SPFL announces extends BBC and international deals

Scotland Premier Football League will continue to be broadcast on the BBC in Scotland following a multi-year extension to the broadcast agreement between the SPFL and the BBC.

The new deals follow extensive tender processes, which attracted multiple bids for the SPFL’s rights.

The BBC Scotland agreement, which was due to expire in summer 2025, has been extended to summer 2029, in line with the SPFL’s recently-extended live broadcast contract with Sky Sports.

The BBC’s rights will continue to cover the cinch Premiership TV highlights on Sportscene, 20 live Friday night games on the BBC Scotland channel, radio rights on BBC Radio Scotland, and extensive clip rights on the bbc.co.uk website.

Meanwhile, Infront which has represented the SPFL overseas since 2018 has also seen its contract extended to 2029. Currently, SPFL matches are broadcast in over 150 countries. New deals were recently signed to show live SPFL matches in major new territories including Japan and South Korea.

SPFL Chief Executive Neil Doncaster commented: “The strong interest we received during the recent competitive tendering process underlines the increasing demand from broadcasters for the excitement and drama of the SPFL.

“These contracts come on the back of record fee payments to the 42 SPFL clubs announced in the past year and, alongside our recently extended record agreement with Sky Sports, will play a major role in strengthening the financial future of the SPFL.

Both the BBC and Infront contracts will see a considerable increase in the values paid for SPFL rights.