Proposals for BBC World Service Expansion

Earlier this week the Director General of the BBC, Tony Hall, laid out his new vision for the corporation as a whole. His focus for the future of the BBC World Service suggests prioritising investment and expansion into new territories. The plans include a satellite television service for Russian speakers, a daily radio news programme for North Korea, more localised content for Arabic speakers and extended digital services for India and Nigeria. Listeners from around the world explain how these plans will affect them. Rajan also hears from individual listeners with experience of the broadcast output in Russia and Korea. In addition, professor Gary Rawnsley from Aberystwyth University in the UK puts these proposals into context with the BBC World Service’s international identity.

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