1998 in Scottish television

Events

January to April

  • No events.

May

  • 31 May – Sky Scottish closes after just over eighteen months on air because the channel fails to meet its financial targets.[1]

June

  • No events.

July

August

  • No events.

September

  • 23 September – BBC Choice, the UK's first digital-only TV station, launches.[2] The channel broadcasts around two hours each night of programming for Scotland as an opt-out from the main channel.

October

  • 1 October – Digital satellite television launches in the UK, operated by Sky Digital. This sees the start of UK channels transmitting in 16:9 widescreen.

November

  • No events.

December

  • 11 December – BBC governors reject a request to give Scotland its own Six O'Clock News bulletin. Instead an extra £20m will be spent on new jobs and programming in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.[3]

Debuts

BBC

Television series

Ending this year

See also

References

  1. "Scots Sky Shuts". The Times. Times Newspapers Limited. 8 April 1998.
  2. "No-one gets the Choice BBC launches new channel". The Herald. 24 September 1998. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. "BBC rejects Scottish Six". BBC News. BBC. 11 December 1998. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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