Gaelic Media Service (), operating as MG ALBA, is a statutory organisation created by the UK Parliament and funded by Scottish Ministers via Ofcom as a result of the

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, which gave it a remit to "secure that a wide and diverse range of high quality programmes in Gaelic are broadcast or otherwise transmitted so as to be available to persons in Scotland". To accomplish this, the organisation's founding mandate includes provisions to fund Gaelic programme production and development, provide Gaelic broadcasting training, and conduct audience research, with later amendments conferring the authority to schedule and commission programmes and seek a broadcast licence. From its offices in

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and

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the organisation produces Gaelic-language programmes for broadcast on platforms including

BBC Alba BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba. The channel was launched on 19 September 2008 and is on-air for up to seven hours a day. The name ' is the Scottish Gae ...

, a Gaelic-language

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public broadcast television channel it has operated in partnership with the

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since 19 September 2008. The organisation's talent development initiatives include FilmG, a Gaelic short film competition whose winners are given opportunity to develop their programme ideas to broadcast standard.

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