GM
To change it again, Peter & Roughie are also moving to STV on Friday night's at 8pm...
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A former member
8pm ? I thought there would have gotten the 22.40 slot.
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That is surprising, Somehow I bet more money will be found and it will be kept on for a little while. Could Mr Pitts be doing the dirty so ITV can it over without much fuss, Ie STV2 and reshaped STV.
There only 3 programmes worth are Live at five, late night thing with Ewan and 1pm news. Maybe there would make ti live at 4pm and replace pointless?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-43240768
The new boss of Scottish broadcaster STV is carrying out a strategic review of the business.
The review will look at the whole business, including the loss-making channel STV2 and how the company's news service is delivered.
Chief executive Simon Pitts said he had been greatly impressed by the passion and commitment of the company's staff.
However, he would not be drawn on claims in newspaper reports that STV2 may be closed.
Mr Pitts said the company's performance had been resilient in what he described as a "tricky year" in the marketplace.
The headline pre-tax profit slipped slightly from £18.3m in 2016 to £18m last year.
The results of the strategic review are expected to be announced in the next few weeks.
'Growth plan'
STV's main business is the Channel 3 service for central and northern Scotland - it is the only part of the network which is not owned by ITVplc. STV also has a production division and a digital business.
STV2 was launched last year, bringing together the company's local TV stations for Glasgow and Edinburgh as well as proposed local stations for Ayr, Aberdeen and Dundee.
The new channel lost £800,000 last year - roughly the same as the previous city TV services lost the previous year. However, it attracted more revenue than before.
Mr Pitts said: "We are looking at all aspects of the business at the moment right across all our channels, production and digital.
"My job is to really set in train a growth plan for the business across all areas and then deliver against it."
Mr Pitts was asked on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme whether the company would consider selling STV2 or handing the licence to provide the service back to the regulator Ofcom.
He said it was "a bit too early to say" if any of that might happen, but that he could see the potential for growth across the company.
STV currently provides more television news than it is legally obliged to do on its main channel.
Mr Pitts said news was a vital part of the company's business and that it would continue to be crucial, but that he had to look at how it was delivered going forward.
The year also marked the company's return to high end drama production.
STV Productions - which makes programmes for the ITV network and other channels as well as STV itself - received a commission for a new BBC1 drama series called The Victim.
The company said the production division had made a strong start to 2018.
There only 3 programmes worth are Live at five, late night thing with Ewan and 1pm news. Maybe there would make ti live at 4pm and replace pointless?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-43240768
Quote:
The new boss of Scottish broadcaster STV is carrying out a strategic review of the business.
The review will look at the whole business, including the loss-making channel STV2 and how the company's news service is delivered.
Chief executive Simon Pitts said he had been greatly impressed by the passion and commitment of the company's staff.
However, he would not be drawn on claims in newspaper reports that STV2 may be closed.
Mr Pitts said the company's performance had been resilient in what he described as a "tricky year" in the marketplace.
The headline pre-tax profit slipped slightly from £18.3m in 2016 to £18m last year.
The results of the strategic review are expected to be announced in the next few weeks.
'Growth plan'
STV's main business is the Channel 3 service for central and northern Scotland - it is the only part of the network which is not owned by ITVplc. STV also has a production division and a digital business.
STV2 was launched last year, bringing together the company's local TV stations for Glasgow and Edinburgh as well as proposed local stations for Ayr, Aberdeen and Dundee.
The new channel lost £800,000 last year - roughly the same as the previous city TV services lost the previous year. However, it attracted more revenue than before.
Mr Pitts said: "We are looking at all aspects of the business at the moment right across all our channels, production and digital.
"My job is to really set in train a growth plan for the business across all areas and then deliver against it."
Mr Pitts was asked on BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme whether the company would consider selling STV2 or handing the licence to provide the service back to the regulator Ofcom.
He said it was "a bit too early to say" if any of that might happen, but that he could see the potential for growth across the company.
STV currently provides more television news than it is legally obliged to do on its main channel.
Mr Pitts said news was a vital part of the company's business and that it would continue to be crucial, but that he had to look at how it was delivered going forward.
The year also marked the company's return to high end drama production.
STV Productions - which makes programmes for the ITV network and other channels as well as STV itself - received a commission for a new BBC1 drama series called The Victim.
The company said the production division had made a strong start to 2018.
GO
Is it surprising? STV doesn't have a particularly exciting archive, Fair City is unwatchable and there's only so many people who are going to abandon the main news on the main channel for something on a secondary channel. There's no particular reason why it won't go the same way as the rest of the local TV disasters.
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A former member
If STV can get Live at five, Late night with Ewan and some additional news updates on the main channel maybe 12.25 1min update and 15.55? I think there would be happy but it would pee off alot of High road viewers?
I wouldn't say no to High road Omnibus on Sunday afternoon? its been said STV has 400 Faircity so STV2 would not disappear until the end of the year.
I wouldn't say no to High road Omnibus on Sunday afternoon? its been said STV has 400 Faircity so STV2 would not disappear until the end of the year.
PC
Fair City was a strange choice. People in Ireland ruthlessly take the piss out of it and I suspect the only reason it has decent viewing figures over there is down to heritage.
There's room for STV2 to shunt over any shows they think are worth keeping on to the main channel and save face, then quietly drop them if they don't think they're up to much after a short time. The alternative is to run the channel on an absolute shoestring to avoid anyone else taking it over, but in reality there's not really much original programming on the channel as it is.
There's room for STV2 to shunt over any shows they think are worth keeping on to the main channel and save face, then quietly drop them if they don't think they're up to much after a short time. The alternative is to run the channel on an absolute shoestring to avoid anyone else taking it over, but in reality there's not really much original programming on the channel as it is.
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A former member
Does anyone have ANY context to this 
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TV Stations of Scotland: STV 2. pic.twitter.com/nVIlyP9RrV
— PictureThis Scotland (@74frankfurt) May 8, 2018
TC
I assume that's an out-take. The show is pre-recorded as far as I know, and I think OFCOM would get a bit worried if that was left in...
VM
A quick Google comes up with this: https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/lotto-millionaire-jane-park-water-11373724
It's from October 2017 and they claim it wasn't staged, with the footage being included in the actual programme that went out.
It's from October 2017 and they claim it wasn't staged, with the footage being included in the actual programme that went out.
DB
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/scottish-lotto-winner-jane-park-11372317
Does anyone have ANY context to this ???
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TV Stations of Scotland: STV 2. pic.twitter.com/nVIlyP9RrV
— PictureThis Scotland (@74frankfurt) May 8, 2018
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/scottish-lotto-winner-jane-park-11372317