2017 in Scottish television

List of years in Scottish television (table)

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2017.

Events

January

  • No events.

February

  • 22 February – The BBC's director general Lord Hall announced a new dedicated TV channel for Scotland with a £30 million budget.[1]

March

  • No events.

April

  • 23 April – Local channels STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh close and are replaced by a single channel STV2 which acts as a sister channel to STV.[2] STV2 also launches in Aberdeen, Dundee and Ayr, the three areas which STV had also been awarded a local TV licence. A single networked schedule is broadcast in all five areas.
  • 27 April – STV announce the first Scottish live televised leaders debate of the General election 2017 on 24 May, chaired by the broadcaster's political editor Bernard Ponsonby, with the leaders of four parties invited: SNP, Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats.[3]

May

  • 5 May – BBC announces a 90-minute televised debate for the General election 2017 on 21 May chaired by Sarah Smith, with the leaders of the five main Scottish parties: SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Scottish Greens and Liberal Democrats.[4]

June to October

  • No events.

November

December

  • No events.

Debuts

  • 22 January – Timeline [5]

Television series

See also

References

  1. Paton, Stephen (22 February 2017). "BBC to launch new Scottish channel by Autumn 2018". The National. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  2. Mayhew, Freddy (10 April 2017). "STV to launch new channel with dedicated evening news programme and hourly bulletins". Press Gazette. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. Macnab, Scott (27 April 2017). "Election 2017: Scottish leaders debate on STV confirmed". The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. "General election 2017: BBC announces Scottish leaders debate". BBC News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  5. Miller, Phil (12 January 2017). "BBC Scotland launch new weekly current affairs show, Timeline". The Herald. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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