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4 unusual facts about STV


BC-STV

If votes are transferred because a candidate has exceeded the quota required to win, all of that candidate's ballots are examined for transfer votes (Senatorial rules), unlike the method used for the Irish Dáil in which, after a candidate has reached the quota, only the last parcel of votes transferred to that candidate are examined for further preferences (the Hare method).

Stv.tv

The website currently offers the usual sections of News, Sport, Entertainment, Weather, Competitions, Forums and STV programme information, with TV listings.

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.

Wknd@stv

The programme was presented by two Scottish teenagers, Kimberley Neill ('Kim') and Jonathon Pender ('Johnny').


1983 Scottish Cup Final

In Scotland the Scottish Cup Final was shown live on BBC One Scotland on their Sportscene programme and also on STV and Grampian Television on Scotsport.

2012 in Scottish television

April – STV's Edinburgh operation is moved from George Street in the city centre to a new studio at Fountainbridge.

Alipore, Navsari

The nearest international airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (formerly Sahar International Airport) in Mumbai, Surat Airport (Gujarati: સુરત વિમાનમથક) is a nearest domestic airport (IATA: STV, ICAO: VASU), located in Magdala, near Surat in the Western Indian state of Gujarat.

An Olive Grove Facing the Sea

It was created with mneTV as a part of the @ìre series, which was broadcast on BBC Two and STV.

Anthony Wonke

In 2013, Fire in the Night a documentary feature about the Piper Alpha disaster produced by STV for Creative Scotland/BBC, had it’s world premier at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and went on to win the festivals prestigious Audience Award.

Astra 2D

ITV also broadcast all its television channels (including regional variations of ITV1, and STV and UTV) from the Astra 2D satellite.

Catherine Czerkawska

Through the 1980s and 90s she continued to write successfully for radio and for television including a six-part series for STV, called Shadow of the Stone, starring Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson.

Deanery synod

In England its lay members also elect the deanery's lay representatives to its diocese's synod (every three years by either plurality or STV) and its diocese's members of the House of Laity in the General Synod of the Church of England, every five years by a system of Single Transferable Vote.

Fiona Ross

In the same year, she also co-produced one-off documentary The Dewar Years, alongside current STV political editor Bernard Ponsonby.

Grant Stott

Stott joined STV in the Autumn of 2006, to co-host Scotsport alongside Andy Walker, after the departure of Jim Delahunt.

Hare quota

In 1868 Henry Richmond Droop (1831–1884) invented the Droop quota as a fairer alternative to the Hare quota, and the Hare quota is today rarely used with STV.

History and use of the single transferable vote

During the 20th century STV was used for elections to the Christchurch City Council in 1917, 1929, 1931 and 1933, and for Woolston Borough Council in 1917 and 1919.

ITV News Lookaround

Two members of the UK Government - Scottish Secretary of State Michael Moore and deputy David Mundell (both MPs in the Border region) - backed ITV's proposal for a Border current affairs programme while the Scottish Government called for STV programming (including Scotland Tonight) to be simulcast.

James Weir Building

Although it is where some of the university's engineering departments are based, it is probably more recognisable from the Scottish crime dramas Taggart and Sea of Souls produced by STV and BBC Scotland, respectively.

Jo Farrow

Farrow is now a relief stand-in weather forecaster for STV, previously producing forecasts from STV North's studios in West Tullos, Aberdeen but is now based in the Edinburgh Studios.

Jogwad

The nearest airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai and Surat Airport (Gujarati: સુરત વિમાનમથક) is a domestic airport (IATA: STV, ICAO: VASU), located in Magdala, near Surat in the Western Indian state of Gujarat.

Julyan Sinclair

Julyan has appeared as a guest presenter on STV's daily lifestyle show The Hour on a few occasions, alongside main anchor Michelle McManus since November 2009.

Made in Scotland

Made in Scotland was a 3-part documentary series produced by STV Productions and broadcast on STV in Northern and Central Scotland in 2009, presented by Taggart actor John Michie.

Media of Scotland

In 2014, STV Group plc will launch two super-local TV services, one each for Edinburgh and Glasgow, after winning Ofcom's May 2012 auction for the licences.

Natalie J. Robb

She made her screen debut as a nine-year-old starring in an STV docudrama with veteran Scots star Tom Conti.

One Man and His Hob

The programme was made by Ginger Productions, and was re-aired on Scottish television station STV, which owned Ginger Productions.

Pauline Cook

She joined STV North (then known as Grampian Television) in January 2000 as a news reporter & presenter and also presented three series' of feature series The People Show (alongside Chris Harvey), as well as a lifestyle programme called Spend, Spend, Spend.

People's Postcode Lottery

From 2008-2010, People’s Postcode Lottery sponsored the Postcode Challenge, a quiz show hosted by Angus Purden on STV.

Politics Now

Prior to 2005, the programme was broadcast from STV's former headquarters at Cowcaddens, Glasgow and the studios of Grampian Television (now STV North) in West Tullos, Aberdeen.

Safe as Houses

Safe as Houses was a Scottish television property programme on STV, hosted by sports broadcaster Ali Douglas and money advisor Fergus Muirhead.

Shereen Nanjiani

On 16 February 2006, it was announced that Nanjiani, along with colleagues Jane Lewis and Sarah Heaney had accepted voluntary redundancy from STV.

Sports Desk

Scotsport, a Scottish sports television program shown on STV.

STV Player

The STV Player is intended to combine network programming shown by STV, such as Emmerdale, Coronation Street and The Jeremy Kyle Show, plus regional programming, such as Made in Scotland, Scotland Tonight and STV Rugby, and archive STV programming, like The Steamie and High Times, in a separate site from other, "short-form" videos.

STV Productions

STV Productions have produced many shows, including: Scottish Passport, The Hour, Catchphrase, The Poison Tree, Fake Reaction, Antiques Road Trip and many more.

Tam Cowan

Cowan was also a guest presenter for STV's overnight interactive strand The Nightshift and rejoined the station on Tuesday 20 September 2011 as a main co-presenter for the lifestyle magazine show The Hour, alongside Michelle McManus.

The Martin Lewis Money Show

The Martin Lewis Money Show is a British television series, which currently airs on ITV, STV and UTV and is co-presented by Martin Lewis and Saira Khan.

Venues of the 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, located in the West End of the city, will host Wrestling, Judo and Boxing, as well as the Main Press Center and the International Broadcast Centre, benefiting from its strategic position adjacent to the headquarters of BBC Scotland and STV at Pacific Quay.

Voting matters

The journal has also republished several seminal papers on STV by Thomas Hare, Henry Richmond Droop, and Brian Meek.


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