List of Scottish Professional Football League broadcasters
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This is a list of television broadcasters which provide coverage of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the top four levels of competition of football in Scotland.
History[edit]
The SPFL was formed in 2013 by a merger of the Scottish Premier League (SPL) and Scottish Football League (SFL).[1] The league inherited media rights arrangements made by the SPL and SFL with Sky Sports and BT Sport.[1] The domestic rights deal was amended in 2014, following the relegation of Edinburgh clubs Hearts and Hibernian to the Scottish Championship.[2]
In 2013, SPFL sold its international broadcast rights in a £20 million, 10-year deal with sports content distributor MP & Silva. As part of this arrangement, in November 2013 a Chinese network PPLive TV agreed to show 58 live SPFL games a season.[3] A deal was agreed in July 2015 for up to 55 SPFL matches to be shown on "mainstream" Chinese television in the following three seasons, as part of the longer-term arrangement made in November 2013.[4] The agreement with MP & Silva was rescinded in August 2018, as it had defaulted on its payments.[5]
In 2018, it was announced that Sky Sports will take over exclusive live rights for the Premiership from the 2020–21 season.[6]
Broadcasters[edit]
| Country/region | Broadcaster | Language | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom | Sky Sports | English | 48 live Premiership matches per season from 2020 to 2025 and the play-off final, Saturday-night goal highlights on Sky Sports News.[7][8] |
| BBC Sport Scotland | Saturday-night Scottish Premiership Highlights of matches from that day. Extended Sunday-night Scottish Premiership Highlights with full weekend review, 20 live Friday-night Scottish Championship matches & the Scottish Premiership Play-Off Quarter-Final & Semi-Final. Friday night magazine programme A View from the Terrace. Online and Social Media Highlights also. | ||
| STV | Goal Clips during the Sports section of their STV News at Six programme. | ||
| BBC Alba | Gaelic | 38 delayed matches on Saturday evenings and live Championship and League One Playoff Matches. | |
| Worldwide | YouTube | English (N/A) | 6-10 minute highlights of all Premiership Matches as well as Championship, Leagues One and Two goals available without commentary/narration via the SPFL Youtube Channel. |
International[edit]
Club online streams[edit]
Due to broadcasting restrictions, clubs cannot show games live in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. However, during social distancing restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic clubs in the Premiership will be able to broadcast games in the UK and Ireland, as long as they're not already scheduled to be broadcast by Sky Sports.
| Club | Language | Site |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | English | |
| Celtic | English | |
| Dundee | English | |
| Dundee United | English | |
| Dunfermline | English | |
| Falkirk | English | |
| Morton | English | |
| Hearts | English | |
| Hibernian | English | |
| Kilmarnock | English | |
| Motherwell | English | |
| Raith Rovers | English | |
| Rangers | English | |
| St Mirren | English |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled". BBC Sport. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "New SPFL TV deal to include 15 Rangers games and four Edinburgh derbies". Daily Record. Trinity Mirror. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ "Scottish football to be broadcast live in China for first time". BBC Sport. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ McLaughlin, Chris (20 July 2015). "SPFL agrees live TV deal for China". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
- ^ "SPFL tears up broadcast agreement, claiming a default in payments". BBC Sport. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- ^ McLaughlin, Chris (19 November 2018). "Scottish Premiership: Matches to be shown live on Sky only as new £160m TV deal struck". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Scottish Premiership: Matches to be shown live on Sky only as new TV deal struck". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ "SPFL PLAY-OFFS ON BBC SCOTLAND". spfl.co.uk. Scottish Professional Football League. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ OneFootball [@OneFootball] (March 18, 2021). "OneFootball 🤝 @spfl in 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇨🇦🇧🇪🇱🇺🇳🇱🇨🇭 Starting with @CelticFC v @RangersFC this weekend, we are delighted to announce selected SPFL matches will be LIVE in the OneFootball app for the remainder of the season! https://t.co/BzQe3BHMlr" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ Johnson, Jonathan (28 July 2021). "CBS Sports and Paramount+ welcome the Scottish Professional Football League to the family". CBS Sports. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ Onsports (2022-07-07). "Trực tiếp và độc quyền giải ngoại hạng Scotland trên ứng dụng On Sports TV". onsports.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-08-15.