robertclark125

This has been spoken about before, and whilst a major shareholder in STV said it was "inevitable" ITV PLC would buy STV, that was a couple of years ago, and it hasn't happened yet. It's worth also mentioning, a takeover of STV by ITV PLC would also lead to more questions being asked. The future of the Border Scotland area, would it be absorbed into the central Scotland region, or would the southern part of STV be split east and west, and each part taking up part of the border area?

You also have to ask, if ITV would then consider moving production of some stuff up to Glasgow? Would STV still be called STV, as per UTV in Northern Ireland, or be rebranded ITV Scotland, as what happened to HTV Wales, which became ITV Cymru Wales?

The Sport Thread

With RTE seemingly involved in the Pro 14, and with increased BBC involvement again, I just wonder if Premier Sports reduced role, is simply them perhaps eventually deciding to say to the Pro 14, in a few years time, "well, goodbye", and deciding to leave it altogether.

Mike Neville has died

He was forthright, and professional. He took the news seriously.