| MUMBAI:
On Thursday 18 March 2010, the BBC’s international news services will broadcast
SuperPower Nation, an experimental interactive event that will provide a six-hour
snapshot of a global conversation as it unfolds – on radio, TV and online.
The
event will take place with a live audience at Shoreditch Town Hall, London from
13:00 to 19:00 GMT, and will invite people from around the globe to interact with
one another and join in the global discussion, enabling people to communicate
with one another, regardless of languages they speak. The
event will be filmed and recorded for the BBC’s international news services,
and audiences across the world will be able to listen in, watch and read the discussion
online, in real time. The live audience will also be actively blogging, tweeting
and aggregating throughout the event. A
live message board will translate online comments into Arabic, Chinese, English,
Indonesian, Persian, Portuguese and Spanish. Audience
members from across the world can join the conversation via bbc.com/superpower.
People can also follow the conversation on Twitter (@BBC_SPnation), Facebook (BBCSuperpowerseason),
the season blog (bbc.co.uk/blogs/superpower) and on Flickr (flickr.com/photos/47661717@N07) The
BBC’s international news services will be broadcasting live from SuperPower
Nation: BBC
Arabic TV will broadcast 10-minute live reports, presented by Samir Farah and
Liliane Daoud, at 45 minutes past every hour, from 14:45 to 18:45 GMT on Thursday
18 March. BBC Arabic radio will also broadcast from the event at 16:45 and 17:45
GMT. BBC
Persian TV will broadcast regular live reports from the event throughout the afternoon,
and Pooneh Ghooddoosi will present a special hour-long programme live from SuperPower
Nation at 15:35 GMT. BBC
World News will be reporting live from the event at 20 minutes past every hour
from 17:50 to 22:50 IST on Thursday 18 March. Ros Atkins will also present a special
half-hour live SuperPower Nation programme at 21:00 IST. BBC
World Service will broadcast its flagship global discussion programme, World Have
Your Say, presented by Ros Atkins, live from Shoreditch Town Hall at 18:00 to
19:00 GMT*. Other
services taking part in the event include BBC Brasil (bbcbrasil.com), BBC Chinese
(bbcchinese.com) and BBC Mundo (bbcmundo.com). | 
