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Broadcasting commission announced Commission looks at broadcasting
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First Minister Alex Salmond has announced the setting up of a commission to look into Scottish broadcasting output. First Minister Alex Salmond has announced a commission to look into Scottish broadcasting.
He called for the Scottish Parliament to be given powers over the area, currently reserved to Westminster.He called for the Scottish Parliament to be given powers over the area, currently reserved to Westminster.
Mr Salmond also raised the prospect of a separate BBC six o'clock news programme for Scotland. Mr Salmond said he was worried by what he called a "dramatic fall" in the number of Scottish programmes on British television.
The commission will be chaired by BBC Scotland's former head of news and current affairs, Blair Jenkins.The commission will be chaired by BBC Scotland's former head of news and current affairs, Blair Jenkins.
Mr Salmond said the group would be set up quickly and would comprise industry expertise. Speaking at an event at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, the first minister said it would be set up quickly and would comprise industry expertise.
The first minister's announcement came after he said it was necessary to reverse what he called a "dramatic" reduction in BBC spending in Scotland. Talent and wisdom
The SNP has led a long-running campaign for a separate Scottish-produced national and international news bulletin, commonly referred to as the Scottish Six. He also raised the prospect of a separate BBC six o'clock news programme for Scotland.
Earlier at the event, the broadcaster and actress Elaine C Smith claimed Scotland was not well served by current broadcasting arrangements.
The first minister accused TV executives of failing to understand the contribution Scottish programme makers could make to the national broadcasting agenda.
He accused network broadcasters of failing to commission Scottish programmes, and criticised the BBC for being too London-centric.
Mr Salmond said: "It was a previous BBC director general, Greg Dyke, who championed the cause of greater ethnic diversity at the BBC, an organisation which he famously and controversially once described as hideously white.
"It's not just whether the BBC is hideously white but whether it's also still hideously White City, believing that talent and wisdom reside only in West London."