STV Group PLC STV TO LAUNCH LANDMARK NEWS PROGRAMME
21 Septiembre 2016 - 3:47AM
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21 September 2016
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STV TO LAUNCH FIRST INTEGRATED SCOTTISH, UK AND INTERNATIONAL
NEWS PROGRAMME
21(st) September 2016
STV News Tonight, a landmark new service for Scotland, will
bring together for the first time all the news coverage relevant to
Scottish viewers in a single weeknight programme.
It's the latest addition to the successful portfolio of news and
current affairs programming from STV News and it will launch in
early 2017.
The programme will be produced using STV and ITV News coverage
and will offer a comprehensive service of Scottish, UK and
international news from a Scottish perspective and delivered with
the trademark STV News values. Recognising the unique news agenda
of a devolved nation, the programme will deliver for the first time
a service tailored specifically to the interests of Scottish
viewers.
The delivery of a news programme of this format from Scotland
will be a UK first and represents the next enhancement to STV's
extensive cross platform news and current affairs offer. The
programme will be produced and broadcast from Glasgow using STV's
resources from across Scotland and ITV's international and UK news
resources.
STV News Tonight will be the flagship news programme on STV's
expanding city network. In addition to Glasgow and Edinburgh, three
new licences - Aberdeen, Ayr and Dundee - will be added in early
2017 and the network of services rebranded as STV2.
The 30 minute programme will air on weeknights at 7pm on STV2
and streamed live on the STV Player.
Bobby Hain, director of channels at STV, said: "We're committed
to delivering choice for our consumers and we believe there is an
appetite for a nightly news programme that combines Scottish, UK
and international news.
"STV News Tonight will be produced and presented live from
Glasgow, drawing on the newsgathering resources of both STV news
across Scotland and ITV news worldwide.
"We're building on the success of the existing STV News output
that reflects the lives of audiences in Scotland. Our existing
Channel 3 news service is localised from studios in Aberdeen,
Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow with seven bulletins daily. Our city
TV service offers hourly updates. STV News Tonight will complement
the existing schedule of bulletins with an editorial brief that is
fresh and distinctive."
Gordon Macmillan, head of news at STV, said: "This is a
programme whose merits have been long-debated in Scotland. I'm
delighted that it is STV that will bring this landmark new
programme to Scotland's screens. Viewers can look forward to yet
another TV first: the best of Scottish, UK and international news
in a single programme and presented in the way that solely meets
the needs of a Scottish audience."
STV boasts a 160 strong news team across six news centres,
including Holyrood and Westminster. This team will support STV News
Tonight in addition to the creation of new editorial roles.
STV holds two city television licences for Scotland's largest
cities, Glasgow and Edinburgh. In early 2015, STV was awarded
licences to launch services in Aberdeen, Ayr and Dundee.
ENDS
For further information, please contact the STV press
office:
Eleanor Marshall
0141 300 3670 / 07803 970 143
eleanor.marshall@stv.tv
Notes to Editors
STV News
STV News delivers locally focused, relevant and high quality
news reaching around one million people each day on air and
online.
News is at the heart of Scotland's most popular commercial media
website, stv.tv, including an enhanced digital news app serving
consumers local, national and international news as well as
features, sport and weather in one place.
On air, STV News broadcasts three morning bulletins during Good
Morning Britain, a lunchtime bulletin and three evening bulletins.
With seven, regionalised bulletins each day on Channel 3, and
hourly local news reports on city channels STV Glasgow and STV
Edinburgh, STV provides the most comprehensive local news service
in the UK and is highly valued by viewers.
Three separate editions of the evening news programmes, STV News
at Six, are broadcast from Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, with a
bulletin for the Dundee and Tayside area, allowing STV to deliver
local news stories and present the stories that are relevant to its
regional audience.
John MacKay is the anchor for Glasgow and the west, Lucy Whyte
presents in Edinburgh and the east, and Norman MacLeod and Andrea
Brymer front the programme in the north.
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