1998 in Scottish television

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

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.

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

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