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

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

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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