 2010, WBC World Service Television began broadcasting online through its own iPhone and Android apps. It is a provider of live streaming world news which can be viewed via its website, YouTube, and various mobile devices and digital media players. Around the clock, WBC World Service Television provides viewers with breaking news, stories on politics, business, and public affairs. Millions of viewers switch on to WBC World Service Television to learn what other media are not likely to have, especially news from Webchester and around the world. Each hour of programming consists of a bulletin of news at the top of each hour and news headlines every 15 minutes. The wheel includes blocks of international news, business news, sports news, cultural news every hour. There is also Webchester news, documentaries and interview-shows with leading public figures, experts and major politicians. The main broadcasting segments and slots are: - "News" from Webchester and abroad - on the hour, every hour - News headlines - every 15 minutes - Sport - Five minute round-up of international sports news every hour at 22 past - Business - Four minute round-up of international business news weekdays every two hours at 33 past. - Press Review - Three minute review of Webchesterian and international newspapers during news bulletins from 5am WBT to 10am WBT and at 10:36pm WBT. - Entertainment Today - Five minute round-up of arts and entertainment news every two hours at 39 past - In Focus - 10 minute round-up of stories from Webchester every 2 hours at 46 past - At Issue - half-hour interview-based programme broadcasted every weekday after the headlines at 7:30pm WBT - Weather - every 30 minutes at 28 and 58 past