Media of Scotland

Scottish media has a long and distinct history. Scotland has a wide range of different types and quality of media.

Film

Main article: Cinema of Scotland

Broadcasting

Television

BBC Scotland runs two national television stations. Much of the output of BBC Scotland Television, such as most news, current affairs and sport programmes, and the Glasgow-based soap opera, River City, are intended for broadcast within Scotland, whilst others, for example many drama and comedy programmes, aim at audiences throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide markets. Newsnight Scotland broadcasts between 11pm and 11.20pm every weeknight.

Two Independent Television stations, STV and ITV Border, also broadcast in Scotland. Although they previously had independent existences, Scottish TV (serving the Central Lowlands) and Grampian (serving northern Scotland) now belong to the same company (STV Group plc) and resemble each other closely, apart from regional news and advertising. "ITV Border" has had a more complex position, as it also has to serve neighbouring areas across the border in England and airs a pan-regional news service shared with the ITV Tyne Tees region. Most of the independent television output equates to that transmitted in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with the exception of news and current affairs, sport, comedy, cultural and Scottish Gaelic language programming.

BBC Alba is the only Gaelic language television service available in Scotland, broadcasting digital terrestrial platform Freeview, as well as Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat.

In 2014, STV Group plc will launch two super-local TV services, one each for Edinburgh and Glasgow, after winning Ofcom's May 2012 auction for the licences. ETV and GTV will broadcast local content for Edinburgh (from Craigkelly) and Glasgow (from Black Hill) respectively over Freeview (currently slated for EPG channel 26, as channel 8 is already allocated to BBC Alba) and may also broadcast on other television and web platforms. The stations are likely to share facilities with existing STV premises in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Radio

Main article: Radio in Scotland

Scotland has its own BBC services which include the national radio stations, BBC Radio Scotland and Scottish Gaelic language service, BBC Radio nan Gaidheal, which is available in the North of Scotland. There are also a number of BBC and independent local radio stations throughout the country.

Print

Newspapers

There are three national daily newspapers in Scotland:

Sunday newspapers include the tabloid Sunday Mail (published by the Daily Record's parent company, Trinity Mirror) and the Sunday Post (D.C. Thomson & Co.), while the Sunday Herald and Scotland on Sunday have associations with The Herald and The Scotsman respectively.

Regional dailies include The Courier and Advertiser in Dundee and the east, and The Press and Journal serving Aberdeen and the north.

Following the 2014 independence referendum, a new local pro-independence daily newspaper, The National, was released by the Herald and Times Group.[2]

Magazines

There are over 700 magazines published in Scotland, by nearly 200 organisations, with an estimated total turnover of £157m per annum.[3]

Awards

Print publications and journalists in Scotland are recognised for their quality at the Scottish Press Awards.

Online

BBC Scotland,[4] STV,[5] and most newspapers in Scotland (like The Herald and The Scotsman) also provide online content and blogs.

Other notable Scottish online news and commentary sites include: Bella Caledonia,[6] Commonspace and The Ferret.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Timms, Dominic (18 August 2004). "Scotsman reaps tabloid benefits". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Preston, Peter (30 November 2014). "All hail Scotland’s National treasure". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Report - The Magazine Industry in Scotland, Periodical Publishers Association Scotland
  4. ↑ "BBC News - Scotland". Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "STV". Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Bella Caledonia". Retrieved 9 November 2015.

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