BBC Caribbean Service makes final broadcast (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

The BBC Caribbean Service is making its final broadcasts, ending seven decades of programming for the region.

The service is being shut as part of budget cuts announced by the BBC World Service in January.

BBC managers say they have had to make tough choices because of a 16% cut in UK government funding.

But one critic called it a short-sighted decision, showing the BBC did not understand the complexities of the region.

The Macedonian, Albanian, Serbian and Portuguese for Africa services have also been closed in a bid to to save $75m (£46m) a year.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12828798




Sad ... one of the world's great institutions being slowly dismantled because neocon fiscal irrationality wrecked the economy.

[madrchsod]

1. the last dieing gasp of an empire

[Armstead]

2. Yeah -- This is the CONservatives Wet Dream

As they slowly strangle the BBC, it makes more room for Rupert to extend his tentacles even further