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Nicola Sturgeon to call for new BBC for Scotland Nicola Sturgeon to call for new BBC for Scotland
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Nicola Sturgeon will call for the BBC in Scotland to have more power, more money and its own TV channel, when she addresses the Edinburgh TV Festival.Nicola Sturgeon will call for the BBC in Scotland to have more power, more money and its own TV channel, when she addresses the Edinburgh TV Festival.
Scotland's first minister will call for "bold and ambitious" reforms to the way the corporation operates.Scotland's first minister will call for "bold and ambitious" reforms to the way the corporation operates.
Ms Sturgeon will say she accepts the BBC will continue to serve the whole UK, after Scotland voted against independence last year.Ms Sturgeon will say she accepts the BBC will continue to serve the whole UK, after Scotland voted against independence last year.
But she will propose it adopts a federal structure.But she will propose it adopts a federal structure.
She wants to see a separate board for each home nation - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - under a UK-wide board.She wants to see a separate board for each home nation - Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - under a UK-wide board.
Ms Sturgeon said the current structure no longer reflected the realities of the UKMs Sturgeon said the current structure no longer reflected the realities of the UK
Size and scopeSize and scope
The Scottish first minister is to become the first British politician to deliver the Alternative MacTaggart lecture when she goes head-to-head with the Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.The Scottish first minister is to become the first British politician to deliver the Alternative MacTaggart lecture when she goes head-to-head with the Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
The first minister will say she wants BBC Scotland to have a bigger share of licence fee cash to set up its own dedicated TV channel and a sister station for Radio Scotland.The first minister will say she wants BBC Scotland to have a bigger share of licence fee cash to set up its own dedicated TV channel and a sister station for Radio Scotland.
She will say this is about catching up with the consequences of devolution.She will say this is about catching up with the consequences of devolution.
At the Guardian Edinburgh Television Festival on Wednesday, the UK Culture Secretary John Whittingdale stressed that the BBC was a "British" institution.At the Guardian Edinburgh Television Festival on Wednesday, the UK Culture Secretary John Whittingdale stressed that the BBC was a "British" institution.
The UK government is currently consulting on the corporation's future size, scope and governance.The UK government is currently consulting on the corporation's future size, scope and governance.
The BBC is expected to publish its own proposals in the next fortnight. The BBC is expected to publish its own proposals in the next fortnight. A new Royal Charter will underpin how the BBC operates until 2027.
This process will lead to a new Royal Charter to underpin how the BBC operates until 2027. A BBC Scotland spokesman said: "Audiences across Scotland get great value from the licence fee, and are some of the highest users of BBC services.
"The licence fee funds much loved services across the UK - like BBC One and Radio Two - but also specific services, like Radio Scotland and BBC Alba. Services for smaller audiences clearly cost more to provide, and that is why we spend more in the nations per head than the rest of the UK - that's the right thing to do.
"We recognise that there is audience demand for greater representation and portrayal of Scottish audiences on all BBC services and we want this to be part of our response in Charter Review.
"The BBC's funding has now been set for the next five years and this will mean cuts across the BBC - we will have to balance our investment on pan-UK services with dedicated services in the nations. We will aim to protect spending in the Nations so that content investment is cut less than in other parts of the BBC."
Meanwhile, comedy writer Armando Iannucci has called for a defence of the BBC and British programme-makers, from across the entertainment industry.Meanwhile, comedy writer Armando Iannucci has called for a defence of the BBC and British programme-makers, from across the entertainment industry.
Speaking at the annual MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival, he said: "It's more important than ever that we have strong, popular channels... that act as beacons, drawing audiences to the best content."Speaking at the annual MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival, he said: "It's more important than ever that we have strong, popular channels... that act as beacons, drawing audiences to the best content."
The SNP won 56 out of the 59 seats in Scotland in May's election.The SNP won 56 out of the 59 seats in Scotland in May's election.
Its election manifesto argued Scotland should receive an extra £100m in BBC funding to "more accurately reflect licence fee revenue raised in Scotland" and called for the Scottish government to play a substantial role in negotiations over the renewal of the BBC charter.Its election manifesto argued Scotland should receive an extra £100m in BBC funding to "more accurately reflect licence fee revenue raised in Scotland" and called for the Scottish government to play a substantial role in negotiations over the renewal of the BBC charter.