The BBC Minute is a one-minute news bulletin produced by the BBC every half hour for radio stations around the world. It provides concise updates on major world stories, sports, technology, entertainment and lifestyle in an engaging format designed to be shareable on social media. Radio stations can integrate the BBC Minute into their regular programming to give their young, connected audiences essential global news and information.

1. The world’s number one update for young listeners

2. Talkable stories for today’s connected young.
Always sounds fresh with a new bulletin every half hour.
Just one minute long yet packed with wow!
Made by a diverse team of young BBC personalities.
Fits the highly-produced sound of today’s music radio.
100% fact-checked by the world’s most trusted broadcaster.
BBC MINUTE

3. The global young
Source: Cake / Ade Adeluwoye
Today’s young listeners are
far more worldly than their parents.

4. Your world in sixty seconds
● A distinctive global agenda of talkable, shareable stories.
● Includes sport, tech, entertainment and lifestyle.
● Covers major breaking world stories so you can focus on your area.
● Fits the sound of today’s highly-produced radio formats.
● A fresh bulletin every half hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
● Low burn: 40% new stories between adjacent editions.

5. How it works on air
● Run BBC Minute once or twice per hour.
● We publish at :27 and :57 past every hour.
● Playout up to 15 minutes after origination.
● Works anywhere in your clock: in music sweeps or around ads.
● IP delivery to ingest and playout automagically.

6. Talkable, shareable, likeable

7. Themed minutes
Full access to our
short features library.
● Explainers on today’s big issues.
● Practical life hacks for the ambitious young.
● Topic triggers for your on air personalities.
● Mini-series to strip across the week.
● Hundreds of features.
● New items added every week.
PLUS

8. Web and mobile widget
 Instantly plays the latest BBC Minute.
 Keeps listeners coming back to your site.
 Works on desktop and mobile sites.
 Extremely lightweight code base.
 Developed in Africa.
You also get the BBC Minute widget
for your website.
PLUS

9. Heard in great places like…

10. Partnership with the BBC
 Popular premium content informed by deep audience insights.
 Associate with the world’s most trusted news broadcaster.
 Access to BBC training and development schemes.
 A first look at new BBC products including digital content.
 Collaboration with our programme teams.

11. Licensing terms
 Twelve month licence agreement.
 Fixed fee.
 Quarterly payment terms.
 Local currency pricing available in certain territories.
 Option to renew for a second year with no price increase.
E&OE. Subject to contract.

12. Licensing terms
 Twelve month licence agreement.
 Fixed fee.
 Quarterly payment terms.
 Local currency pricing available in certain territories.
 Option to renew for a second year with no price increase.
E&OE. Subject to contract.

13. Meet your BBC representative
Steve Martin
+44 30 30 80 10 11
steve.martin@bbc.co.uk