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 […]
A legal challenge over the proposed Space Hub Sutherland can go ahead, according to a ruling made at the Edinburgh Court of Session, in Scotland. Danish billionaire retail tycoon Anders Holch Povlsen (owner of retail sites Bestseller and a major shareholder in retailer Asos) is objecting to the planning approval granted to develop a spaceport […]
Scotland and Northern Ireland’s dramatic UEFA Euro 2021 Play-off Finals provided Sky Sports with large audience shares on November 12th. This comes after Sky made the decision to offer both broadcasts for fans to enjoy free-to-air in recognition of the unique circumstances and the impact the pandemic is having on supporters in the UK. Scotland’s clash […]
Overseas supporters of every Scottish Championship club will be able to watch their team live this season, thanks to a new streaming platform being launched by the SPFL. The service will run in partnership with sports OTT specialists, StreamAMG, as part of an initial five-year agreement. The platform, which clubs can also opt to use […]
Scotland’s space-related businesses, already expected to be valued at being worth £2 billion (€2.2bn) by 2030, could grow even more according to a study by Scottish Enterprise. “The rise of the space sector is apparent in the figures from a recent study conducted by Scottish Enterprise that forecast income from the sector could reach over […]
The five space ports under consideration in Scotland have formed an alliance to highlight their plans and eventual activity. Three of the members (in Shetland, Sutherland and the Western Isles) are conventional vertical rocket sites, while two others (in Prestwick and Machrihanish, Argyll) are looked upon as ‘horizontal’ sites that depend on aircraft launches. The […]