Comunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis

Gaelic development body Comunn na Gàidhlig has joined calls for BBC Alba to be broadcasted on Freeview, the Stornoway Gazette reports.

Many hope that the channel will become available on Freeview, otherwise it will very difficult for the channel to meet the ambitious target of gaining 250,000 non-Gaelic-viewers on a weekly basis set by the BBC Trust. As mentioned in the previous post on the subject, there is demanding set of criteria in place that the channel must meet before it can reach this goal.