Display Screens in Scottish Government Offices: FOI release

Information requested

1. The total number of TVs, monitors, and public-facing screens (e.g., in lobbies, breakout areas, conference rooms, or staff cafés) across all Scottish Government properties.

2. A breakdown of these devices by: Building/location Screen type (e.g. Smart TV, digital signage, standard monitor)

Whether each device is internet-connected or capable of streaming

3. Any internal policy documentation or guidance related to the use of broadcast or streamed video content on these screens.

If this data is held in a central asset register or property database, please provide the most recent copy.

Response

The answer to your question is:

We have 57 TVs connected to the IPTV distribution system, the channels broadcast on office TVs via the IPTV distribution system are:

• BBC News
• BBC Parliament
• Sky News Scottish
• Parliament (Main Chamber and Committee room 1).

The radio channels we broadcast are:

• BBC radio 4
• BBC Radio 5
• BBC radio Scotland.

Access to other channels for specific news bulletins is managed and controlled by SG’s internal IT team.

All other screens are used for presentations. If requiring use of the TV function, a request would need to be made to IT department to connect via the IPTV distribution system or to centrally controlled network connections. One TV has been set up with centrally controlled network connections, it is to test functionality by the IT team and is not used for watching broadcast television.

The current IT Code of Conduct policy is attached.

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