View source for MG Alba

{{Short description|Scottish statutory organization}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Refimprove|date=April 2010}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = MG ALBA
| native_name              = Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig
| native_name_lang         = gd
| image                    =
| image_size               =
| alt                      =
| caption                  =
| formation                = {{start date|2003}}
| type                     = Statutory organisation
| status                   =
| purpose                  = To secure that a wide and diverse range
of high quality programmes in Gaelic are broadcast or otherwise transmitted so as to be available to persons in Scotland.
| headquarters             = [[Stornoway]], [[Isle of Lewis]], [[Scotland]]
| location                 =
| region                   = Scotland
| services                 = BBC ALBA (in partnership with the BBC), LearnGaelic, SpeakGaelic, FilmG
| products                 =
| language                 = Scottish Gaelic
| leader_title             = Chairperson
| leader_name              = John Morrisson
| key_people               = Donald Campbell (Chief Executive)
| budget                   =
| revenue                  = £11.6 million (2015)<ref name="Herald 2015">{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13413889.gaelic-broadcaster-turns-its-ambitions-to-foreign-screens/ |title=Gaelic broadcaster turns its ambitions to foreign screens |first=Phil |last=Miller |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |date=22 June 2015 |accessdate=21 August 2019}}</ref>
| website                  = {{Official URL}}
}}
'''Gaelic Media Service''' ({{langx|gd|Seirbheis nam Meadhanan Gàidhlig}}), operating as '''MG ALBA''', is a Scottish [[Statutory body|statutory organisation]] created as a result of the [[Communications Act 2003]], which gave it a remit to "secure that a wide and diverse range of high quality programmes in Gaelic are broadcast or otherwise transmitted so as to be available to persons in Scotland".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/part/3/chapter/1/crossheading/the-gaelic-media-service |title=Communications Act 2003 |publisher=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] }}</ref> To accomplish this, the organisation's founding mandate includes provisions to fund Gaelic programme production and development, provide Gaelic broadcasting training, and conduct audience research, with later amendments conferring the authority to schedule and commission programmes and seek a broadcast licence.
From its offices in [[Stornoway]] and [[Glasgow]] the organisation produces Gaelic-language programmes for broadcast on platforms including [[BBC Alba|BBC ALBA]], a Gaelic-language [[free-to-air]] public broadcast television channel it has operated in partnership with the [[BBC]] since 19 September 2008. The organisation's talent development initiatives include FilmG,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmg.co.uk/en/ |title=Home |publisher=FilmG }}</ref> a Gaelic short film competition whose winners are given opportunity to develop their programme ideas to broadcast standard.
The value of programmes broadcast by MG Alba from 2014 to 2015 was £11.5 million.<ref name="Herald 2015"/>
==See also==
* [[BBC Alba]]
* [[STV (TV channel)]]
* [[BBC Scotland]]
* {{Interlanguage link|FilmG|gd}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
* [http://filmg.co.uk/en/ FilmG]
{{scotland-org-stub}}
{{Scotland-tv-stub}}
[[Category:Television in Scotland]]
[[Category:Scottish Gaelic mass media]]
[[Category:2003 establishments in Scotland]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2003]]
[[Category:BBC Scotland]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2003]]