The Scottish Affairs Committee continues its inquiry into the future of Gaelic broadcasting, hearing from Gaelic language broadcasters and other minority language broadcasters.
\r\nIn the first panel, the cross-party committee will hear from Irish language broadcasters TG4 and Welsh language broadcasters S4C about their respective funding models and statutory bases.
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