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BBC EXTERNAL SERVICES PRESCRIPTION COMMITTEE

AGENDA FOR THE MEETING ON 25 FEBRUARY

DSR 110

Annex A

(i)

1. Points arising from conclusions of last meeting:

Outcome of changes to prescription proposed at

the last meeting (increase in the Mandarin

service and proposal for a new Korean service);

Improved audibility in South Africa;

(ii)

(iii) Map of World Service audibility worldwide.

2. Report on detailed reviews of individual services

carried out since the last meeting: Central European,

English by Radio and Television and African services.

3.

Possible changes to the Prescription, in the light

of Top Management Resource Allocation exercise

(i) Proposals for new services:

Korean

Caribbean (BBC to FAC on Cultural Diplomacy)

Sinhala (BBC to FAC on Cultural Diplomacy)

(ii) Proposals for increases:

Russian at dawn (BBC to FAC on UK-Soviet

relations and Cultural Diplomacy)

Arabic (BBC to FAC on Cultural Diplomacy)

Spanish for Latin America (BBC to FAC on

Cultural Diplomacy)

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