2007 in Scottish television

Events

January

  • 7 January – Death of television presenter Magnus Magnusson, long-time presenter of the BBC's Mastermind.
  • 8 January – STV launches separate news services for the East and West of the STV Central region, initially as a five-minute opt out within the 6:00 pm edition of Scotland Today on weeknights. STV also launches two editions of North Tonight begin to receive two different programmes - those in the Dundee, Angus, Perthshire and north-east Fife area receive a dedicated bulletin within the main North Tonight programme.
  • 10 January – Scottish Media Group and Belfast-based UTV agree the details of a merger, including a revised share split between the two. UTV will own 54% of the group, while SMG will take the remaining 46%.[1] However, the deal is once again rejected at the end of February.

February

  • No events.

March

  • No events.

April

  • 12 April – SMG Group plc announce plans to sell Virgin Radio, to enable the company to focus on its television station, STV.[2]

May

June

July

August

September

October

  • 26 October – Inaugural meeting of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission. Chaired by Blair Jenkins the Commission hopes to take television in Scotland "to a different level".[8]

November

  • No events.

December

  • 3 December – News opt-outs for Scotland during GMTV are taken over by MacMillan Media following a long-running dispute between GMTV and STV. Previously STV and Grampian had provided local news coverage during GMTV.

Debuts

ITV

Television series

Ending this year

Deaths

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See also

References

  1. "UTV gains ground in SMG merger negotiations". The Business. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  2. Holmwood, Leigh (12 April 2007). "SMG strategy was 'flawed'". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  3. "SNP re-ignites Scottish Six idea". BBC News. BBC. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  4. "Two new major broadcasting deals for the SPL". Scottish Premier League. July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  5. "Commission looks at broadcasting". BBC News. BBC. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  6. "Opening ceremony for new BBC HQ". BBC News. BBC. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  7. "BBC chief in pledge to Scotland". BBC News. BBC. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  8. "First meeting for broadcast group". BBC News. BBC. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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