Scottish Premiership
SPFL secures backing to activate four-year Sky rights extension
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), organising body of the top four divisions of the domestic game, has signed off an extension to its domestic rights deal with pay-television broadcaster…
SPFL to decide on Sky’s four-year extension offer that enables clubs’ PPV streaming
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has held negotiations with pay-television broadcaster Sky about renewing its domestic rights contract to 2029 in a proposal that would leave clubs free…
Match TV’s SPFL and Scottish Cup deals suspended
Match TV, the Gazprom Media-owned Russian broadcaster, has lost access to more football content after its deals to show the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup were suspended
OneFootball adds various leagues, AFC rights and Serie A clips to Italian portfolio
Football-based media platform OneFootball has significantly upgraded its content portfolio in Italy, adding rights to a string of leagues, including the top divisions in Portugal and Scotland, while also…
CBS Sports expands soccer portfolio with SPFL rights
CBS Sports has expanded its soccer portfolio by securing the exclusive United States media rights to the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) in a long-term agreement
ESPN agrees one-year SPFL deal in US, secures Latin American rights
The Disney-owned direct-to-consumer streaming platform ESPN+ has acquired US broadcast rights to the Scottish Premiership in one of a string of broadcast deals finalised by the Infront agency
Star Sports secures Scottish Premiership rights in wider Rangers content tie-up
Indian pay-television broadcaster Star Sports has acquired rights to the Scottish Premiership as part of an agreement that also includes the granting of additional content from top-tier side Rangers
Infront strikes long-term SPFL rights deal with Nent, including Iceland
The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed a five-season deal with the Infront agency for Scottish Professional Football League broadcast rights, extending its coverage to 2024-25, and adding rights…
Scottish Premiership clubs open up to PPV
Clubs in the Scottish Premiership will be able to sell coverage of home and away matches on a pay-per-view basis during the 2020-21 season, which gets underway at the weekend
BT Sport close to SPFL rights fee compensation deal
The Scottish Professional Football League is in the process of finalising a rights fee compensation agreement with BT Sport for matches that the UK pay-television broadcaster was not able to show after…