{"id":6277,"date":"2013-04-19T17:06:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T21:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6277"},"modified":"2013-04-19T17:06:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T21:06:41","slug":"mp-criticism-over-bbc-world-services-uncertain-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/mp-criticism-over-bbc-world-services-uncertain-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"MP criticism over BBC World Service’s uncertain budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BBC-WorldService\"<\/a>(Source: BBC News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Uncertainty about the BBC World Service budget as the corporation prepares to take on full funding of the service is “unacceptable”, MPs have warned.<\/p>\n

Foreign Office funding for the service will stop in April 2014 when it will be paid for out of the licence fee.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Affairs Committee said the World Service could not “plan properly” because the BBC had yet to issue an operating licence to define its budget.<\/p>\n

[…]A World Service spokesman said the change in funding next April, when it will be integrated with the BBC’s domestic news services, “provides certainty and stability”.<\/p>\n

But the committee of MPs said it did not see how the World Service could prepare when it would not know “either the priorities, targets or characteristics which have been set for it, or its budget” until a few months before the change came into force.<\/p>\n

[…]The committee also warned that, while it was logical to withdraw shortwave radio in dwindling markets where audiences had access to the internet and TV, such services still had a place.<\/p>\n

“The World Service must continue to take into account significant audiences in certain parts of the world, such as rural India and Africa, who currently rely on shortwave radio,” it added.<\/p>\n

The committee’s report, which also covers the work of the Foreign Office and the British Council, also\u00a0warns that the UK risks losing credibility if more senior diplomats are not fluent in a range of languages<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article at:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-22208426<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks for the tip, Andy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: BBC News) Uncertainty about the BBC World Service budget as the corporation prepares to take on full funding of the service is “unacceptable”, MPs have warned. Foreign Office funding for the service will stop in April 2014 when it will be paid for out of the licence fee. 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