Extreme E, the sport for purpose electric off-road rallying series, has announced that the former Glenmuckloch opencast coal mine site in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, will host its next race event, the Hydro X Prix, on May 13th and 14th.With legendary motorsport names involved in the series including Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button, McLaren, […]
Having helmed Shetland from the start to series seven, BAFTA-winning screenwriter and executive producer David Kane is developing the five book Morrow series into a multi-season TV series, set in Glasgow. Award winning author Denise Mina is one of Scotland’s most influential crime writers at home and internationally, described by Val McDermid as ‘crime writing […]
FITE has announced that Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) will now be exclusively on FITE+, joining a growing array of live and on demand content from pro-wrestling and combat sports providers. ICW was founded in Glasgow in 2006 by Mark Dallas and went on to present shows throughout the UK and be named the UK Promotion […]
Scottish indie Freedom Scripted has signed a first look distribution deal with All3Media International. Having secured investment from C4 Indie Growth Fund last summer, the deal will see Glasgow based Freedom partnering with All3Media International on its scripted slate. The focus of which is on thought provoking, character-led drama. Further slate announcements will be released […]
The Edinburgh TV Festival (ETF), the UK’s television industry event by Screen Scotland, has announced that Director of Content Strategy and Planning at Channel 4, Kiran Nataraja, will be taking the helm as the Festival’s Advisory Chair for 2023. Having started out at the BBC, Nataraja has worked for Channel 4 since 2011, a period […]
Despite Virgin Orbit’s setback in Cornwall, Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport is moving rapidly ahead with its own plans. SaxaVord is materially different to Cornwall’s Newquay spaceport in that it is planning to loft conventional rockets vertically and directly into orbit from its launch pad. SaxaVord has announced a partnership with Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA). This partnership […]
Mangata Networks has raised $100 million (€95.4m) from (mostly) Scottish investors to fund the development of a satellite manufacturing plant at Prestwick, Scotland. Mangata, headed up by Brian Holz, says its new facility will combine R&D, engineering, manufacturing and operations at the Scottish site. In January it raised $33 million from a group of investors […]
Construction of the SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland, where the UK’s first vertical rocket launches will take place next year, is ahead of schedule. History was made earlier in November when the first concrete base for a launch stool at the Lamba Ness site in Unst was completed. Rocket stage testing is expected to begin there […]
Douglas Stuart, author of the 2020 Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain, is adapting his novel for the BBC in his first television series, produced by A24. Set during the 1980s, Shuggie Bain is the story of a mother-son relationship in working class Glasgow. Shuggie’s mother Agnes – a luminous, glamourous star she has always believed […]
The 2022 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals has announced that broadcast coverage for this year’s event will extend to a record 196 territories, the most in the event’s 59-year history. The tournament, previously known as the Fed Cup, is currently taking place in Glasgow, Scotland (culminating on November 13th) with 12 teams – […]