Stv.tv
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www.stv.tv is the URL
of the website of the Scottish
television channel, STV. The website currently offers the usual sections of News
, Sport
, Entertainment
, Weather
, Competitions, Forums
and STV programme information, with TV listings
. It also offers other specialised services such as online bingo
and job seeking
.
STV began relaunching the website in August 2008, with the launch of their online catch up service. The News section moved into BETA testing a few weeks later, with programme-specific pages in October, starting with Britannia High
. The stv.tv homepage moved to BETA in December. The relaunch was complete in April 2009.
In August 2008, STV launched a new catch-up service on their website: stv.tv/video. The new service was similar to the ITV catch-up service and features most of STV's main programming on the website, for up to 30 days after it was first broadcast on the channel. Amongst the most viewed videos on the site are networked soaps Coronation Street
and Emmerdale
alongside regional programmes produced by STV themselves, including the comedy dramas High Times
and Cracked
, game show Postcode Challenge
and documentary series The Merchant Navy. UEFA Champions League
and STV Rugby
highlights programmes are also available to view.
Local and regional news bulletins from STV News
in Northern and Central Scotland are also featured on the site although some bulletins (along with networked programming) are only available to view in the UK owing to rights issues.
In July 2009, STV relauched their catch-up service with a brand new look and advertising campaign, renaming it as "STV Player". STV Player is now also available on YouTube
The video player was developed by Brightcove
.
), and Northern Exposure
(STV North
). The blogs feature behind-the-scenes insights into the station's regional news programmes and interviews with newsroom staff. The blogs are updated on a regular basis.
On 5 December 2007, a new weather blog was launched - Weather Blether
, presented and produced by weatherman Seán Batty. There have only been a few video blogs made, as of 2010.
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of the website of the Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
television channel, STV. The website currently offers the usual sections of News
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
, Sport
Sport
A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...
, Entertainment
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
, Weather
Weather
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Weather refers, generally, to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate...
, Competitions, Forums
Internet forum
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived...
and STV programme information, with TV listings
TV listings
TV listings in the United Kingdom are the lists of programmes that will appear on television over the next few days and weeks.-History:In March 1991, the monopoly on listings magazines ended and the market was opened up...
. It also offers other specialised services such as online bingo
Online bingo
Online bingo is the game of bingo played on the Internet. It is estimated that the global gross gaming yield of bingo was US$500 million in 2006, and it is forecasted to grow to $1,000 million by 2010....
and job seeking
Job hunting
Job hunting, job seeking, or job searching is the act of looking for employment, due to unemployment or discontent with a current position. The immediate goal of job seeking is usually to obtain a job interview with an employer which may lead to getting hired...
.
STV began relaunching the website in August 2008, with the launch of their online catch up service. The News section moved into BETA testing a few weeks later, with programme-specific pages in October, starting with Britannia High
Britannia High
Britannia High was a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television Britannia High was a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television Britannia High was a British musical drama television series co-produced by Granada Television (now part of...
. The stv.tv homepage moved to BETA in December. The relaunch was complete in April 2009.
STV Player
In August 2008, STV launched a new catch-up service on their website: stv.tv/video. The new service was similar to the ITV catch-up service and features most of STV's main programming on the website, for up to 30 days after it was first broadcast on the channel. Amongst the most viewed videos on the site are networked soaps Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
and Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
alongside regional programmes produced by STV themselves, including the comedy dramas High Times
High Times (TV series)
High Times is a Scottish comedy drama on STV, based around the lives of two flatmates and their neighbours in a high-rise tower block in Glasgow, in the last weeks before its closure for renovation...
and Cracked
Cracked (TV series)
Cracked is a Scottish comedy drama, which was broadcast on STV. Created and written by Clare Hemphill and Kate Donnelly, the drama series is set in a Scottish countryside residential rehab clinic, a place where people with various mental and emotional problems check themselves in for some...
, game show Postcode Challenge
Postcode Challenge
Postcode Challenge is a Scottish television game show presented originally by Carol Smillie and currently by Angus Purden, produced by STV Productions for broadcast on STV.-Format:...
and documentary series The Merchant Navy. UEFA Champions League
Champions League Live
Champions League Live is a football programme currently shown on both ITV and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, broadcasting live UEFA Champions League football....
and STV Rugby
STV Rugby
STV Rugby is a Scottish regional television programme featuring highlights of RaboDirect Pro12 rugby matches involving Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors...
highlights programmes are also available to view.
Local and regional news bulletins from STV News
STV News at Six
STV News at Six is a Scottish regional news programme, covering the two STV franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland, produced by STV Central in the Central region and STV North in the Northern region.The programmes were launched on Monday 23 March 2009, replacing Scotland Today in...
in Northern and Central Scotland are also featured on the site although some bulletins (along with networked programming) are only available to view in the UK owing to rights issues.
In July 2009, STV relauched their catch-up service with a brand new look and advertising campaign, renaming it as "STV Player". STV Player is now also available on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
The video player was developed by Brightcove
Brightcove
Brightcove is a Cambridge, MA based company that produces an Online Video Platform .- History :Brightcove was founded in 2004 by Jeremy Allaire, who now serves as CEO. In March 2006, Brightcove acquired Seattle-based Metastories, makers of StoryMaker, a publishing tool for video, audio, images, and...
.
Video blogs
From June 2007, STV's news division began producing video blogs, named The Real MacKay (STV CentralScottish Television
Scottish Television is Scotland's largest ITV franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957. It is the second oldest ITV franchisee still active...
), and Northern Exposure
Northern Exposure (video blog)
Northern Exposure was a supplementary video blog for the Northern Scotland edition of the regional news programme, STV News at Six. The first blog was produced on Tuesday June 19, 2007 and as of June 30, 2009, 180 episodes had been made available...
(STV North
Grampian Television
Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands , Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife...
). The blogs feature behind-the-scenes insights into the station's regional news programmes and interviews with newsroom staff. The blogs are updated on a regular basis.
On 5 December 2007, a new weather blog was launched - Weather Blether
Weather Blether
Weather Blether was an occasional supplementary blog for STV's regional weather service, serving Northern and Central Scotland. As opposed to its sister blogs, The Real MacKay and Northern Exposure, the blog consists of online video and written blogs.The first video blog was produced on Wednesday 5...
, presented and produced by weatherman Seán Batty. There have only been a few video blogs made, as of 2010.