Scotland
BT Sport picks up rights to Aberdeen’s Europa League clash
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport has agreed a deal with Aberdeen to televise the decisive second leg of the Scottish Premiership football club’s Uefa Europa League qualifying game against Spanish Liga team Real Sociedad.
Sportdigital picks up rights to Scottish Premiership
German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital has agreed a one-year deal for the rights to the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football.
SPFL moves to satisfy Championship demand
The Scottish Professional Football League has agreed a deal to restructure its broadcast contracts for the 2014-15 season, taking into account the presence of three of the country’s biggest clubs in the second tier Championship division.
BBC to utilise Glasgow 2014 for broadcast innovations
The research and development arm of UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has announced it will use a public showcase to broadcast elements of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games multi-sport event in ultra-high definition.
CBC deal keeps Glasgow on track to hit revenue target
Glasgow Commonwealth Games on track to hit commercial revenue targets
Clubs the real winners in BT-Sky deal
Clubs are real winners from BT-Sky sharing deal for European rugby
Daily Record to provide free live streaming of Scotland friendly
Scottish newspaper the Daily Record has acquired live streaming rights for the Poland v Scotland international football friendly match this Wednesday, March 5.
Scottish Rugby to live stream games on YouTube
The Scottish Rugby governing body has announced it will provide live streaming on video-sharing website YouTube of four international games, beginning with tonight’s match between Scotland A and England Saxons.
SPFL seals maiden Chinese rights deal
Chinese online television service provider PPTV has agreed a one-year broadcast rights deal with the Scottish Professional Football League.
MP & Silva makes early start to SPFL partnership
The Scottish Professional Football League has appointed the MP & Silva agency as its international development partner for the 2013-14 season.
News UK adds Scottish football rights to clips package
Newspaper group News UK has acquired the rights to show video clips of goals and other key moments from Scottish Premiership football games, along with some matches featuring League One team Rangers.
SPFL breaks into Indian market with Sony Six deal
The Scottish Professional Football League has agreed a three-year rights partnership with Indian sports and entertainment pay-television channel Sony Six, with the agreement set to mark the first time Scottish top division football has been broadcast in India.
Scottish Rugby provides promotional platform for BT Sport
UK telecommunications company BT has signed a four-year sponsorship deal with the Scottish Rugby organisation in a deal that affords the logo of pay-television broadcaster BT Sport branding space on the shirts of the Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby clubs.
BBC extends Scottish League Cup deal
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended its rights deal for the Scottish League Cup football competition until 2016.
SPL opts for MP & Silva premium in nine-year deal
SPL drops Sportfive for MP & Silva premium in nine-year deal for international rights
SPFL looking for play-off rights windfall
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) could generate at least £7m (€8.2m/$10.7m) from the sale of rights to the end-of-season play-off games for the Scottish Premier League top division over the next four seasons, from 2013-14 to 2016-17.
BBC extends Scotland’s autumn internationals deal
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended a deal to show exclusive live coverage of the Scotland national rugby union team’s annual autumn international matches.
MP & Silva to distribute SPL action
The MP & Silva agency has been appointed by the Scottish Premier League to distribute rights for the country’s top division of football in all overseas markets, excluding European Union territories.