Read this: Robert Beveridge: A missed chance over STV - TV and Radio - Scotsman.com

Summary: How good is the coverage beyond news into current affairs and cultural portrayal etc Are the citizens of Kelso able to access equivalent television-based information about the referendum, for example Maria Miller, the Secretary for Culture Media and Sport, has decided to renew the existing channel 3 licences without the costs and dangers of going to competitive bidding. It does give some security to the companies, though one might ask what happened to the Conservative insistence on the benefits of competition - scotsman.com