STV Group plc, previously known as
Scottish Television and
Scottish Media Group, is a Scottish media company. It is a constituent of the
FTSE Fledgling Index. Originally formed as
Scottish Television, it changed its name to Scottish Media Group in 1996 when it acquired Caledonian Publishing, owners of
Glasgow-based newspapers
The Herald and
Evening Times (both of which have since been sold). It then went on to acquire the
ITV licence holder for Northern Scotland,
Grampian Television, in 1997. Scottish and Grampian merged brands in 2006 to form
STV.