Thirty-five posts to go in latest round of BBC Scotland cuts
THIRTY-five posts have been earmarked for redundancy at BBC Scotland, as part of a cutbacks announcement made last year. In October, it was announced that between 100 and 120 posts were at risk of...
View ArticleMacQuarrie makes case for the BBC in a ‘complex’ digital world
THE BBC performs an important role providing ‘authoritative, impartial and independent journalism’ in a complex digital world – according to its Scottish head. Speaking this evening at Gaelic language...
View ArticleInverness business body calls for meeting with BBC over proposed job cuts
PROPOSED cuts at BBC Scotland in Inverness has prompted the local Chamber of Commerce to call for a meeting with BBC Scotland Director, Ken MacQuarrie. Two weeks ago, it was announced that 35 posts at...
View ArticleMacQuarrie remains on streamlined BBC management board
THE director of BBC Scotland, Ken MacQuarrie, has survived a streamlining of the BBC’s management board, which has been reduced from 22 to 12. MacQuarrie – along with his counterparts in Wales and...
View ArticleUnions call on the BBC to devote substantial resources to Commonwealth Games...
THE BBC is being called on to set aside substantial resources to report both the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in two years’ time and the referendum on Scotland’s constitutional future, also in two...
View ArticleWhat next for BBC Scotland? Director, Ken MacQuarrie, to talk about ‘the BBC...
THE future direction of BBC Scotland is expected to feature in a lecture being delivered by BBC Scotland director, Ken MacQuarrie, at an event being hosted by the Scottish division of the Royal...
View ArticleFifteen ‘streams’ from 17 locations: BBC Scotland’s MacQuarrie unveils plans...
BBC SCOTLAND’S coverage of next year’s Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow, is to include 15 separate steams from 17 locations, reflecting the several ‘red button’ options, HD channels and online output by...
View ArticlePlans unveiled by the BBC and Channel 4 to support Scots indies produce...
PLANS to assist independent TV production companies in Scotland develop programming that can be produced on a repeated basis (as opposed to one-off programmes) have been unveiled by the BBC and Channel...
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