BBC Scotland
Scottish division of the British Broadcasting Corporation
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December 2024 | The Nine news programme was replaced by a new shorter programme, Reporting Scotland: News at Seven. |
March 2021 | BBC decided to relocate jobs and departments from London to other parts of the BBC network, including moving the technology team to Glasgow and planning to produce shows like The Weakest Link and Newsnight Review in Scotland. |
October 2020 | Steve Carson succeeds Donalda MacKinnon as the head of BBC Scotland. |
2019 | Eòrpa programme moved from BBC Two Scotland to BBC Alba. |
February 24 2019 | BBC Scotland channel commenced broadcasting at 7:00 p.m., featuring a lineup of new and archived Scottish programming, including a new hour-long 9:00 p.m. weeknight newscast. |
2018 | BBC The Social won another Royal Television Scotland award, this time for the shortform drama Kidder. |
June 2018 | BBC announced the formation of a third digital hub in Glasgow to facilitate design and engineering of BBC digital platforms. |
June 2018 | The BBC Scotland channel was approved by Ofcom, with plans to allocate £32 million in annual funding. |
February 22 2017 | BBC Director General Tony Hall announced plans to launch a dedicated English-language BBC Scotland channel in 2018, which would replace BBC Two Scotland opt-out and broadcast from 7:00 p.m. to midnight nightly. |
2016 | BBC The Social won a Royal Television Scotland award for Best Digital Innovation. |
December 2016 | Donalda MacKinnon becomes the leader of BBC Scotland. |
December 2015 | BBC The Social was launched as a digital content stream targeting 18-34 year olds, focusing on developing content across various subjects including issues, comedy, music, lifestyle, and gaming. |
2013 | BBC Scotland's television output reached 40.3% of the Scottish television audience. |
January 2013 | BBC One Scotland HD and BBC One Wales HD launched as regional variants. |
2012 | BBC One HD began offering regional services, starting with BBC One Northern Ireland HD. |
2010 | Transfer of Gaelic programming from BBC One and Two Scotland to BBC Alba. |
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