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That situation has applied in the South of Scotland since Border TV started in 1961, although during the "Border Scotland" years, there was a proportion of Scottish-interest programming shown, almost exclusively sport. Even that is no longer an option so the South of Scotland is, by default, in England in ITV terms. Again that's something that the ITA/IBA/OFCOM over the years have never really been concerned about. During the same decades they agonised long and hard over whether certain relay transmitters should be in the East or West Midlands.
The irony is that if STV's bid for the INFC contract had been successful, the South of Scotland would have become part of the STV area. Instead, yet again, London-based politicans who have little or no concern for viewers in Southern Scotland have given yet another slap in the face to them and this illustrates perfectly why broadcasting should become a devolved matter in Scotland and Wales.
They can ask, but whether they will get is a different matter. Is it really acceptable for Wales to have only one provider of English language non-news national programming?
That situation has applied in the South of Scotland since Border TV started in 1961, although during the "Border Scotland" years, there was a proportion of Scottish-interest programming shown, almost exclusively sport. Even that is no longer an option so the South of Scotland is, by default, in England in ITV terms. Again that's something that the ITA/IBA/OFCOM over the years have never really been concerned about. During the same decades they agonised long and hard over whether certain relay transmitters should be in the East or West Midlands.
The irony is that if STV's bid for the INFC contract had been successful, the South of Scotland would have become part of the STV area. Instead, yet again, London-based politicans who have little or no concern for viewers in Southern Scotland have given yet another slap in the face to them and this illustrates perfectly why broadcasting should become a devolved matter in Scotland and Wales.