Reports suggest we'll hear about a potential Scottish Six in February. I think we're definitely heading towards the Scottish Six and we could see it as early as March. The BBC will want to get in before or at the same time as STV with its new nightly news show starting in the Spring.
Ms MacKinnon said there had been a "serious commitment" to end the "lift and shift" practice. The new director also pledged to abolish "lift and shift", where programmes traditionally produced elsewhere are moved to Scotland in order to meet quotas. Holyrood's culture committee issued a report describing this practice as "subverting the spirit of the quota", with MSPs saying this gave them "serious cause for concern".
I understand the sentiment behind maintaining the "spirit of the quota" but I don't see a lot of difference between lift and shift, and moving Drama to Wales and Childrens/Sport to Manchester etc
I've never known a broadcaster be so willing to give itself a kicking than the BBC. Fair play to them.
As for the accusations - that particular pro-independence campaign is a complete joke and a liability to its cause. To respond in any great detail would simply give them credence. It's wise for the journalists to show themselves to be impartial by reporting it - it's also wise for BBC Scotland as an organisation to ignore them as fringe nutters.
:-(
A former member
If everyone is complaining about your, their must be doing something right.
Something I've noticed when recording programmes from BBC One Scotland is that the sound at the beginning of programmes tends to fade in. Particularly noticeable with EastEnders - you don't hear all the drumbeats at the start.
If Scotland is working from a clean feed, does this just mean the director/announcer is fading up the sound/mixing into the programme a little later than network does - something that could easily be avoided - or it is s conscious decision to do it this way?
