took over with the programme starting with the final Friday night series on 31 July 1998 starting off at 6:00pm before moving back to its original timeslot of 7:00pm from 13 November, The last Friday night show was broadcast on 21 May 1999 before moving to Saturday lunchtime for the second time from 31 July 1999 until 9 December 2000. Grampian Television also showed the series from 2 January 1998 and Sky Scottish too from launch on 1 November 1996 until 8 May 1998 three weeks before the station's closure. Both channels simulcasted with the Scottish TV transmission. During the seasons when Scottish Television owned the rights to Scotland's premier rugby league, live matches and highlights were shown under the Scotsport Rugby Roundup''' banner commencing on 14 January 2001 continuing until 16 May 2004. Kathleen Wood, Jim Delahunt, Jim Hay and Richie Gray presented the programme. During the seasons where STV had the highlights rights for both the Scottish Premier League and the First Division, Scotsport was divided into two programmes. Scotsport First aired on Sunday mornings and retained a traditional highlights format, while Scotsport SPL, was revamped as a magazine show on Monday nights, featuring three presenters, a live studio audience and more emphasis on features over match highlights. The Monday night show was heavily criticised by viewers and latterly returned to a more traditional format for the 2006–7 season. Scotsport Fanzone aired during the latter half of the 2005–06 season on Thursday nights, taking in a forum format encouraging Scottish football fans to have their say on the week's news. Scotsport RugbyScotsport Rugby Sunday was a short-lived spin-off, specifically focused on rugby union in Scotland. Richie Gray presented the series, featuring news and highlights, including coverage of Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors, lower league club rugby and women's games.STV Rugby'', an hour-long Celtic League highlights show was launched in September 2009, and continued on and off until the end of the 2011–2012 season. References 1957 Scottish television series debuts 2008 Scottish television series endings Football mass media in Scotland Sports television in Scotland STV News 1950s Scottish television series 1960s Scottish television series 1970s Scottish television series 1980s Scottish television series 1990s Scottish television series 2000s Scottish television series 1950s British sports television series 1960s British sports television series 1970s British sports television series 1980s British sports television series 1990s British sports television series 2000s British sports television series