High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Grampian Television (now legally known as STV North Ltd and referred to on-air as STV) is the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands (except Fort William and Lochaber which have always received Scottish Television), Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife. The station has been in operation since 30 September 1961.