Scottish media has a long and distinct history.
Scotland
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has a wide range of different types and quality of media.
Broadcasting
Television
BBC Scotland runs two national
television stations
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. Much of the output of BBC Scotland Television, such as local news, current affairs and sport programmes are intended for broadcast within Scotland, whilst others, for example many drama and comedy programmes, aim at audiences throughout the United Kingdom and worldwide markets.
Three
ITV stations also broadcast in Scotland.
STV broadcasts to the majority of the Scottish population. Although branded as one channel, it is composed of two stations:
STV Central
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and
STV North, both of which are both owned by
STV Group plc
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.
ITV Border broadcasts in the South of Scotland.
BBC Alba is the only Gaelic language television service available in Scotland, broadcasting digital terrestrial platform
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, as well as
Sky
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,
Virgin Media
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and
Freesat
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.
In 2014, STV Group plc launched two
super-local TV services,
STV Glasgow in 2014 and
STV Edinburgh
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in 2015. Following the awarding of local broadcasting licences for Aberdeen, Ayr and Dundee in 2015 to STV Group, it combined its two existing stations with the new licences and relaunched the new stations as a single network, branded
STV2 in April 2017.
Radio
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, which is available in the North of Scotland. There are also a number of BBC and independent local radio stations throughout the country.
), based in Glasgow, launched in 2014 following the 2014 independence referendum.
Sunday newspapers include the tabloid ''
'' have associations with ''The Herald'' and ''The Scotsman'' respectively.
National UK-wide newspapers such as
publish Scottish editions of their paper.
Regional dailies include ''
and the north.
There are over 700 magazines published in Scotland, by nearly 200 organisations, with an estimated total
of £157m per annum.