[Swprograms] BBC World Service 2010

[Mike Barraclough <softbulletin1@xxxxxxxxx>]

BBC World Service is to launch a television service in
the Arabic language for the Middle East as part of a
wide-ranging restructure of the international
broadcaster, it was announced today.

In a speech given to staff this morning, BBC World
Service Director Nigel Chapman outlined plans to
launch the publicly funded international television
service in Arabic, as well as increasing investment in
new media and funding more FM radio distribution
globally.

As part of the reprioritisation, the World Service has
announced it will close 10 language services: BBC
broadcasts in Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Greek,
Hungarian, Kazakh, Polish, Slovak, Slovene and Thai
languages will cease by March 2006.

The services closing cover either European countries
that are current EU members or are actively in
discussions about membership; or services with little
local impact.

All the countries will continue to be served by other
BBC Global News division services such as BBC World
Service radio in English, BBC World television, and
BBC News Online.

The changes follow a root and branch strategic review
of BBC World Service.
(BBC WorldService.com)

Speech in full
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/2010/docs/051025_fullspeech.pdf
BBC World Service 2010 Questions and Answers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/faq/news/story/2005/10/051024_2010faq1.shtml
BBC News report with union reaction
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4374130.stm

Mike


		
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