What is BBC Alba?
{{more sources|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox television channel|name=BBC Alba|logo=BBC Alba 2021.svg|logo_size=200px|language=Scottish Gaelic|country=Scotland|logo_caption=The BBC Alba logo|logofile=BBC_Alba_2021.svg|logocaption=Logo Used Since 2021}} '''BBC Alba''' is a [[television channel]] owned by the [[BBC]] and MG Alba. The channel shows [[Television program|programmes]] made in [[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]]. It was launched on 19 September 2008. It operates for up to seven hours a day showing [[BBC Radio nan Gàidheal]] with unique shows.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2008-08-13|title=Launch date for Gaelic TV channel|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7556739.stm|access-date=2023-06-28}}</ref> The name Alba is the name for Scotland in Scottish Gaelic. BBC Alba is one of the only BBC licence stations that is delivered by a partnership. It was also the first channel to show multiple genres of shows to come from Scotland with most of the programmes made in Scotland.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2007-08-29|title=Gaelic digital TV channel debated|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6968320.stm|access-date=2023-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-05-24|title=BBC - Commissioning - BBC Alba|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/local/alba_eng.shtml|access-date=2023-06-28|website=web.archive.org|archive-date=2010-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524170448/http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/local/alba_eng.shtml|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> On the 8 January 2024, the BBC ended the [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]] feed for BBC Alba on [[Satellite television|satellite]] services.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Closure of BBC SD channels on satellite on 8 Jan 2024 {{!}} Help receiving TV and radio|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/work-warning/news/hd-2023|access-date=2024-01-18|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:BBC television channels]]