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| Launch day for new Gaelic channel | Launch day for new Gaelic channel |
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| The new Gaelic television channel, BBC Alba, is due to be launched on satellite later. | The new Gaelic television channel, BBC Alba, is due to be launched on satellite later. |
| The service is a collaboration between MG Alba and the BBC. An evening news programme - An La - will launch on Monday at 2000 BST. | |
| The channel will be available on Sky and Freesat from 2100 BST on Friday, but the opening night's viewing will also be shown on BBC Two Scotland. | |
| Programmes will not be available on Freeview for another two years. | |
| 'Mainstream Scotland' | |
| Head of service for BBC Alba, Margaret Mary Murray, said the channel was not just for Gaelic speakers. | |
| She said: "The Gaelic audience will benefit first and foremost, but we also hope that the channel will appeal to an audience across Scotland. | |
| "Our programmes will be subtitled in English and we hope we will deliver programmes on subjects that will appeal to mainstream Scotland." | |
| Documentaries to be shown over the next few weeks include Turas Trump, which will look at US tycoon Donald Trump's Scottish connections. | Documentaries to be shown over the next few weeks include Turas Trump, which will look at US tycoon Donald Trump's Scottish connections. |
| Another reports on the life of French football star Zinedine Zidane, who was sent off in the 2006 World Cup final. |