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| Celtic Radio Community > Scottish Gaelic > New TV Channel On SKY (UK) BBC ALBA |
| Posted by: Teriodin 21-Aug-2008, 02:14 AM |
| I was flicking through my SKY+ listings last night and came across a new channel number listed as BBC ALBA. Upon selecting it the information was that it would begin transmission on the 19th September 2008. It's currently SKY Channel 169 and carries BBC Radio Scotland gaelic programs during the day. The screen listing calls it "ALBA An Diugh" Just a heads up for anyone who can get UK SKY TV  |
| Posted by: bradan 22-Aug-2008, 06:11 PM | ||
Which actually is not a lot of Gaels in outlying areas, Highlands and Islands - and um, where do Gaels live...? I wish this was coming on Freeview, as it's going to make a difference, commercially, how many people use it initially, if it is to continue and expand. I'm also very curious about what sort of programming it will have. It needs 'hooks', like popular music and soaps etc. So far, from what I've heard, it seems as if it's going more for 'heritage', which is a limited appeal, and will not pull in the viewers. It needs total rubbish on it, like on normal TV - Big Brother, celeb interviews, crime series, cookery, gardens, house makeovers etc, as well as (definitely) the odd Free Church Service and a lot of Blas, Fčisean, the Mod etc; so that Gaelic is seen as 'normal', not 'a specialist, intellectual, endangered language'. |
| Posted by: Teriodin 23-Aug-2008, 03:21 PM | ||||
| Maybe they heard you? http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/21611/bbc-alba-looking-to-train-gaelic-speaking
Another source says:
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article4547212.ece |
| Posted by: GunChleoc 02-Oct-2008, 02:07 AM |
| You can catch the evening news on the net: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/player/bb_rm_ms_44534818 I don't know if it's available outside of the UK though. And an article in The Herald about the new channel http://www.sundayherald.com/oped/opinion/display.var.2453793.0.0.php |
| Posted by: GunChleoc 10-Oct-2008, 02:40 AM |
| Gheibhear na naidheachdan air loidhne a-nis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/player/nb_rm_ms_44534818?redirect=ms_44534818&lang=en&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbwm=1&bbram=1&ms3=0&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2 |
| Posted by: Sėmeag 13-Nov-2008, 04:47 PM |
| http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/view_petition.asp?PetitionID=289 'Petition by John Macleod calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government, given its responsibilities to promote and support Gaelic culture, to make representations to the BBC Trust to ensure that BBC Alba is made available on Freeview now rather than wait for a review planned by 2010. ' |