"1 Xtra, BBC7 (speech based), The Asian network?
Partly to help push digital along, and partly as a sop to the government, saying that we are fulfilling are public service remit, by catering for the black and asian communities.
Before we get a Folk station, they have got to cater for a Muslim network first (Don't think thats very likely in the circs)"

An interesting related piece of news. The BBC trust embarking on a "public value assessment" of a Gaelic language digital service.

BBC Press Release