BFBS Television: What's New
BFBS TV launches Nepali TV channel
BFBS Television has added a 10th channel to its service, especially for Gurkha soldiers on operations in Afghanistan.
The 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles has just deployed for a 6-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, taking over Nahr-e Saraj (South) from the Coldstream Guards on 26th April. And, within 3 weeks of ... read more
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Watch TV in your own bedspace on Op Herrick
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If you’ve deployed on Op Herrick without the right kit you need to watch TV, help is now at hand.
Whether you need a ‘Freeview’ box to go with your telly; a DTT dongle so you can watch BFBS TV’s 9 channels on your laptop; or simply a bit of coax or an aerial, we can now supply t ... read more
BFBS Reports now 5 times a week with reporters permanently in Afghanistan
BFBS Reports will be on every week night from Monday 2nd November as the Forces’ news programme makes the leap from three shows a week to five. And there’ll be a lot more content from Operation Herrick as BFBS Reports now has two reporters permanently in theatre.
BFBS Reports will stay in the same time slot of 1830 CET on BFBS1, and will be repeated on BFBS2 at 2015 C ... read more
Building BFBS Radio at Bastion
Anyone based at Bastion will have noticed that a new landmark appeared on the skyline in September. BFBS built and shipped a radio studio in 2007, but had nowhere to put it. Two years on, BFBS finally got a site for its radio station this summer, and the first job was to get some comms up and running, which meant erecting a 4.5m VSAT dish, the biggest dish on camp.
BFBS e ... read more