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Gaelic broadcaster MG Alba secures extra funding

19 August 2014 (BBC)

Gaelic broadcaster MG Alba will receive an additional £1m in funding over the next two years.

MG Alba was set up to ensure that high-quality Gaelic television programmes are made available to viewers in Scotland.   It runs the digital television channel BBC Alba in partnership with BBC Scotland.

The channel which started in 2008 features news, documentaries, comedy and children's programmes.

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Related Links

Gaelic broadcasters given extra £1m (The Courier, 19 August 2014)

UK government pledges £1m to gaelic broadcasting (The Scotsman, 19 August 2014)

Danny Alexander: Gaelic TV, radio can thrive in UK (The Scotsman, 19 August 2014)

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