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2007 in Scottish television

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

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Events

  • 7 January – Death of television presenter Magnus Magnusson, long-time presenter of the BBC's Mastermind.
  • 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%. However, the deal is once again rejected at the end of February.
  • 12 April – SMG Group plc announce plans to sell Virgin Radio, to enable the company to focus on its television station, STV.
  • 3 May – Television coverage of the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.
  • 7 June – The long-running Scottish Six debate over a separate BBC Six O'Clock News bulletin for Scotland is reignited after the Scottish National Party's Pete Wishart writes to the BBC Director General Mark Thompson calling for a Scottish news programme to be introduced.
  • 18 July – It is announced that the Scottish Premier League has signed a deal with BBC Scotland for non-exclusive television coverage of the league.
  • August – The Scottish Government establishes the Scottish Broadcasting Commission to oversee television production and broadcasting in Scotland.
  • 31 August – STV celebrates fifty years on air.
  • 20 September – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown opens the BBC Scotland's new Pacific Quay studio complex in Glasgow. At the opening ceremony BBC Director-General Mark Thompson outlines plans to increase BBC Scotland's content output.
  • 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".
  • 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.

    • ITV

  • 3 December – GMTV Scotland on STV (2007–present)

    • Television series

  • Scotsport (1957–2008)
  • Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
  • Scotland Today (1972–2009)
  • Sportscene (1975–present)
  • Public Account (1976–present)
  • The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
  • North Tonight (1980–2009)
  • Taggart (1983–present)
  • Only an Excuse? (1993–present)
  • River City (2002–present)
  • Politics Now (2004–2011)
  • VideoGaiden (2005–2008)
  • The Adventure Show (2005–present)
  • That Was The Team That Was (2006–2008)

    • Ending this year

  • 31 December – Still Game (2002–2007)

    • Deaths

  • 7 January – Magnus Magnusson, 79, broadcaster and presenter
  • 9 February – Ian Richardson, 72, actor

    • References

    2007 in Scottish television Wikipedia
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