This article is about the BBC's Gaelic-language television channel. For general Gaelic-language services from BBC Scotland, see BBC Gàidhlig.
Television channel
BBC Alba
Logo used since 2021
Country
United Kingdom
Broadcast area
Scotland[a]
Headquarters
Pacific Quay (Glasgow) and Stornoway
Programming
Language(s)
Scottish Gaelic[b]
Picture format
1080i HDTV[c] (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner
BBC and MG Alba
Sister channels
BBC One (in Scotland) BBC Two BBC Three BBC Four BBC News BBC Parliament CBBC CBeebies BBC Scotland
History
Launched
19 September 2008; 15 years ago (2008-09-19)
Links
Website
Official website
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview (Scotland only)
Channel 7 (SD)
Streaming media
BBC iPlayer
Watch live (UK only)
TVPlayer
Watch live (UK only)
BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba. The channel was launched on 19 September 2008 and is on-air for up to seven hours a day. The name Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. The station is unique in that it is the first channel to be delivered under a BBC licence by a partnership and was also the first multi-genre channel to come entirely from Scotland with almost all of its programmes made in Scotland.[1][2][3]
As of 2012,[update] BBC Alba had an average viewership of 637,000 adults over the age of 16 in Scotland each week.[4]
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^"Gaelic digital TV channel debated". BBC Online. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
^"Commissioning - BBC Alba". BBC. 12 October 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
^"Launch date for Gaelic TV channel". BBC News. 13 August 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
^"Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2012/13" (PDF). Stornoway: MG Alba. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2014.
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