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Sky Scottish launched 1st November 1996 at 6pm. It was a joint venture between Sky and Scottish TV owners SMG plc. Broadcasting initially for a couple of hours each night 6pm-8pm after Granada Talk TV, later Sky Box Office 3. The channel closed down in June 1998 due to poor viewing figures.


Sky Scottish 1996 - 1997


Click for larger image Sky Scottish Launch
1996 Click for larger image Here's more than the first minute of broadcasting from a 30 minute promo/programme 'This is Sky Scottish' presented by David Rintoul.
 
Clip duration: 1minute 45sec

Click for larger image Sky Scottish Ident
1996 Click for larger image In keeping with the house style of the Sky Network idents of '96 with the added Scottish tv thistle logo

Click for larger image Scotland Today
1996 The channel's news programmes were aimed at Scots living away from home in England or Wales. This is the first edition opening of Scotland Today.
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Click for larger image Scotland Today - Launch Report
1996 Click for larger image So what's Sky Scottish all about then?
 
Clip duration: 2minutes

Click for larger image Sky Scottish Closedown
1996 Click for larger image It's the end of the first day of broadcaasting and here's a run down of what's on tomorrow..

Sky Scottish 1997


Click for larger image Sky Scottish Ident
1997 Click for larger image A programme list and ident from 1997

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