The Battle for Control of Our Tv Screens As Itv and Stv Take Their On-Screen Squabble Into the Courts, Following Arguments About Primetime Content and Advertising Revenue, the Picture for Scottish Broadcasting Looks Increasingly Blurry.

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It is like the plot of a television drama: a struggle for control in the corridors of power involving national politicians, multi- million pound law suits and bitter business rivalries.

However, this is not a soap opera being played out on the screen but a behind-the-scenes crisis that threatens to rip through the foundations of television in Scotland.

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The Battle for Control of Our Tv Screens As Itv and Stv Take Their On-Screen Squabble Into the Courts, Following Arguments About Primetime Content and Advertising Revenue, the Picture for Scottish Broadcasting Looks Increasingly Blurry.

For 18 months STV and ITV have been doing a convincing impression of a couple careering towards a divorce, squabbling over unpaid bills and arguing about how to fill their shared space. Both sued each other on Tuesday.

Switching to the other channels, the Scottish government scolded the BBC and Channel 4 for slacking in its commitments towards Scotland. Auntie and its youthful rival's sluggish performance prompted the culture minister, Mike Russell, to produce a discussion document on Wednesday that suggested only a constitutional shake up would j...

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