Scotland

The Scottish Professional Football League has agreed a four-season extension to its rights deal with the BBC Scotland division of the UK public-service broadcaster.

The BBC has criticised “unhelpful” comments from Scottish Professional Football League chairman Ralph Topping, who has questioned the UK public-service broadcaster’s commitment to the domestic game amid talks over a new rights deal.

Sports technology company Stats has become the latest leading player from the industry to invest in virtual reality by agreeing a partnership with Virtually Live.

The Scottish Professional Football League, which operates the league system in Scotland, has agreed a four-season rights deal with UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport that will lead to a major revamp for its League Cup knockout competition.

The BBC’s contract with the SPFL is currently in its final year and SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster said last month that the consensus among its board was that the corporation was selling the Scottish game short when it comes to the deal.

UK pay-television broadcasters Sky and BT Sport have extended rights deals for coverage of the Scottish Professional Football League’s Premiership.

UK sports production and media company Sunset+Vine has secured the host broadcaster contract for the International Cricket Council’s 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will stream live coverage of its 2015 Swimming World Championships via the event’s official website.

The BBC has hit back at claims by Scottish Professional Football League chairman Ralph Topping that the UK public-service broadcaster is “discriminating” against the game in Scotland.

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has acquired rights for football’s Scottish Premiership 2015 play-offs.

Live television audiences for rugby union’s Six Nations championship in 2015 were up year-on year in the tournament’s largest market, the UK, where public-service broadcaster the BBC recorded an average of …

US pay-television channel GolTV has signed a multi-year deal with the IMG agency to broadcast the Scottish Cup club football knockout competition.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky holds a two-year extension clause to its rights deal with the Scottish Professional Football League, according to the Daily Record newspaper.

The Pitch International agency agreed international rights deals for the Irish, Scottish and Welsh rugby unions earlier this month. The deals will help the agency shore up an international rugby rights portfolio which has come under pressure this year.

The Pitch International agency has reached a three-year deal with Scottish Rugby for the national rugby union governing body’s global broadcast rights.

The Scottish Professional Football League, which operates the top four divisions in Scotland, has awarded rights to the BBC Scotland division of the UK public-service broadcaster and commercial broadcaster STV.