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STV and Grampain Question

(June 2006)

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Larry the Loafer
I didn't think this was important enough to be in the main forum so I thought I'd stick it here.

Can anybody tell me why Scottish Television and Grampian act like totally different "Channel 3"s in Scotland? I thought they were part of the ITV network, but they seem to act the same way RTÉ One and Two act like Irelands BBC One and Two - different but similar.
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Ant
Larry the Loafer posted:
I didn't think this was important enough to be in the main forum so I thought I'd stick it here.

Can anybody tell me why Scottish Television and Grampian act like totally different "Channel 3"s in Scotland? I thought they were part of the ITV network, but they seem to act the same way RTÉ One and Two act like Irelands BBC One and Two - different but similar.

Scottish and Grampian (now both 'stv') are owned by a group called SMG (Scottish Media Group). ITV1 in England, Wales and Border Scotland are owned by another group called ITV plc.

Programming is very similar - just the on-air look.
LL
Larry the Loafer
Thanks, Antz. I knew about SMG but it the cause of ITV plc seems clearer now.

Has ITV plc and SMG got any connection then if programming is similar?

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