Ofcom appoints new Chairman of MG ALBA Add to Your Pages
13 November 2018
Ofcom has today announced the appointment of Allan MacDonald as the new Chairman of MG ALBA, the body responsible for ensuring that high quality television programmes in Gaelic are made available to people in Scotland.
Ofcom's recommendation for the appointment has been agreed by Scotland's Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, Mr John Swinney MSP. This follows an independent selection process undertaken by Ofcom in Scotland. Allan will take up the role from 1 January 2019.
Allan MacDonald
Allan MacDonald is a native Gaelic speaker. He has had a career in production and management within Gaelic broadcasting spanning 40 years across radio and television. This has included being the Chief Executive of sport and entertainment company mneTV, and a director of digital and television producer, purpleTV.
His work includes 12 years with the BBC, two years with Grampian TV and 25 years in the independent television sector with experience in news and current affairs in radio, television and the press, as well as being an executive producer, producer and director of a wide variety of general programmes including documentary, religion, comedy and music.
He was most recently the Chair of B rd na G idhlig (the principal public body in Scotland responsible for promoting Gaelic development), is a former member of the Board of Lews Castle College of Education in Stornoway, and of the Board of Skillset in Scotland. For six years he was elected Chairman of the independent television sector in Scotland (PACT) and served as a director of PACT (UK) in London.
Glenn Preston, Ofcom's Scotland Director, said: We are delighted to have appointed Allan as the new Chair of MG ALBA at a critical time for broadcasters and the production sector in Scotland.
Allan's industry, commercial and non-executive experience will be invaluable in helping MG ALBA to continue to deliver high quality television programmes in Gaelic to people across Scotland.
John Swinney MSP, Scottish Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, said: I welcome the appointment of Allan MacDonald as Chair of MG ALBA. This is an important appointment at a challenging time for BBC ALBA.
Allan has an impressive background in broadcasting and a wide range of relevant skills and will be of great benefit to MG ALBA as it continues to operate in partnership with the BBC to provide high quality and innovative content for audiences in Scotland.
ENDS
NOTES FOR EDITORS
Allan joined B rd na G idhlig in April 2014, subsequently serving as Vice Chair and Interim Chair before being appointed Chair in 2015. He will be stepping down from B rd na G idhlig on 31 December 2018 and will become Chair of MG ALBA (for a period of 4 years) on 1 January 2019.
The remit of MG ALBA (the operating name of Seirbheis nam Meadhanan G idhlig or Gaelic Media Service) under the Communications Act 2003 is to ensure that a wide and diverse range of high-quality television programmes in Gaelic are made available to people in Scotland.
The appointment is a result of an open recruitment process that included an independent assessor. Following the passage of the Scotland Act 2016, the power to approve OFCOM appointments to the board of the MG ALBA now rests solely with Scottish Ministers. Further information about appointments to the Board of MG ALBA can be found in the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK Government, Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament and the Office of Communications.
Ofcom a suidheachdh Cathraiche r MG ALBA
Tha Ofcom an-diugh air ainmeachadh gun deach Ailean D mhnallach a shuidheachadh ann an dreuchd mar Chathraiche r MG ALBA, am buidheann a tha an urra ri bhith a' d anamh cinnteach gu bheil cothrom aig daoine ann an Alba air pr graman telebhisein G idhlig de dh' rd-ch ileachd.
Chaidh moladh Ofcom air an dreuchd aontachadh le Leas Phr omh Mhinisteir na h-Alba agus R naire a' Chaibineit airson Foghlam agus Sgilean, Mgr Iain Swinney, BPA. Tha seo an d idh pr iseas taghaidh neo-eisimeileach a chaidh a dh anamh le Ofcom ann an Alba. T isichidh Ailean san dreuchd air 1 Faoilleach 2019.
Ailean D mhnallachTha Ailean D mhnallachfileanta sa Gh idhlig. Tha e air a bhith an s s ann an riochdachadh agus rianachd ann an craoladh G idhlig r idio agus telebhisean thairis air 40 bliadhna. Bha e cuideachd na Cheannard air mneTV. companaidh sp rs agus cur-seachad, agus na sti iriche air purple TV, riochdaire didseatach agus telebhisean.
Bha e ag obair airson 12 bliadhna aig a' BhBC, 2 bhliadhna aig Grampian TV agus 25 bliadhna anns an earrann telebhisean neo-eisimeileach le e las air obair naidheachd agus cuisean l ithreach ann an r idio, telebhisean agus p ipearan naidheachd, cho math ri bhith na rd-riochdaire, na riochdaire agus na sti iriche air raon farsaing de phr graman coitcheann nam measg pr graman aithriseach, creideimh, comadaidh agus ci il.
O chionn ghoirid tha air a bhith na Chathraiche air B rd na G idhlig (am pr omh bhuidheann poblach ann an Alba a tha an urra ri bhith ag adhartachadh leasachadh na G idhlig), bha e ron seo na bhall de Bh rd Colaisde a' Chaisteil ann an Ste rnabhagh, agus de Bh rd Skillset ann an Alba. Airson sia bliadhna bha mar Chathraiche den earrann telebhisein neo-eisimeileach ann an Alba (PACT) agus bha e na sti iriche air PACT (UK) ann an Lunnainn.
Thuirt Glenn Preston, Sti iriche Alba air Ofcom: Tha sinn air leth toilichte Ailean a shuidheachadh mar Chathraiche r MG ALBA aig m riatanach do chraoladairean agus an earrann riochdachaidh ann an Alba.
Bidh an t-e las a tha aig Ailean air a' ghn omhachas, air c isean coimeirsealta agus neo-ghn omhach luachmhor ann a bhith a' cuideachadh MG ALBA leantainn air adhart a' libhrigea
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Ofcom appoints new Chairman of MG ALBA Add to Your Pages 
