STV Edinburgh and STV Glasgow will be joining forces to bring the best of the festival into homes across the central belt of Scotland as they commence broadcasting the Edinburgh Festival 2015 programme live from Akva bar and cafe from Wednesday 5th August.

If you’ve picked up a tabloid newspaper in recent weeks you might have read about Joey Essex’s plans to become a single father or Louie Spence’s risqué new career.

The truth is, not is all it seems as Joey and Louie are just two of the stars who gave up control of their prized social media accounts in the name of comedy and a new show which hits our screens on ITV2 this Thursday.

STV Productions and GroupM Entertainment have been commissioned by Sky to go inside Scotland’s prisons to make a documentary series about life behind bars in the 21st century.

STV Productions has today announced the appointment of Dan Korn as a new creative director, reporting to Alan Clements, director of content. In this role, Dan will have a particular focus on specialist factual and returnable programming.

STV Productions has been commissioned by the BBC to deliver a documentary which will commemorate one of the most tragic days in Scotland’s modern history.

ITV has commissioned STV Productions to make a documentary to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the London July 7th bombings.

STV’s Sean Batty, will set off on Thursday 11th June on a four day coast to coast fundraising trip to raise money for the STV Children’s Appeal.

The Sean Batty Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge will see Scotland's favourite weatherman undertaking another grueling cycle challenge across Scotland, cycling 168 miles from Tarbert to Dunbar.

ITV has commissioned STV Productions, with Group M Entertainment, to make a new ITV2 comedy panel show – Safeword.

City TV channel, STV Glasgow celebrates its first year of broadcasting today (Tuesday 2nd June) across the city and the surrounding area, reaching 1.6 million viewers since launch (78% of transmission area).*

Lorraine Kelly will be taking to the dance floor in aid of the STV Children’s Appeal this September, as she dons her kilt for a 24 hour ceilidh extravaganza.

The Lie, hosted by Scottish comedian Susan Calman, returns for a second series on STV from Thursday 4th June at 2030.

The search for Scotland’s most deserving community heroes is now underway with the launch today (Tuesday, 26th May) of the third season of RBS – Finding Scotland’s Real Heroes.

STV has today announced that award-winning radio journalist Colin Mackay is to join the STV News team as Holyrood Editor, based at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh.

A brand new version of the STV Player is available for consumers from today.

STV Productions has partnered with Red Arrow Entertainment Group to produce two TX episodes of a brand new format, The Lost Supper.

STV has confirmed comprehensive General Election coverage, including a live overnight results programme hosted by political editor Bernard Ponsonby.

STV has been awarded the licences to deliver local TV services to Aberdeen, Ayr and Dundee.

STV’s city TV channels, STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh, have enhanced their schedules for viewers in Scotland’s largest cities from today with extended hours and a range of exciting new original programmes.