Scotland
Recast makes UK football move with Hibs content deal
Recast, the new direct-to-customer video platform that operates on a micropayment basis, has signed one of its first football clubs to a content-sharing agreement in a deal announced with Scotland’s H…
Pro14 targets SA expansion after Kings’ liquidation, adds Monday evening TV slot
Pro14 Rugby has stated it is in “early discussions” with SA Rugby to expand the number of South African franchises in the cross-border league, while it has introduced a Monday Night Rugby concept for the…
BBC to stream Scottish Women’s Premier League
The BBC, the UK public-service broadcaster, will stream the forthcoming season of the Scottish Women's Premier League after agreeing a one-season deal with its rights-holder, Scottish Women’s Football.
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
Celtic turns to Sunset+Vine to produce streamed league matches
UK-based sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has been appointed as the production company for Celtic’s in-house broadcast of Scottish Premiership matches next season.
Six Nations member unions centralise autumn international TV rights
The member unions of the Six Nations rugby union tournament have agreed to pool their media rights, including autumn internationals and other test matches, ahead of the anticipated investment from CVC…
Edgesport lands on STV Player in Scotland
IMG-owned action sports channel Edgesport has launched on STV Player, the online video-on-demand service of Scottish commercial broadcaster STV
BeIN acquires Scottish Cup rights in Australia, New Zealand
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired rights in Australia and New Zealand to the final of this year’s Scottish Cup, while it will also show the 2019-20 edition of the football competition i…
SPFL issues RFP for international media rights
The Scottish Professional Football League has issued a request for proposals for its international media rights (outside the UK and Ireland) in the period from 2020-21 onward
BT Sport to lose Scottish football from 2020-21
There will be no Scottish football on UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport from the 2020-21 season, as the Scottish Professional Football League completes its domestic media-rights sales
BBC Scotland and Premier Sports to share Scottish Cup rights
Pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports will replace rival Sky to broadcast the Scottish Cup alongside BBC Scotland for the next six seasons, from 2018-19 to 2023-24
Eleven Sports’ ‘3pm blackout’ challenge could see rule scrapped
Eleven Sports’ decision to break one of the golden rules of UK sports broadcasting – the ‘3pm blackout’ – has created a legal quandary that could result in it being scrapped altogether.
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Andrea Radrizzani, owner, Eleven Sports
Interview with Andrea Radrizzani, owner of Eleven Sports, on the reasons behind the broadcaster's decision to break the UK's '3pm' blackout rule
SPFL launches domestic media-rights tender
The Scottish Professional Football League has today (October 1) launched a tender for its domestic media rights from 2020-21
SPFL strikes stop-gap international rights deal with Infront
The Scottish Professional Football League’s international rights deal with Infront is to act as a stop-gap ahead of a global media rights tender set to be issued next month.
Sky holds negotiations over SPFL rights extension
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has held “extremely positive” talks to extend its rights deal with the Scottish Professional Football League, according to the Daily Express.
BBC, BT Sport to show Scotland’s autumn Tests
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television broadcaster BT Sport have acquired live, non-exclusive rights to the Scotland national rugby union team’s 2017 autumn Test matches.