Television: Scotland
(asked on 26th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential economic benefits for (a) East Renfrewshire constituency and (b) Scotland of the BBC’s proposals to launch a new Scottish television channel.
This question was answered on 3rd April 2018
As the independent regulator of the BBC, Ofcom is currently conducting a competition assessment on the BBC’s proposal to launch a new television channel for Scotland. The competition assessment will consider whether the public value offered by a new BBC channel would justify any potential adverse effects on fair and effective competition.