Alba to be on Freeview?

"The BBC is preparing to spend millions more on BBC Alba, the controversial
Gaellic television station, as it seeks to boost viewing figures."
"Alba, which has lost one third of its viewers since it was launched a year
ago, could be made available on Freeview next year."

"Currently available only on cable and satellite, the channel costs three
times more per viewer than other comparable BBC offerings including BBC 3."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6440138/BBC-is-preparing-to-spend-millions-more-on-BBC-Alba.html

On 26 Oct, 20:07, "Ivan" wrote:
"The BBC is preparing to spend millions more on BBC Alba, the controversial
Gaellic television station, as it seeks to boost viewing figures."
"Alba, which has lost one third of its viewers since it was launched a year
ago, could be made available on Freeview next year."

"Currently available only on cable and satellite, the channel costs three
times more per viewer than other comparable BBC offerings including BBC 3."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6440138/BBC-is-preparin...

"The Corporation is planning to divert around four million pounds to
Alba from its radio stations to fund the move. BBC Radio 1,2,3,4 and
Radio Scotland will no longer need the cash as they will be dropped
from the Freeview service in the evenings to make way for the
channel."

Not south of the board, I hope!

Cheers,
David.

wrote:
On 26 Oct, 20:07, "Ivan" wrote:
"The BBC is preparing to spend millions more on BBC Alba, the controversial
Gaellic television station, as it seeks to boost viewing figures."
"Alba, which has lost one third of its viewers since it was launched a year
ago, could be made available on Freeview next year."

"Currently available only on cable and satellite, the channel costs three
times more per viewer than other comparable BBC offerings including BBC 3."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6440138/BBC-is-preparin...

"The Corporation is planning to divert around four million pounds to
Alba from its radio stations to fund the move. BBC Radio 1,2,3,4 and
Radio Scotland will no longer need the cash as they will be dropped
from the Freeview service in the evenings to make way for the
channel."

Not south of the board, I hope!

Nor north of the border either. I would much rather have the radio
stations than BBC alba to be honest. And we live in Scotland. Not all of
us are raving Scots people...

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People like you are the reason people like me have to take medication.

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"John Wright" ""john\"@no spam here.com" wrote in message
news : wrote:
snip
:
: "The Corporation is planning to divert around four million
pounds to
: Alba from its radio stations to fund the move. BBC Radio
1,2,3,4 and
: Radio Scotland will no longer need the cash as they will be
dropped
: from the Freeview service in the evenings to make way for the
: channel."
:
: Not south of the board, I hope!
:
: Nor north of the border either. I would much rather have the
radio
: stations than BBC alba to be honest. And we live in Scotland.
Not all of
: us are raving Scots people...
:

Err, you can't receive those radio stations via either DAB,
analogue (FM/MW/LW) or DVB-S?

You might not be a raving Scot but it *is* your Culture, and if
you're not Scottish by birth then you hardly have the right to an
opinion.

Jerry wrote:
"John Wright" ""john\"@no spam here.com" wrote in message


You might not be a raving Scot but it *is* your Culture, and if
you're not Scottish by birth then you hardly have the right to an
opinion.

Would this also go the other way - are 'native born' Scots also denied
an opinion on 'English matters'?

Do tell.

Guy

On Oct 27, 8:54*am, "Jerry"
wrote:
"John Wright" ""john\"@no spam here.com" wrote in messagenews[email protected] .net...: wrote:

snip
:
: "The Corporation is planning to divert around four million
pounds to
: Alba from its radio stations to fund the move. BBC Radio
1,2,3,4 and
: Radio Scotland will no longer need the cash as they will be
dropped
: from the Freeview service in the evenings to make way for the
: channel."
:
: Not south of the board, I hope!
:
: Nor north of the border either. I would much rather have the
radio
: stations than BBC alba to be honest. And we live in Scotland.
Not all of
: us are raving Scots people...
:

Err, you can't receive those radio stations via either DAB,
analogue (FM/MW/LW) or DVB-S?

Some people may be using freeview for their radio, so that would mean
buying DAB, DVB-S, or indeed an FM tuner/receiver.

You might not be a raving Scot but it *is* your Culture, and if
you're not Scottish by birth then you hardly have the right to an
opinion.

Yet we all have the right to an opinion if we think a huge amount of
money is being spent on a small amount of potential viewers, as we all
pay for out license fee. Don't dictate to other's what is or isn't
their culture. it just doesn't work.

Bigguy wrote:
Jerry wrote:
"John Wright" ""john\"@no spam here.com" wrote in message


You might not be a raving Scot but it *is* your Culture, and if you're
not Scottish by birth then you hardly have the right to an opinion.

Would this also go the other way - are 'native born' Scots also denied
an opinion on 'English matters'?



I guess this also precludes 'native born' Scots from poking their noses
into English affairs.

Someone must have forgotten to tell Gordon Brown. ;-)


G

How can you lose 1 third of your views from launch till now, surely at
launch nobody is viewing it, so how can they tell?

I still feel that they need to stop having so many chanels and redistribute
the stuff they have in a more sensible fashion to cater for the viewers
that they have. They never really ask people the right questions.

Brian

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"Ivan" wrote in message
...

"The BBC is preparing to spend millions more on BBC Alba, the
controversial Gaellic television station, as it seeks to boost viewing
figures."
"Alba, which has lost one third of its viewers since it was launched a
year ago, could be made available on Freeview next year."

"Currently available only on cable and satellite, the channel costs three
times more per viewer than other comparable BBC offerings including BBC
3."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6440138/BBC-is-preparing-to-spend-millions-more-on-BBC-Alba.html

On Oct 27, 9:14*am, Bigguy wrote:
Bigguy wrote:
Jerry wrote:
"John Wright" ""john\"@no spam here.com" wrote in message

You might not be a raving Scot but it *is* your Culture, and if you're
not Scottish by birth then you hardly have the right to an opinion.

Would this also go the other way - are 'native born' Scots also denied
an opinion on 'English matters'?

I guess this also precludes 'native born' Scots from poking their noses
into English affairs.

Someone must have forgotten to tell Gordon Brown. * * * * *;-)

And Alistair Darling, oh and thanks to Fred Goodwin too.

....snip...

They never really ask people the right questions.

If you define the right question as the one which gets you the answer you
want, then I suspect they are very good at asking the right question -
smiley.

Paul DS.