2018 in Scottish television

Events

January

  • No events.

February

  • No events.

March

  • No events.

April

May

  • 16 May – STV announces that the STV2 local television network is to close at the end of the following month.[2] and that it had sold the channel's assets to That's Media, owners of the That's TV network of local television stations in England.

June

  • 30 June –
    • STV2 closes down and the channel's assets are sold to That's Media, owners of the That's TV network of local television stations in England.[3]
    • The closure of STV2 results in the cancellation of STV News Tonight.

July

  • No events.

August

  • No events.

September

  • 7 September – The Edinburgh edition of STV News at Six ends and is replaced on the 10th by shorter opt-outs within a Central Scotland programme.[4]

October

  • 15 October – That's TV Scotland launches as the replacement local television service in Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.[5]

November

  • No events.

December

  • No events.

Television series

See also

References

  1. "Scotland to have new film and television school". BBC News. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. Glenday, John (16 May 2018). "Struggling STV 2 to be taken off air in online shift". The Drum. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. Glenday, John (16 May 2018). "Struggling STV 2 to be taken off air in online shift". The Drum. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  4. Union to ballot over industrial action as almost 60 journalism jobs set to go, Hold the Front Page, 17 May 2018
  5. Low key launch for new Scottish channel
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