ScoTV Newshour

scoTV Newshour is a news service launched in the East Scotland franchise region by the franchise holder, scoTV, as a collaboration between its two major shareholders, fourtsnmedia, the operator of scoTV, and network-renowned Taff Media. The program airs after Taff Media National News for an hour. The show first broadcast on the 9th of April, 2007. The theme music was changed from Drum closer to your Beeps by scoTV to the Ten Evening News theme used by Network Ten in Australia in the nineties in late 2008.

Schedule
The schedule changes depeding on the day of the week. All is the same on weekdays except on Friday 'Week in Review' is added.

Monday to Thursday

 * 6:00: Major and Breaking News
 * 6:07: National News
 * 6:11: International News
 * 6:15: Sport News (possiblity to cross to SSN)
 * 6:21: Weather
 * 6:29: Current Affairs
 * 6:41: Regional News (some local)
 * 6:48: Local News opt-out, otherwise news recap, interviews etc
 * 6:56: KwikCap (recap of program)

Friday

 * 6:00: Major and Breaking News
 * 6:06: National News
 * 6:09: International News
 * 6:12: Sport News (possiblity to cross to SSN)
 * 6:17: Weather
 * 6:25: Current Affairs
 * 6:37: Regional News (some local)
 * 6:43: Local News opt-out, otherwise news recap, interviews etc
 * 6:49: KwikCap (recap of program)
 * 6:52: Week in Review

Weekend Broadcast
Currently, the show is only broadcast on weekdays as weekend programming is broadcast in place of the Newshour on weekends (a five minute news update is shown instead). Plans are being put in place for weekend broadcasts, in more of a 'magazine' format.

Production / Technical Details
The show is produced in the Cardiff studios of Taff Media and the Aberdeen studios of scoTV. Some of each companies reporters are at the other location. The show is filmed entirely in High Definition, with new equipment funded by Aquidia Holdings Limited. Special camera and composite techniques are used to create the effect of a single studio. A fibre-optic connection between Taff and scoTV is used to make sure the images are in line, before being transported to fourtsnmedia's Manchester playout center and broadcast.

Broadcast times
The show airs at 6:00PM on scoTV, but is syndicated for any other region to pick up if they wish. The show is broadcast on all the usual methods - Virgin Media, Freeview, Analogue, SKY and our personal transponders on Astra 1D.

The show is replayed later on scoTWO, but is cropped into half an hour as an alternate format. Some stories are dropped to create this.

The show is also transmitted on scoHD when it is being transmitted on scoTV.