22 February – Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, the BBC's director general, announced a new dedicated TV channel for Scotland with a £30million budget.[1]
March
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April
23 April – Local channels STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh close and are replaced by a single channel STV2 which acts as a sister channel to STV.[2] STV2 also launches in Aberdeen, Dundee and Ayr, the three areas which STV had also been awarded a local TV licence. A single networked schedule is broadcast in all five areas.
24 April – The first edition of a new primetime weeknight news programme called STV News Tonight, which combines news from across all of Scotland with UK and international news, is broadcast on STV2.[3]
5 May – BBC announces a 90-minute televised debate for the General election 2017 on 21 May chaired by Sarah Smith, with the leaders of the five main Scottish parties: SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Scottish Greens and Liberal Democrats.[5]
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