Gaelic TV channel wins £5.2m new content deal

A series of international deals has secured programmes worth £5.2 million for Scotland’s Gaelic language channel.

Gaelic media service MG Alba said it had agreed the additional content for BBC Alba through deals led by its supplier companies.

It will see the channel’s suppliers team up with production companies in Germany, Denmark, Iceland, France, Norway and Canada.

For BBC Alba viewers it means new programmes will be available that otherwise would have been unaffordable, MG Alba said.

Iseabail Mactaggart, director of strategy and partnership, said: “For our audiences it marks a very substantial investment in BBC Alba programming, which is great news.”

The deals include a further series of Port, the channel’s music programme.