Good to see the BBC kicking a commercial competitor out of the market.
Were Scottish licence fee payers ever consulted on this - they'll find the space for BBC Alba but have shown no interest nationwide in reviving a much needed second interactive stream.
TeleG was never a 'commercial competitor'. As far as I can tell it never had any adverts and was purely set up by requirement back in the early days of
DTT. It carried programmes from the BBC, STV and others, which are now being covered far more widely, and now on ALL available platforms, by BBC Alba.
A 1 hour channel has effectively been replaced by a much larger channel, which has to be a good move. Also, with the news some stations are staying, we're really only losing 4 Extra, 5 Live Extra (which only broadcasts part-time anyway), Asian Network and World Service. And even then only during BBC Alba's broadcast hours. And only if you have no access to; the internet, another TV platform or a digital radio. The rest are all easily available on FM.