Far nach bi sluagh cha bhi cànan, agus far nach bi òigridh ga cleachdadh chan eil dòchas leantainneachd aig cànan sam bith. Ann an consairt fon ainm Guth na h-Òige aig Talla-Cluiche Eden Court air Dihaoine 18 Màrt 2011, dearbhaidh Comunn Gàidhlig Inbhir Nis cuid de mhisneachd coimhearsnachd Ghàidhlig na h-Alba ann an tèarainteachd an [...]
Fledgling Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba has pa a new milestone by reaching a high of 610,000 viewers. Gaining this many viewers is a large step in the right direction for the newly-formed channel. Head of BBC Alba Margaret Mary Murray went on record saying that this was “an excellent start”.
Metro has a mini-interview with the new Gaelic Ambassador of the Year, Julie Fowlis. While the interview is neither long nor particularly deep, it is still worth a read, if only as an opportunity to get to know the language’s new ambassador slightly better.
A leading Scottish historian has spoken out against the BBC’s landmark, ten-part series A History of Scotland, the Scotsman reports. Describing the series as “Anglo-centric”, broadcaster and historian Alastair Moffat went on to say: The BBC seems to have ignored 3,000 years. It’s a pity to let the Romans tell the story of Scotland; couldn’t the [...]
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 [...]
The launch of the new Gaelic Freeview channel BBC Alba — launched at 9pm on Friday 19th September 2008 — has created quite a bit of media coverage. The Sunday Herald’s Tom Shields has some very good things to say about the new channel, praising it for covering world events as well as revisiting past [...]