A dispute - of interest to Argyll’s Gaelic community - between Scottish and UK Government Ministers shows no sign of going away. Former Hoyrood Minister for Enterprise, Lifelong Learning and Gaelic, Alasdair Morrison, the former Labour MSP for the Western Isles who lost his seat in the last Holyrood election, was appointed as Chair of [...]
The new Gaelic Digital Media Service, MG Alba, is due to start broadcasting in September. Alongside this is the establishment of a Viewers’ Panel. Members will have the job of rating and offering opinions on broadcast programmes. If you’re over sixteen years old, resident in Scotland, have some some knowledge of Gaelic and access to [...]
The BBC is considering employing a total of thirty six video journalists to work in six-person teams, one in each of six Scottish regions. Their job would be to post video reports on the BBC’s news website. The Scottish Daily Newspaper Society (SDNS) to which most Scottish papers belong, has lodged a protest to the [...]
The Georgian/ Russian engagement over South Ossetia was also fought on a battlefield beyond our ken - in cyberspace. Websites on both sides were knocked out in concerted attacks, particularly against Georgia. These aggressive web campaigns have happened before, as they did during Russia’s disputes with Baltic States, Estonia and Lithuania in the last couple [...]
The ITV network is considering giving up its Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) remit for cost reasons, according to CEO, MIchael Grade. It could then save money on cutting back its news and current affairs programming. This would not impact on Scotland as STV operates under its own PSB licence. However, without the availability of the [...]
Interesting news for Argyll’s would-be film-makers: Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is starting a new part-time MA degree in International Film Business this September. (It will run full time from next September.) The course is designed to be accessible to people working and living in and away from Glasgow. A lot of it will be delivered [...]
For ArtsFeastCowal this year, officially ArtsFeastCowal2, Philippa Elliott has taken her photography from the inside of Kames Hotel, and put it on the outside of the building. Running from the 20th June onwards, and throughout the summer until the end of September, Philippa’s startling and provocative photos of hunting, shooting and fishing trophies will adorn [...]
Coming up - BBC1 is to go live on the internet - strong evidence for the extent to which we’re all migrating to the Internet for our news, information and entertainment. It will go out simultaneously on air and on the Internet. This process is known as ’simulcasting’ and BBC1 will be the first of [...]
