STV is a television channel serving the majority of Scotland.

It operates the two ITV licensees in northern and central Scotland, formerly known as Grampian Television (now legally STV North) and Scottish Television (now legally STV Central).

The brand was adopted on Tuesday 30 May 2006 replacing both franchises' identities.

Breaking news, interchangeably termed latebreaking news and also known as a special report or special coverage or news bulletin, is a current issue that broadcasters feel warrants the interruption of scheduled programming and/or current news in order to report its details.

Its use is also assigned to the most significant story of the moment or a story that is being covered live.

It could be a story that is simply of wide interest to viewers and has little impact otherwise.

Many times, breaking news is used after the news organization has already reported on the story.

When a story has not been reported on previously, the graphic and phrase "Just In" is sometimes used instead.

Video on demand (display) (VOD) are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content such as movies and TV shows when they choose to, rather than having to watch at a specific broadcast time, which was the prevalent approach with over-the-air broadcasting during much of the 20th century.

IPTV technology is often used to bring video on demand to televisions and personal computers.

Live television is a television production broadcast in real-time, as events happen, in the present.

In most cases live programming is not being filmed as it is shown on TV but rather was not rehearsed or edited after filming and is being shown only has it was filmed prior to being aired.

Shows broadcast live include newscasts, morning shows, awards shows, sports programs, and, occasionally, episodes of television series.

Live television was more common until the late 1950s, when videotape technology was invented.

Because of the prohibitive cost, adoption was slow, and some television show remained live until the 1970s, such as soap operas.

To prevent unforeseen issues, live television programs may be delayed, which allows censors to edit the program.

Some programs may be broadcast live in certain time zones and delayed in others.

Home is an interior home and garden-orientated lifestyle television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as part of the UKTV network of channels.

The channel originally launched on 1 November 1997 and relaunched in its current format on 30 April 2009.

Home is broadcast 24 hours a day on Sky, Virgin Media and TVPlayer.

The channel was transmitted by terrestrial provider ITV Digital 24 hours a day until the company's collapse in 2002.

Home made a return to terrestrial screens for a time in the mid-2000s (decade) as part of the now-defunct Top Up TV system, and became available as a free-to-air linear service on Freeview from 1 March 2016.