1998 in Scottish television
# 1998 in Scottish television

This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1998.

## Events

### January to April

* No events.

### May

* 31 May – Sky Scottish closes after just over eighteen months on air, because the channel fails to meet its financial targets.

### June

* No events.

### July

* 29 July – British Digital Broadcasting rebrand as ONdigital.

### August

* No events.

### September

* 23 September – BBC Choice, the UK's first digital-only TV station, launches. The channel broadcasts around two hours each night of programming for Scotland as an opt-out from the main channel.

### October

* 1 October – Digital satellite television launches in the UK, operated by Sky Digital. This sees the start of UK channels transmitting in 16:9 widescreen.

### November

* No events.

### December

* 11 December – BBC governors reject a request to give Scotland its own Six O'Clock News bulletin. Instead an extra £20m will be spent on new jobs and programming in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

## Debuts

### BBC

* Unknown – Looking After Jo Jo (1998)

## Television series

* Scotsport (1957–2008)
* Reporting Scotland (1968–1983; 1984–present)
* Scotland Today (1972–2009)
* Sportscene (1975–present)
* The Beechgrove Garden (1978–present)
* Grampian Today (1980–2009)
* High Road (1980–2003)
* Taggart (1983–2010)
* Crossfire (1984–2004)
* Wheel of Fortune (1988–2001)
* Fun House (1989–1999)
* Win, Lose or Draw (1990–2004)
* Machair (1993–1999)
* Telefios (1993–2000)
* Only an Excuse? (1993–2020)

## Ending this year

* 7 December – McCallum (1995–1998)
* 24 December – The Baldy Man (1995–1998)
* Unknown – Top Club (1971–1998)
