02-10-2022, 08:56 PM
This is my area of work. Colleagues - editorial and technical - are devestated and angry.
The interesting thing for me (and what it maybe says about global media/news consumption, global economies, and society) is how different regions of the world are being treated.
BBC Arabic Radio is closing, leaving only a TV and Online service.
Meanwhile, BBC Somali TV is closing, leaving only Radio and Online.
A less talked about aspect is those services which are remaining open but not in London - including Swahili TV which moves to be produced and presented from London. However its sister programme, English-language Focus On Africa, will have journalists producing stories in Kenya/Tanzania and the diaspora, but still being technically made by crew in London (unsure whether the presenter will be in Nairobi or London).
The interesting thing for me (and what it maybe says about global media/news consumption, global economies, and society) is how different regions of the world are being treated.
BBC Arabic Radio is closing, leaving only a TV and Online service.
Meanwhile, BBC Somali TV is closing, leaving only Radio and Online.
A less talked about aspect is those services which are remaining open but not in London - including Swahili TV which moves to be produced and presented from London. However its sister programme, English-language Focus On Africa, will have journalists producing stories in Kenya/Tanzania and the diaspora, but still being technically made by crew in London (unsure whether the presenter will be in Nairobi or London).