This is a list of events in Scottish television from 2007.

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January

  • 7 January – Death of television presenter Magnus Magnusson, long-time presenter of the BBC's Mastermind.
  • 8 January – STV launches separate news services for the East and West of the STV Central region, initially as a five-minute opt out within the 6:00 pm edition of Scotland Today on weeknights. STV also launches two editions of North Tonight begin to receive two different programmes - those in the Dundee, Angus, Perthshire and north-east Fife area receive a dedicated bulletin within the main North Tonight programme.
  • 10 January – Scottish Media Group and Belfast-based UTV agree the details of a merger, including a revised share split between the two. UTV will own 54% of the group, while SMG will take the remaining 46%.[1] However, the deal is once again rejected at the end of February.

February

  • No events.

March

  • No events.

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

  • 26 October – Inaugural meeting of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission. Chaired by Blair Jenkins the Commission hopes to take television in Scotland "to a different level".[8]

November

  • No events.

December

  • 3 December – News opt-outs for Scotland during GMTV are taken over by MacMillan Media following a long-running dispute between GMTV and STV. Previously STV and Grampian had provided local news coverage during GMTV.

Debuts

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ITV

Television series

Ending this year

  • 31 December – Still Game (2002–2007; 2016–2019)

Deaths

See also

References

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