2009 in Scottish television

Events

January

  • No events.

February

  • No events.

March

April

  • No events.

May

  • No events.

June

  • No events.

July

  • July – The BBC Trust writes to the UK government asking for it to guarantee that future Scotland football internationals are broadcast on terrestrial television.[1]
  • July – Launch of STV Player allowing Internet users to view STV programmes online.
  • July – STV announces that it is withdrawing some ITV1 networked programmes such as The Bill, Doc Martin, Midsomer Murders, Poirot and Lewis from its schedules, instead preferring to concentrate on programming made within Scotland.[2]

August

September

  • 22 September – ITV plc launches legal proceedings against STV for a quoted unpaid debt of £38 million from network programming contributions, following STV's practice of dropping a number of network programmes on the STV franchise. At the same time, STV claims it is also following procedures against ITV plc, for up to £40 million owed to STV under its advertising sales agreements.[4]
  • September – STV suspends production of Taggart after ITV failed to decide whether or not it would screen future episodes of the series. Production resumes in November when STV decides to air the series in Scotland regardless of whether ITV continues to take the series.

October

November

  • No events.

December

  • No events.

Debuts

BBC

ITV

Television series

Ending this year

Deaths

See also

References

  1. "BBC in Scotland football TV plea". BBC News. BBC. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  2. Tryhorn, Chris (11 September 2009). "STV defends dropping ITV dramas". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  3. Robinson, James (28 August 2009). "James Murdoch hits out at BBC and regulators at Edinburgh TV festival". London: The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 September 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  4. Holmwood, Leigh (22 September 2009). "ITV takes legal action over STV's network programme payments". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  5. "Gaelic TV channel being reviewed". BBC News. BBC. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
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