STV (TV channel)
| STV | |
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| Launched | 30 May 2006 |
| Network | ITV |
| Owned by | STV Group plc |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audience share |
ITV Network: 13.21% 0.79% (+1) 2.46% (HD) (September 2015, BARB) |
| Slogan | "It's Good to..." |
| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Central and northern Scotland |
| Headquarters | Pacific Quay, Glasgow |
| Replaced |
Grampian Television (Northern Scotland); Scottish Television (Central Scotland) |
| Sister channel(s) |
STV Edinburgh, STV Glasgow |
| Timeshift service | STV +1 |
| Website | stv |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 3 Channel 33 (+1) Channel 103 (HD) |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat | Channel 103 Channel 111 (HD) |
| Sky | Channel 103 (SD: Central East/North; HD: Central West) Channel 178 (SD: Central West; HD: Central East/North) |
| Astra 2E | 10906 V 22000 5/6 |
| Astra 2F | 11068 V 23000 2/3 S2 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 103 Channel 114 (+1) Channel 113 (HD) |
| Streaming media | |
| STV Player |
Watch live (STV West, STV regions only) |
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Catch up (STV regions only) |
| TVCatchup |
Watch live (STV Central/North, UK only) |
| Zattoo |
Watch live (STV West region) |
| Sky Go |
Watch live ( Scotland only) |
| STV HD | |
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STV HD logo (2014 - present)
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| Launched | 6 June 2010 |
| Owned by | STV Group plc |
| Picture format | 16:9, 1080i (HDTV) |
| Country | Scotland |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area |
STV Central and STV North regions |
| Sister channel(s) | STV |
| Website | stv |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 103 |
| Satellite | |
| Freesat | Channel 111 |
| Sky | Channel 178 (East/North regions); Channel 103 (West region) |
| Astra 2F | 11068 V 23000 2/3 S2 (HD) |
| Cable | |
| Virgin Media | Channel 113 |
STV is a television channel serving the majority of Scotland. It operates the two ITV licensees in northern and central Scotland, formerly known as Grampian Television (now legally STV North) and Scottish Television (now legally STV Central). The brand was adopted on Tuesday 30 May 2006 replacing both franchises' identities.
In 2013, STV won licences to launch local TV channels in Glasgow and Edinburgh. STV Glasgow launched on 2 June 2014, with STV Edinburgh following on 12 January 2015. On 6 March 2017, the city channels are to be rebranded as "STV2" and operated in combination with new franchises centred on Aberdeen, Dundee and Ayr.
The two licences still produce regional programmes, although the only difference between them is the respective news programmes: STV News broadcasts separate bulletins to Northern Scotland (including an opt-out for the Tayside area), Glasgow/West Central Scotland, and Edinburgh/East Central Scotland. There is no STV South as Southern Scotland is part of the ITV Border region (Border being owned by ITV plc) and programmes are presented there under the ITV Border brand.
Emphasising the fact that STV is essentially one channel across the two regions, there is a single director of channels (Bobby Hain - former managing director of Scottish Television), and a single head of news (Gordon MacMillan - former head of news of Scottish TV). Terms in the renewed licences for both STV Central and STV North also mean that regional non-news programmes are shared (and identically scheduled) across both licences.
Although the stations are only required to produce 1.5 hours a week of regional non-news programmes (a single arrangement covering both North and Central regions), the chief executive of STV Group plc, the stations have long aimed to deliver more output.
Today, news and current affairs forms the bulk of STV's regular programming on Channel 3, which includes the topical analysis programme Scotland Tonight. The company also produces many Gaelic programmes, some of which are now produced for the Scots Gaelic-language channel, BBC Alba, alongside archive material including Speaking our Language and Machair. On a network scale, one of STV's most famous exports is the long-running crime drama Taggart, set in Glasgow.
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