BEARGER 1,830 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Sky Sports wins exclusive rights to show Scottish Premiership matches from season 2020/21. BT completely out of the picture. Premier Sports take Betfred Cup. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,830 Posted November 19, 2018 Author Share Posted November 19, 2018 (edited) BBC Scotland has agreed a deal with the Scottish Professional Football League to extend its coverage of the Scottish Premiership and Championship to 2025. Live television coverage of Championship games will begin early in the new year. There is also an extension to existing radio coverage, as well as an enhanced digital offering and TV highlights. "We are thrilled to extend our partnership with BBC Scotland," said SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster. "They have been at the forefront of ensuring that fans of Scottish football are able to follow their teams throughout each season. "The SPFL deal is a significant addition to BBC Scotland's existing sports portfolio which includes the enhanced Scottish Cup deal," Doncaster added. The Championship matches will be broadcast live on BBC Scotland's new channel in a regular Friday night slot. This will commence from this season, and cover next season, once the channel is officially launched. BBC Scotland to show 11 Scottish Cup games per season Steve Carson, head of multi-platform commissioning at BBC Scotland, said he's "delighted" to have agreed the terms. "We know there is a huge appetite for Scottish football amongst the audience and these deals will allow us to bring them more action than ever before from the top tiers of the game," he said. "It's great news for fans of the Scottish game and we're looking forward to delivering a multi-platform package of high quality coverage across TV, radio and online." What's included in the deal? Up to 20 live matches from the Championship on television across seasons 18/19 and 19/20. 160 live matches per season from the Scottish Premiership on BBC Radio Scotland to 2025 TV highlights will continue to be available across BBC free-to-air services until 2025 Includes the right to broadcast on the BBC's digital services BBC ALBA will also broadcast one deferred Premiership match each Saturday evening, with live matches from the Irn-Bru Challenge Cup and the Championship / League One and League One / League Two play-off finals for three seasons from 2020/21. Among other broadcast deals agreed by the SPFL, Sky Sports will broadcast up to 48 Premiership live matches per season, as well as up to six Premiership / Championship play-off matches, for five seasons from 2020/21. Premier Sports will broadcast between 12 and 16 League Cup live matches and highlights per season. Edited November 19, 2018 by BEARGER 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,294 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Sky have ruined football. BBC Scotland ignore a large section of Scottish football's fan base (ie us). "Bollocks" is about the nicest response I can muster. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,677 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 No news how much the new SKY deal is worth? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 2,027 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 If it was as good as they say it is, they'd be championing it to all and sundry. The reality is is the scraps we've always fed off and they're trying to inflate their value as governors of our game. I switched on the radio Scotland just as it was announced and the likes of Stewart were creaming themselves in typical nauseating fashion. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,627 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 12 hours ago, RANGERRAB said: No news how much the new SKY deal is worth? Apparently the Sky deal plus Betfred deal are worth almost £30m a season. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,627 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Looks like I'll be binning BT Sport then. I enjoy their CL coverage but can't justify keeping it for purely that. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 2,027 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I've already ditched Sky as well. As much as this is about the quality of the product and how much someone is willing to pay, Sky are complicit in squeezing the Scottish game to subsidise the EPL and now the EFL. Fair enough, thats where the demand is, but I'm done with paying for it until I can get the specific content I want for a reasonable fee. The days of bundled tv packages are over. Which makes the decision to lock in with Sky for another 5 years all the more baffling. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,747 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Meanwhile .... "The English Football League has agreed a new five-year television rights deal with Sky Sports worth £595m. The deal, which runs from the start of next season until May 2024, is a 35% increase on the previous contract. Snatched from FF 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 2,027 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 13 minutes ago, der Berliner said: Meanwhile .... "The English Football League has agreed a new five-year television rights deal with Sky Sports worth £595m. The deal, which runs from the start of next season until May 2024, is a 35% increase on the previous contract. Snatched from FF Apparently that hasn't been signed yet as some Championship clubs, including the owner of Leeds, who's owner also owns eleven sports (the online channel that has rights to Serie A in the UK, and La Liga in other countries I think), are not happy as they think it undervalues the product. Regardless, it shows how Scotland is being short changed by Sky in my view. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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