STV Edinburgh will be on air from the earlier time of 7.00am from Monday 2 March 2015. It will feature hourly weekday news bulletins from midday, as well as 30-minute news programmes at 6.00pm, 8.00pm and 10.00pm bringing viewers across the city all the latest updates.
The enhanced schedule will also include The Peter and Roughie Saturday Show with pitchside updates from SPFL matches across all four divisions from Peter Martin and Alan Rough each Saturday.
Weekends will feature Scottish Parliament This Week.
In the first month on air, STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh reached a combined monthly audience of over one million viewers with a mix of news, innovative formats and classic dramas from the STV archive.
Bobby Hain, director of channels at STV, said:
City TV is a long term commitment for STV and the enhanced schedules that will be launched in early March support our strategy to deliver relevant content to consumers across Scotland.
Both city TV channels have delivered in line with expectations since launch and the extended hours and enhanced news offering allows us to align the schedules on both channels so we offer the best possible service for our audiences.
The channels are delivered in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University and Edinburgh Napier University, with more than 100 students from the universities having gained experience so far through their involvement in broadcast operations of the channels.
STV Glasgow launched in June 2014 with STV Edinburgh following in January 2015. The channels broadcast on Freeview channel 23, Sky channel 117 and Virgin Media channel 159 within their transmission areas. STV, STV Glasgow and STV Edinburgh are available to watch live online with the STV Player.
