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

Events

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

12 April – SMG Group plc announce plans to sell Virgin Radio, to enable the company to focus on its television station, STV.^[2]

May

3 May – Television coverage of the 2007 Scottish Parliament election.

June

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.^[3]

July

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.^[4]

August

August – The Scottish Government establishes the Scottish Broadcasting Commission to oversee television production and broadcasting in Scotland.^[5]
31 August – STV celebrates fifty years on air.

September

20 September – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown opens the BBC Scotland's new Pacific Quay studio complex in Glasgow.^[6] At the opening ceremony BBC Director-General Mark Thompson outlines plans to increase BBC Scotland's content output.^[7]

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

BBC

26 February – The Adventure Show on BBC Two (2007–present)

ITV

3 December – GMTV Scotland on STV (2007–2012)

Television series

Scotsport (1957–2008)^[9]
Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
Scotland Today (1972–2009)
Sportscene (1975–present)
The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
North Tonight (1980–2009)
Taggart (1983–2010)^[10]
Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)^[11]
River City (2002–present)
Politics Now (2004–2011)
VideoGaiden (2005–2008)
The Adventure Show (2007–present)
That Was The Team That Was (2006–2008)

Ending this year

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

Deaths

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

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References

↑ "UTV gains ground in SMG merger negotiations". The Business. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ Holmwood, Leigh (12 April 2007). "SMG strategy was 'flawed'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
↑ "SNP re-ignites Scottish Six idea". BBC News. BBC. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
↑ "Two new major broadcasting deals for the SPL". Scottish Premier League. July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
↑ "Commission looks at broadcasting". BBC News. BBC. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
↑ "Opening ceremony for new BBC HQ". BBC News. BBC. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
↑ "BBC chief in pledge to Scotland". BBC News. BBC. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
↑ "First meeting for broadcast group". BBC News. BBC. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
↑ Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.
↑ McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.
↑ "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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[1] "UTV gains ground in SMG merger negotiations". The Business. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[2] Holmwood, Leigh (12 April 2007). "SMG strategy was 'flawed'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

[3] "SNP re-ignites Scottish Six idea". BBC News. BBC. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[4] "Two new major broadcasting deals for the SPL". Scottish Premier League. July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

[5] "Commission looks at broadcasting". BBC News. BBC. 8 August 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[6] "Opening ceremony for new BBC HQ". BBC News. BBC. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[7] "BBC chief in pledge to Scotland". BBC News. BBC. 20 September 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[8] "First meeting for broadcast group". BBC News. BBC. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[9] Haynes, Richard (17 November 2016). BBC Sport in Black and White. Springer. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-137-45501-7.

[10] McElroy, Ruth (14 October 2016). Contemporary British Television Crime Drama: Cops on the Box. Taylor & Francis. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-317-16096-0.

[11] "Hogmanay favourite Only an Excuse says cheerio. What did you think?". HeraldScotland. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

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