Thailand's crown princess visits BBC World Service
Category: World
Service
Date: 15.09.2004
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Interactivity
on BBC Television and BBC World Service's websites were showcased to
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Crown Princess of
Thailand, during her visit to BBC World Service (WS) on Tuesday 14 September.
HRH Princess Sirindhorn, who is interested in the use
of new technologies to promote education, met with the teams of the
BBC Interactive TV and BBC World Service New Media at Bush House in
central London.
The BBC teams demonstrated the use of interactive television,
and key elements of the BBC World Service Global Conversation, including
online debates and webcasts, across all language services.
Director of BBC World Service Nigel Chapman, who hosted
HRH Princess Sirindhorn, said: "I am delighted with HRH Princess
Sirindhorn's interest in the BBC's interactive operations.
"We are constantly investing in developing interactivity
across our services to promote dialogue and engagement across nations
and to be a global forum for exchange of opinion."
The BBC took the opportunity of HRH Princess Sirindhorn's
visit to officially launch the website of BBC Thai service bbcthai.com
in a new format highlighting the access, in audio and text, to key news
stories and programmes, daily press reviews, features and series as
well as original pictures and illustrations to the Thai story of the
day.
Head of BBC Thai service, Somchai Suwanban, was delighted
the official launch of the service's revamped website was timed to coincide
with HRH Princess Sorindhorn's visit.
He said: "Since the soft
launch last week of the bbcthai.com page impressions to the site have
more than doubled and we have been receiving very positive feedback
from Thai speakers across the world."
Notes to Editors
BBC World Service broadcasts programmes around the world
in 43 languages and is available on radio and online.
It has a global audience of 146 million listeners.
BBC World Service is available globally on short wave;
on FM in more than 139 capital cities; and selected programmes are carried
on around 2,000 FM and MW radio stations around the world.
The BBC World Service websites receive around 280 million
page impressions every month.
