Scottish Rugby has confirmed that every Sunday fixture in the second season of the FOSROC Super6 competition will be televised live on free-to-air television by the competition’s new broadcast partner, FreeSports. FreeSports will broadcast 11 matches in the FOSROC Super6 exclusively live on TV, and on the online FreeSports Player, within the UK and Ireland. […]
Recast, the Edinburgh-based sports OTT platform that recently raised $8.2 million (£5.9 million) in its Series A round of investment, is accelerating its global expansion plans allowing rights holders and content creators to reach untapped global audiences. The company’s direct-to-customer video platform connects rights holders, fans and brands – for free – on one single […]
ITV’s coverage of England and Scotland’s draw at Wembley on June 18th peaked with 20 million viewers – a 79 per cent share across ITV and STV – becoming the most-watched match of Euro 2020 so far. The match set a new broadcaster streaming record with 4.8 million streams across ITV Hub and STV Player, […]
BT Sport’s Scottish Football Extra will return to screens on June 17th for a special preview looking ahead to this the big match between England and Scotland in Group D of the UEFA European Championships on June 18th. Scottish Football Extra – England v Scotland Special will air on BT Sport 1 at 7.30pm on […]
Toshiba TV and renowned football commentator Clive Tyldesley have partnered ahead of the Euro 2020 tournament to help England, Scotland and Wales fans settle football arguments and brush up on their football knowledge, with the help of Amazon’s Alexa. Home Nations’ fans can now ask questions such as ‘Alexa, what’s England’s record against Scotland?’ and […]
The SPFL has agreed a five-season deal with BBC Scotland for the rights to screen the Premiership quarter-final and semi-final play-off ties. The SPFL acquired these rights back last summer from Sky Sports – who will retain the rights to both legs of the play-off final, which will take place on May 2oth and 24th. […]
The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and broadcaster Premier Sports have announced that the Scottish League Cup will henceforth be known as the Premier Sports Cup for at least the next two seasons. The title sponsorship of the League Cup comes through additional investment from Premier Sports. The announcement also confirms Premier Sports have extended […]
The Scottish Premiership will be able to broadcast all 228 matches to season ticket holders after a new deal was agreed between the league and Sky Sports for next season. As was the case this season, all SPFL clubs will be able to make available ‘season passes’ of their home matches, to season ticket holders, […]
Frank Strang, CEO at the Shetland Space Centre at Unst has complained about a decision from Historic Environment Scotland (HES) over a negative decision to permit development at Shetland for the launching of small rockets. He said that HES had done nothing to preserve the remote site for the past 50 years, and in that […]
Supporters of Hibernian Football Club can now inject cash straight into the club simply by watching exclusive goal clips, highlights and interviews featuring their favourite team thanks to a pioneering partnership with ground-breaking sports video platform Recast. The SPFL club is the first in Scotland to join Recast, a video platform which connects fans directly […]