Scotland

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.

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.

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.

Media technology provider Avid has agreed a partnership with Glasgow 2018 ahead of the staging of the inaugural edition of the European Championships multi-sport event.

The Scottish Professional Football League earned an increase of about 18 per cent in a renewed deal with BBC Alba at the end of June

The Scottish Professional Football League has become the first national football league to sign a partnership with Dugout, a new digital media platform that is supported by a number of elite European football clubs.

The Scottish Professional Football League has extended a rights deal with BBC Alba, the Gaelic-language channel operated by UK public-service broadcaster the BBC.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC and pay-television operator Sky have acquired rights to the Scottish rugby union team’s upcoming summer tour.

Social video production, editing and sharing platform Tellyo has entered into a partnership with rugby union league the Pro12.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has submitted a multi-million-pound bid to acquire rights for the Scottish national rugby union team’s Autumn Test series, according to the Daily Mail newspaper.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is reported to be preparing a record bid to acquire exclusive rights to the Scottish Professional Football League.

UK production company Sunset+Vine has agreed a deal to serve as the host broadcaster for this year’s Badminton World Federation’s World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Lagardère Sports, the sports marketing division of conglomerate Lagardère, has extended its host broadcast and rights distribution partnership with the Scottish Open Badminton Grand Prix.

The organising committee of the 2018 European Championships have confirmed that Eurovision, the European Broadcasting Union's production arm, is set to secure the host broadcasting services contract for the inaugural edition of the multi-sport event in Glasgow.

The Scottish National Party has said the country’s government would pass a law to ensure Scotland’s competitive international football matches are ring-fenced for coverage on free-to-air television, if it held the legal powers over broadcast rights.

Scottish Rugby has extended its deal with the Pitch International agency for the distribution of global rights to Scottish national team Autumn Test matches.