CPO-STV was invented by Nicolaus Tideman and aims to overcome these defects by incorporating some of the positive features of Condorcet's method, a voting system designed for single-winner elections, into STV.

This system, approved by Ofcom, results in ITV plc commissioning and funding the network schedule, with STV and UTV paying a fee to broadcast it.

STV HD launched in Scotland, where ITV1 HD does not broadcast, on 6 June 2010.

The show began airing on 11 September 2010 This was also the first series of the show to be filmed and broadcast in high definition on ITV1 HD ( also STV HD and UTV HD ).

In 2004, STV and Grampian threatened to pull a party political broadcast by the SSP which accused Tony Blair over the pretext for the war.

* Highlands ( TV series ), a Scottish television series produced and broadcast by STV

* This is Scotland ( First programme broadcast on STV, 31 August 1957 )

This would have left the new station only able to broadcast output from its neighbouring colleagues at Scottish Television ( STV ).

The death of Willie MacRae received further attention when the events surrounding it formed the basis of a broadcast of the STV show " Unsolved ", originally broadcast in November 2006.

* The Nightshift, a Scottish television show broadcast on STV

The debate garnered national press attention and was filmed live and broadcast internationally by STV.

Scotsport was a Scottish sports television programme, broadcast on STV in northern and central Scotland, as well as on Border Television in southern Scotland.

On Hogmanay 2007, STV broadcast 50 Years of Scotsport, a programme taking a look back at the shows best moments over the 50 years it had been on air.

STV took over the broadcast rights in Scotland after Setanta closed in the UK in 2009 and still cover the league in a weekly highlights programme.

However, the two-part thriller was not broadcast on STV until November 2008.

Also, the New Year's Eve Program for 2009 was prepared and broadcast jointly by ČT and STV and for 2010 by the Czech TV PRIMA and the Slovak TV JOJ, this time even including the singing of the Czechoslovak national anthem.

Kelly filmed an ITV documentary programme Secrets Revealed-DNA Stories in 2006, made by STV Productions, and broadcast on Sky Real Lives.

In the 1970s she was one of the presenters of Teatime Tales, a television series broadcast by STV in which she recalled her childhood.

STV originally did not broadcast Series 4 in Scotland due to financial issues surrounding a dispute with ITV.

In 2011 STV resolved its issues with ITV and has since broadcast Series 4 during July and August 2011.

STV later announced, in November 2009, that it would produce new episodes of Taggart for broadcast in 2010 regardless of whether ITV plc decided to screen it.

New episodes of Taggart debuted on STV in autumn 2010 before being broadcast on ITV across the rest of the UK in 2011.

Online catch-up of the new series will not be available to STV Player users until the show is broadcast on ITV1 / UTV.

Two Independent Television stations, STV and ITV1, also broadcast in Scotland.

Some political scientists argue that STV is more properly classified as ' semi-proportional ' as there is no assurance of a proportional result at a national level.

Its critics contend that some specialists and voters find the mechanisms behind STV difficult to understand, but this does not make it more difficult for voters to ' rank the list of candidates in order of preference ' in an STV ballot paper ( see Voting ).

Four years later, as Greens came to understand what STV was, they were far more unified in supporting the second referendum held for it.

Unfortunately, at the time the only soap made by STV was Garnock Way, which English ITV companies had no interest in, as they wished to have a soap, in their words, “ with Scotch Lochs, Hills and purple heather ” more tartan feel to the show.

This helped the company to give Scotland a place on the network and also provide sufficient revenue to help STV to produce more programmes for ITV and CH4.

Since the consolidation of the ITV network in the early 2000s ( decade ), the variety of creative and distinct regional identities that made ITV unique in the UK have largely disappeared, UTV and STV being more or less the only notable exceptions.

* STV Late Night-late night talk show featuring live guests, music and more.

Glasgow Science Centre is located in the Pacific Quay area, and as such, is surrounded by the media centres that form the Digital Media Quarter, a Scottish Enterprise development initiative, With the opening of the new STV headquarters in June 2006 and the beginning of broadcast programming from BBC Pacific Quay in the summer of 2004, it can be expected that more programming will be filmed in the area.

As in other forms of STV, in a CPO-STV election more than one candidate is elected and voters must rank candidates in order of preference.

* Scottish Television, currently known as STV, the ITV licensee for Central and Northern Scotland

2007 saw the reintroduction of STV in public elections on the British mainland in elections to Scottish local authorities.

STV had been used for elections to Parliament for some University Seats from 1918 to 1945 and in 1918 for Scottish boards.

* The Central Scotland franchise was awarded to Scottish Television ( STV ), from three applications.

McCallum is a British television series that was produced by STV Productions ( Scottish Television ).

The abbreviation SVT is said to have been chosen since STV was already occupied by Scottish Television in the EBU.

Scottish Television ( now legally known as STV Central Ltd and referred to on-air as STV ) is Scotland's largest ITV franchisee, and has held the ITV franchise for Central Scotland since 31 August 1957.

In the months leading up to opening night, Purdy pledged that the new channel would provide first class entertainment and as much cultural programming as possible as well as allowing Scottish talent every opportunity to develop and be seen on STV.

By the early to mid-1980s and like much of ITV, STV had dispensed with 16 mm film and embraced electronic news gathering, with Sony's Betacam being the chosen system. Scottish Television's Cowcaddens HQ, 1987

On 2 March 2006, it was announced by SMG plc ( now STV Group plc ) that Scottish Television would revert back to the brand name of STV, that it used from the start of colour broadcasting in 1969 until 30 August 1985, and which the station was still informally known as in parts of Scotland.

The celebrity look remained until 2006, when the Scottish and Grampian names were traded in for one unified look: STV.

STV North is owned and operated by STV Group plc ( formerly SMG plc ), which also owns another Scottish ITV franchise, Scottish Television ( now known as STV Central off-air ), based in Glasgow and serving Central Scotland.

In March 2006, the owners of Grampian Television, then known as SMG plc ( now STV Group plc ) announced that the Grampian TV brand would be scrapped and renamed, along with Scottish Television, as simply ' STV ', with a new logo comprising a large, stylised letter ' S '.

After the purchase the TV group renamed itself " Scottish Media Group " which was later shortened to SMG, then in 2008 to STV Group plc.