'scotland' Category
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Jun182008
Round-up
BBC told to, um, reflect the country more. The bad news is, the report found that Scots were dissatisfied with the BBC’s news and current affairs. The good news? They were just as dissatisfied in the eighties, but no-one within the BBC was publishing reports on it.
Television licence fee to be index-linked to inflation in [...] -
Aug102007
Scottish Sixes and the SBC
Two weeks ago I commented upon the BBC’s coverage of Scottish politics and dissatisfaction amongst Scottish viewers. Two days ago, Alex Salmond announced a commission to look into Scottish broadcasting.
There are both general and partisan reasons for setting up such a commission. On a partisan level, the BBC’s coverage of Scottish politics seems to be [...] -
Jul252007
Besök till TV-huset
Despite the awful (brutalist) architecture outside, I spent an enjoyable afternoon being shown around Sveriges Television (SVT) today. The building itself – the TV-hus – is large, with six stages and a large props department. The wisdom of having stages, carpentry and costume teams in what is relatively expensive real estate north of Djurgarden and [...]
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Jul222007
BBC Summer of Slip-up continues
A BBC complaints panel has upheld a viewer’s complaint about a Newsnight poll which falsely implied business was against Scottish independence. The finding comes after BBC presenters have been curt – to say the least – with the SNP.
This is a very basic error. It will fuel the belief amongst the SNP that the BBC [...] -
Jul252006
SNP demands meeting over BBC job cuts — SNP – Scottish National Party
SNP demands meeting over BBC job cuts.
SNP Holyrood leader Nicola Sturgeon is asking for a meeting with director-general Mark Thompson after reports of a further round of cuts which could jeopardise flagship BBC television and radio output… Further budget cuts again underlines the need for broadcasting to be devolved to Scotland
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Apr302006
The Scots’ Invention of the Modern World
Just been reading “The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots’ Invention of the Modern World” (check it out at [Amazon.co.uk]), in which Arthur Herman argues that the Scots – through our thinkers and engineers, and later through our successful export of over three million Scots to far-flung corners of the World – are responsible not only for [...]