[A-DX] Fw: [BDXC-UK] BBC Romanian langauge service to close

["Wolfgang Bueschel" <BueschelW@xxxxxx>]

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From: "Alan Pennington"
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:46 PM
Subject: [BDXC-UK] BBC Romanian langauge service to close


> from Media Network:
>
> BBC Romanian language service to close
> June 25th, 2008 - 15:56 UTC by Andy Sennitt
>
> BBC World Service is to close its Romanian language service. The news and
> current affairs service is proposing to cease broadcasting on 1 August 
> 2008
> after 68 years of broadcasting. BBC Romanian broadcasts for almost four
> hours a day on radio and also runs a complementary website. It is the last
> of the BBC's non-English language services specifically aimed at countries
> that are EU member states.
>
> The change follows a review of BBC World Service's language service
> portfolio after its overall funding levels, for the three-year funding
> period between 2008/09 and 2010/11, were agreed with the UK Government in
> October 2007. This will be BBC World Service's only language service 
> closure
> during this current funding period.
>
> The BBC says this decision, which has been endorsed by the BBC Trust and 
> the
> FCO, comes after consideration of audience need to continue broadcasts, 
> the
> changing media landscape in Romania and the declining impact of the 
> service.
> The changes are also made within the context of the very tight financial
> framework in which BBC World Service operates
>
> Full story at:
> http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/bbc-romanian-language-service-to-close
>
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