“Honeymooning SWLs?” That would likely bring a quick end to THAT marriage… lol!
John Figliozzi > On Dec 20, 2016, at 12:14 AM, Ed Cummings <[email protected]> wrote: > > BBC World is reporting that the BBC Monitoring Service country estate of > Caversham Park may be up for sale if these proposed UK service cuts go > through. I wonder if they'd sell it "as-is"--complete with monitoring post > equipment and antenna farm? It could be rented out to DX'ers and to > honeymooning SWL's. > > -Ed Cummings > > > http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-38372067 > > BBC Monitoring: MPs raise fears over service's future > > BBC Monitoring, the UK service that translates and analyses global media, is > in danger of becoming a "hollow shell", MPs have warned. > > The government has moved responsibility for its funding to the BBC, which the > Defence Committee said had "entirely predictably" led to cuts. > > It added that BBC Monitoring was "vital" to diplomacy and business. > > The BBC said it was "confident" the service would continue to meet the UK > government's needs. > > The government directly funded BBC Monitoring until 2013, when responsibility > passed to the BBC under an agreement announced by Chancellor George Osborne > in 2010. > > The cross-party committee said this had left the service exposed, with around > 100 jobs set to go under a re-structuring programme. > > It expressed concern at plans to move Monitoring out of its current Caversham > Park headquarters in Berkshire, where it operates alongside US counterpart > Open Source Enterprise, because of potential disruption to > information-sharing. > > 'Catastrophic decisions' > > Currently, Monitoring covers 25% of the globe, while Open Source Enterprise > covers the remaining 75%. > > The committee's report said: "The government uses open-source information for > indicators and warnings of areas of instability and potential threats to UK > security. > > "The decisions made concerning the funding and governance of BBC Monitoring > over the past decade or so have been woefully short-sighted and > catastrophically ill-thought-out. > > "A service that has the potential to be a vital tool in opening the world to > UK diplomacy and business is in grave danger of becoming a hollow shell of > its former existence." > > A BBC spokeswoman said: "The media landscape has changed vastly since the > creation of BBC Monitoring in the 1930s and we believe our planned > restructure is vital to equip us for a world in which digital skills are far > more important than physical location. > > "We are confident that we will continue to meet the UK government's needs for > open-source monitoring and they have told us they are happy with our changes." > > What is BBC Monitoring? > > BBC Monitoring was set up in 1939 to tap into foreign broadcasts and > propaganda during World War Two > The service was independent from the BBC, and paid for by the Ministry of > Defence, the Foreign Office and the BBC World Service > Since its inception, it has provided coverage of the Cold War, the Yugoslav > War and most recently, the Arab Spring > The service translates communications in 100 languages from 150 countries, > with offices across the globe > In 2013 the service began being paid for by the licence fee > Since 1943, Caversham Park in Berkshire has been the home of BBC Monitoring > but after a £4m funding cut, the remaining journalists, academics and > translators are to leave the country estate for offices in London > _______________________________________________ > Swlfest mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown > above. > > For more information on the Fest, visit: > > http://www.swlfest.com > http://swlfest.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
