About Us

STV is the most-watched peak-time channel in Scotland and is home to some of the most popular shows on television, including iconic soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale; entertainment hits The Masked Singer, and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here; gripping 9pm dramas; and a wide-ranging selection of home-grown productions.        

Flagship news programme STV News at Six is the most watched news programme in Scotland.

STV Player

STV's rapidly growing broadcaster streaming service, STV Player, gives viewers in Scotland the opportunity to watch STV shows on their terms, live or on demand. Across the UK, our free service offers viewers an extensive catalogue of content from the UK and around the world  

STV Player is now pre-installed in three quarters of the UK’s connected TV homes and is available on all major platforms, including Sky, NOW, Virgin Media, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV, Apple TV, Freesat, YouView and Freeview Play. 

STV Player features an ever-growing library of premium content including UK original and international drama box-sets, sport and factual entertainment – much of which isn’t available to stream on any other platform in the UK. 

As well as a mix of new STV exclusive network content, STV Player also offers acquired series from across the world, and archive material with recent highlights including true crime thriller, The Long Shadow; Irvine Welsh’s Crime; much-loved police drama, Taggart; and key acquisition, iconic soap Brookside. 

Viewers can also watch STV Player content ad-free and download shows by subscribing to STV Player+.   

STV Studios

Award-winning production business STV Studios is one of the UK’s leading producers of scripted and unscripted content and Scotland’s biggest production group, creating world-class content for a range of UK and international broadcasters and streamers.        

STV Studios is a family of 20 leading production labels across every genre, from quiz to documentary, factual, entertainment and drama. Together STV Studios is an unrivalled network of senior creative leaders across the UK nations and regions, with over 30 established returning series, an extensive pipeline of new programme ideas, and a rich archive of c.5000 hours.