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| A new TV channel for the BBC in Scotland will begin broadcasting in autumn 2018, director-general Tony Hall has announced. | A new TV channel for the BBC in Scotland will begin broadcasting in autumn 2018, director-general Tony Hall has announced. |
| The channel will have a budget of £30m, equivalent to the amount spent on BBC4. | The channel will have a budget of £30m, equivalent to the amount spent on BBC4. |
| The plans for the channel include a Scottish news hour at 9pm which will broadcast stories from Scotland, the UK and the world. | The plans for the channel include a Scottish news hour at 9pm which will broadcast stories from Scotland, the UK and the world. |
| The director-general also announced an increase of about £20m a year for Scotland to make UK-wide programmes. | The director-general also announced an increase of about £20m a year for Scotland to make UK-wide programmes. |
| The BBC's Scotland editor Sarah Smith on the new "Scottish Nine" | |
| He said this would be focused on drama and factual programming. | He said this would be focused on drama and factual programming. |
| The key points of the new channel - which will be called BBC Scotland - are: | The key points of the new channel - which will be called BBC Scotland - are: |
| Lord Hall described it as the biggest single investment in broadcast content in Scotland for more than 20 years. | Lord Hall described it as the biggest single investment in broadcast content in Scotland for more than 20 years. |
| Scotland should receive about £40m in new funding annually - £19m for the new channel and digital developments, and £20m for making network programmes. | Scotland should receive about £40m in new funding annually - £19m for the new channel and digital developments, and £20m for making network programmes. |
| It is hoped that spending on network programmes made in Scotland for a UK-wide BBC audience will rise from about £65m this year to closer to £90m over the next three years. | It is hoped that spending on network programmes made in Scotland for a UK-wide BBC audience will rise from about £65m this year to closer to £90m over the next three years. |
| BBC director-general Tony Hall said: "We know that viewers in Scotland love BBC television but we also know that they want us to better reflect their lives and better reflect modern Scotland. | BBC director-general Tony Hall said: "We know that viewers in Scotland love BBC television but we also know that they want us to better reflect their lives and better reflect modern Scotland. |
| "The best way of achieving this is a dedicated channel for Scotland. | "The best way of achieving this is a dedicated channel for Scotland. |
| "It's a channel that will be bold, creative and ambitious, with a brand-new Scotland-edited international news programme at its heart." | "It's a channel that will be bold, creative and ambitious, with a brand-new Scotland-edited international news programme at its heart." |
| The new BBC TV channel for Scotland will broadcast every evening and will show drama, factual, comedy and news programmes made in Scotland. | The new BBC TV channel for Scotland will broadcast every evening and will show drama, factual, comedy and news programmes made in Scotland. |
| The development of a nightly news hour at 9pm means that the news output on BBC One in Scotland will remain in its current form. | The development of a nightly news hour at 9pm means that the news output on BBC One in Scotland will remain in its current form. |
| There had been calls for a Scottish Six, which would integrate the main BBC News at Six from London and Reporting Scotland in a news hour that would provide UK, Scottish and international stories from Scotland. | There had been calls for a Scottish Six, which would integrate the main BBC News at Six from London and Reporting Scotland in a news hour that would provide UK, Scottish and international stories from Scotland. |
| The proposals for a Scottish Six were in response to criticism that the News at Six often featured stories - for example on education and health - that had little relevance to Scottish audiences. | The proposals for a Scottish Six were in response to criticism that the News at Six often featured stories - for example on education and health - that had little relevance to Scottish audiences. |
| The Scottish government argued the BBC needed to "catch up" with devolution and to give its Scottish operation greater control of budgets, staffing and decision making. | The Scottish government argued the BBC needed to "catch up" with devolution and to give its Scottish operation greater control of budgets, staffing and decision making. |
| Responding to the latest announcement, SNP MP John Nicolson said he welcomed the new channel and extra investment for Scotland. | Responding to the latest announcement, SNP MP John Nicolson said he welcomed the new channel and extra investment for Scotland. |
| However, he said he was "disappointed" the BBC had "killed off" the idea of separate Scottish Six news on BBC One. | However, he said he was "disappointed" the BBC had "killed off" the idea of separate Scottish Six news on BBC One. |
| He said: "Of course it is great to have a separate Scottish Nine O' Clock News but I think it is very important to have a separate Six O' Clock News on the main terrestrial channel, BBC One. | He said: "Of course it is great to have a separate Scottish Nine O' Clock News but I think it is very important to have a separate Six O' Clock News on the main terrestrial channel, BBC One. |
| "You just have to watch the running order of the main BBC news. | "You just have to watch the running order of the main BBC news. |
| "Quite often they will lead on an English health story then there will be an English transport story. It will often have three English stories in its running order. | "Quite often they will lead on an English health story then there will be an English transport story. It will often have three English stories in its running order. |
| "That's great for the people of England but it is obviously not good for the people of Scotland on their main channel." | "That's great for the people of England but it is obviously not good for the people of Scotland on their main channel." |
| First Minister Nicola Sturgeon used social media to react to the news. She tweeted: "Lots to welcome in today's announcement. @scotgov has long argued for new BBC Scotland channel. Vital that it is funded well. | First Minister Nicola Sturgeon used social media to react to the news. She tweeted: "Lots to welcome in today's announcement. @scotgov has long argued for new BBC Scotland channel. Vital that it is funded well. |
| "Commitments to new investment and 80 additional jobs for journalists long overdue and very positive." | "Commitments to new investment and 80 additional jobs for journalists long overdue and very positive." |
| But she added: "It doesn't deliver everything that everyone wanted - e.g. no Scottish 6 disappointing - but progress and hopefully sign of new thinking." | But she added: "It doesn't deliver everything that everyone wanted - e.g. no Scottish 6 disappointing - but progress and hopefully sign of new thinking." |
| Scottish Conservative culture spokesman Jackson Carlaw said the move was "good for jobs, journalism, scrutiny and programming". | |
| He said: "It also ensures those who still prefer the UK-wide BBC news at 6pm, and other programming on BBC1, get to keep that too." | |
| Scottish Labour's Lewis Macdonald also welcomed the move and criticised Nationalist politicians for their "interference in the BBC's impartiality". | |
| Paul Holleran, Scottish organiser for journalists' union The NUJ, said it was a "shot in the arm" for Scottish journalism. | |
| However, he said the amount of investment "falls well short" of what the BBC management and unions in Scotland were looking for. | |
| Explaining the decision to retain the current BBC One news output, a BBC spokesman said the News at Six had performed strongly in Scotland in recent years. | Explaining the decision to retain the current BBC One news output, a BBC spokesman said the News at Six had performed strongly in Scotland in recent years. |
| He went on to say that the 9pm news slot on the new channel would offer the audience choice and quality and would provide comprehensive reporting of the news from a Scottish perspective. | He went on to say that the 9pm news slot on the new channel would offer the audience choice and quality and would provide comprehensive reporting of the news from a Scottish perspective. |
| Subject to approval | Subject to approval |
| Lord Hall said Scotland already made network programmes such as Shetland, Two Doors Down and Still Game but it needed to make more. | Lord Hall said Scotland already made network programmes such as Shetland, Two Doors Down and Still Game but it needed to make more. |
| He said the additional £20m for making UK-wide programmes would be a "huge boost for BBC Scotland and for the creative industries in Scotland". | He said the additional £20m for making UK-wide programmes would be a "huge boost for BBC Scotland and for the creative industries in Scotland". |
| The director-general also announced £1.2m for Gaelic channel BBC Alba, taking its budget to £20m. | The director-general also announced £1.2m for Gaelic channel BBC Alba, taking its budget to £20m. |
| The proposals will be subject to approval by the BBC's new unitary board and possibly by Ofcom. | The proposals will be subject to approval by the BBC's new unitary board and possibly by Ofcom. |
| The announcement on Scottish funding followed the BBC saying an extra £8.5m a year would be spent on programmes made in Wales. | The announcement on Scottish funding followed the BBC saying an extra £8.5m a year would be spent on programmes made in Wales. |
| Plans for Northern Ireland will be announced shortly. | Plans for Northern Ireland will be announced shortly. |
| When she took over as BBC Scotland's new director in December, Donalda MacKinnon pledged to spend more licence fee funds raised north of the border on programming produced in Scotland. | When she took over as BBC Scotland's new director in December, Donalda MacKinnon pledged to spend more licence fee funds raised north of the border on programming produced in Scotland. |
| In 2015/16, 55% of licence fee funds raised in Scotland was spent on local and Scottish network content. | In 2015/16, 55% of licence fee funds raised in Scotland was spent on local and Scottish network content. |
| The BBC's 2015/16 accounts showed £320m was raised from the licence fee in Scotland. Of that, £176.5m was spent on local content and Scottish-made BBC network output. | The BBC's 2015/16 accounts showed £320m was raised from the licence fee in Scotland. Of that, £176.5m was spent on local content and Scottish-made BBC network output. |
| This was a sharp decline from the £203m spend the previous year, which was 63% of the £323m collected. The funds not spent locally go towards BBC programmes developed elsewhere and aired across the UK. | This was a sharp decline from the £203m spend the previous year, which was 63% of the £323m collected. The funds not spent locally go towards BBC programmes developed elsewhere and aired across the UK. |
| In comparison, 95% of licence fee funds raised in Wales in 2015/16 were spent in Wales - including on network-wide programmes like Doctor Who, Sherlock, Casualty and Crimewatch - with the figure for Northern Ireland standing at 74%. | In comparison, 95% of licence fee funds raised in Wales in 2015/16 were spent in Wales - including on network-wide programmes like Doctor Who, Sherlock, Casualty and Crimewatch - with the figure for Northern Ireland standing at 74%. |