List of Scottish Professional Football League broadcasters

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

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]

International broadcasters

Country	Language	Broadcasters
United Kingdom	English Gaelic	BT Sport (40 live games either Scottish Premiership or Rangers match in Championship) Sky Sports (30 live games either Scottish Premiership or Rangers match in Championship) BBC Alba (20 live games from across the Championship to League Two (excluding Rangers) & highlights from Scottish Premiership, Gaelic language) BBC Sport (highlights only, online & on TV on BBC Scotland) STV (online highlights only)[5]
Albania	Albanian	Tring Sport[6]
Australia	English	beIN Sports
Azerbaijan	English	ESPN Azerbaijan
Brazil	Portuguese	Fox Sports (Brazil)
Canada	English	Sportsnet
China	Mandarin	PPTV LeTV[7]
Commonwealth of Independent States	Russian	Setanta Sports Euro Asia
France	French	Canal+
Germany	German	Sportdigital.tv Sport1 (Germany)
Hong Kong	English Chinese	Asia Television beIN Sports
Hungary	Hungarian	Digi Sport
India	English	Sony SIX Sony Kix
Indonesia	Indonesian	beIN Sports
Israel	Hebrew	Sport 5
Italy	Italian	Mediaset Premium
Netherlands	Dutch	Sport1 (Netherlands)
Norway	Norwegian	C More Sport
Philippines	Filipino	beIN Sports
Portugal	Portuguese	SportTV
Romania	Romanian	Digi Sport
Switzerland	German French Italian	Teleclub
Spain	Spanish	Gol Televisión
Singapore	English	Mio TV
Sweden	Swedish	TV4 C More Sport
Thailand	Thai	beIN Sports
Turkey	Turkish	Meltem TV Mesaj TV
USA	English	Fox Soccer Plus
Algeria	English Arabic	Bein Sports Mena
Bahrain
Chad
Egypt
Iraq
Kuwait
Lebanon
Mauritania
Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Serbia	Serbian Croatian Macedonian Slovenian	Sport Klub
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro
Macedonia
Slovenia

Club online streams

Due to broadcasting restrictions, clubs cannot show games live in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

Club	Language	Site
Aberdeen	English	REDTV International
Celtic	English	Celtic TV International
Dundee	English	DFCTV
Dundee United	English	ARABZONE
Dunfermline Athletic	English	PARSTV
Falkirk	English	Falkirk TV
Hearts	English	Hearts TV International
Hibernian	English	Hibernian TV International
Motherwell	English	Motherwell TV International
Rangers	English	Rangers TV
Raith Rovers	English	RaithTV
St Mirren	English	St mirren TV

References

1. "SPFL: New Scottish league brands unveiled". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
2. "New SPFL TV deal to include 15 Rangers games and four Edinburgh derbies". Daily Record (Trinity Mirror). 4 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
3. "Scottish football to be broadcast live in China for first time". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
4. McLaughlin, Chris (20 July 2015). "SPFL agrees live TV deal for China". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
5. "SPFL match highlights". STV Sport.
6. http://www.tring.tv/guida/sporti/kampionati-skocez
7. "MP & Silva partners with LeTV Sports". SportBusiness Group.