12-06-2023, 01:40 PM
Some shows taken live from itv 1 virgin media allow Irish viewers to vote and interact with and some shows the do not
(12-06-2023, 11:52 AM)gottago Wrote: It was such a fascinating period to see STV really struggle, and frankly fail, to fill their schedules with some utter tosh while the rest of the country was gripped by hit series like Downton. ITV ended up putting Downton on ITV3 a few days after the broadcast so people in Scotland could still watch.
I remember they showed a 12 year old STV produced crime drama that no one remembered in place of some big new drama which wound a lot of people up, and I think they bought the Australian drama Underbelly to fill some gaps too. Didn't they fill the weekend daytime schedules with old STV produced kids shows as well?.
(12-06-2023, 03:16 PM)Milkshake Wrote: Was the 12 years Drama - Missing with Gregor Fisher Which had been sitting on a shelf of 5 years waiting for a network slot,
(12-06-2023, 04:13 PM)Brekkie Wrote: With them generally using a QR code on screen now to link to the website I assume that goes to itv.com by default, or are they smart enough to divert viewers in Scotland to the STV site?
(12-06-2023, 03:16 PM)Milkshake Wrote: By 2003? All STV got to make for the ITV network was Taggart & Rebus which = 8 episode if they were lucky a year. Before that STV had kids programmes, reglion, high road ( its actually 30 years ago this month network dropped the series but most of ITV company's carried on ) 2 Gameshows but then all gone. Of course STV not going to be happy with losing and having no say in the network.Since then STV have had some notable success on the production front. Catchphrase, and for the BBC Antiques Road Trip and Bridge of Lies come to mind. They seem to have turned themselves into a successful 'indie'
(12-06-2023, 06:21 PM)Brekkie Wrote: Do STV even opt out much at all nowadays - is it just the 7pm slot on Fridays?There's Scotland Tonight as well. Mon-Wed post News at Ten, Thursdays at 2030, bumping Tonight to post News at Ten