STV

[LiveNews]

Audiences for STV News at Six are at a nineteen year high and it more often than not these days thrashes Reporting Scotland so I can understand why they’d be reluctant to go for major change just to keep people on a forum happy.

[Gluben]

Given the opt-out programming STV have to offer, I don't think too many viewers would be bothered by a takeover by ITV.

Exactly. Whilst it’s a nice thought to keep the last bastion of local broadcasting going for the sake of it, it doesn’t make sense in reality if the opt-outs aren’t always particularly Scottish or even wanted by the public at large.

ITV plc buying out the STV Group is almost all but inevitable at this point, partly held off due to the pandemic and partly due to the the postponement of indyref2. I think by ITV’s 70th anniversary in 2025, all the Channel 3 licences in the UK will be owned by ITV plc.

[Stanley Matravers]

If the whole of Channel 3 ends up under a single ownership at any point, I suspect that the Border region will be disbanded soon thereafter in favour e.g. a "Central Belt & South" region and a "Tyne Tees & Cumbria" region.

Hopefully, Ofcom would then eventually rationalise the licencing structure to match what would already be happening in practice - Just like they eventually did for Wales and the whole West Country (in 2014, in think?). Might as well abolish the National Breakfast licence whilst they're at it.

They could even have just 4 licences in total - One for each nation (with the "England" one including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, or the latter might be a separate 5th licence instead?). In this scenario, I'd suggest that the new England and Scotland licences still require the same number of news regions/sub-regions as currently required.

Getting rid of a licence that straddles the England/Scotland border might also make it easier to implement whatever broadcasting changes would happen in the wake of Scottish Independence (if that ever occurs).

[London Lite]

Lookaround had a report from West Linton which isn't that far from Edinburgh, surely they get reception from Craigkelly in addition to Selkirk?

[scottishtv]

Lookaround had a report from West Linton which isn't that far from Edinburgh, surely they get reception from Craigkelly in addition to Selkirk?

Had a look on the Freeview site and ukfree.tv and see that there is a West Linton 'Freeview Light' relay of Craigkelly serving the area - definitely within the STV Edinburgh micro region.

[scottishtv]

It's the annual STV Children's Appeal programme tonight. Not seen it for a few years, but all pre-recorded tonight and um, really lacking atmosphere. Obviously a charity show is a great cause and I hope they raise money, but it's very heavy on films about the charities and corporate sponsors. They did a Celebrity Catchphrase with Jordan North, but it was just one go at a Super Catchphrase.

A slickly produced programme, just a bit worthy and boring I'm afraid. Some of the pres is quite nice however:

















[video]https://up.metropol247.co.uk/scottishtv/211029_stv_appeal_2021.mp4[/video]

[Richard]

Lookaround had a report from West Linton which isn't that far from Edinburgh, surely they get reception from Craigkelly in addition to Selkirk?

Had a look on the Freeview site and ukfree.tv and see that there is a West Linton 'Freeview Light' relay of Craigkelly serving the area - definitely within the STV Edinburgh micro region.

You can see the Border transmitters here:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/p...r_v2.3.pdf

And the STV Central transmitters here:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/p...alv2.2.pdf

West Linton is just within STV-land obviously, but they are not a million miles from Peebles and may well be able to achieve Selkirk itself.

There are a few other STV transmitters in the Scottish Borders region, but all are very close to the neighbouring areas.

[Brekkie]

It's the annual STV Children's Appeal programme tonight. Not seen it for a few years, but all pre-recorded tonight and um, really lacking atmosphere. Obviously a charity show is a great cause and I hope they raise money, but it's very heavy on films about the charities and corporate sponsors. They did a Celebrity Catchphrase with Jordan North, but it was just one go at a Super Catchphrase.

A slickly produced programme, just a bit worthy and boring I'm afraid. Some of the pres is quite nice however:

They could at least have made the audience wear masks to cover up how bored they looked. The brown sofas seem to be a metaphor for how the show went according to your description.

[maplaptop]

Do you think STV could just decide to sell to ITV any time soon and then just decide to be a production company? They seem to be making stuff for other broadcasters more now as that seems to earn more money then a actual TV channel.

[Ballyboy]

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Do you think STV could just decide to sell to ITV any time soon and then just decide to be a production company? They seem to be making stuff for other broadcasters more now as that seems to earn more money then a actual TV channel.

Do you think STV could just decide to sell to ITV any time soon and then just decide to be a production company? They seem to be making stuff for other broadcasters more now as that seems to earn more money then a actual TV channel.

Do you think STV could just decide to sell to ITV any time soon and then just decide to be a production company? They seem to be making stuff for other broadcasters more now as that seems to earn more money then a actual TV channel.

Do you think STV could just decide to sell to ITV any time soon and then just decide to be a production company? They seem to be making stuff for other broadcasters more now as that seems to earn more money then a actual TV channel.

Do you think STV could just decide to sell to ITV any time soon and then just decide to be a production company? They seem to be making stuff for other broadcasters more now as that seems to earn more money then a actual TV channel.

Would John & Kelly Ann still present from Glasgow & Edinburgh albeit a new look. there’s a mock-up of a new stv logo on google

[Ballyboy]

Do you think STV could just decide to sell to ITV any time soon and then just decide to be a production company? They seem to be making stuff for other broadcasters more now as that seems to earn more money then a actual TV channel.

There’s a mock-up of a itv taken over logo of STV on google. Would John & Kelly Ann present the news together albeit a new look?

[Ballyboy]

Do you think STV could just decide to sell to ITV any time soon and then just decide to be a production company? They seem to be making stuff for other broadcasters more now as that seems to earn more money then a actual TV channel.

The news would be interesting to see. Would John & Kelly Ann still present together from different studios albeit a new look STV news?

[Brekkie]

Chances are they'd be in the same studio with either Glasgow or Edinburgh getting a pre-recorded half hour if the model of other regions are followed.

Although it is probably inevitable I think for now it quite suits ITV not to have a complete monopoly of the franchises, though that wouldn't be the issue is might have been a couple of decades ago, and STV probably still needs the channel to lift the profile of the production business considering how competitive the independent production market is.

[JAS84]

Can't see them selling the broadcaster but keeping the production side. Though, STV's brand could end up surviving anyway, as ITV nowadays has independently branded labels (Potato, Multistory Media, Lifted) rather than just ITV Studios, and so keeping the STV name for their existing programmes for other channels would make sense (like how Granada was still used for a while after ITV Productions was created).

[JAS84]

Those shapes remind me of the logo of defunct US broadcaster UPN. They're even the same colours!
https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/UPN