{"id":451,"date":"2016-05-06T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/06\/bbc-scotland-and-scotland-premier-football-league-agree-new-deal\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T19:19:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:19:15","slug":"bbc-scotland-and-scotland-premier-football-league-agree-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sporteventz.com\/blog\/bbc-scotland-and-scotland-premier-football-league-agree-new-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Astra 28.2\u00b0E – BBC Scotland and Scotland Premier Football League agree new deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As announced on the BBC’s official website<\/a>, BBC Scotland has agreed a new four-year<\/strong> deal<\/strong> with the Scottish<\/strong> Professional<\/strong> Football League<\/strong> to cover matches across television, radio and online, together with additional social media clips and highlights on the BBC Sport website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPFL satellite TV schedule<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster said in his statement<\/a>:<\/strong> “This<\/strong> is<\/strong> fantastic<\/strong> news<\/strong> for Scottish<\/strong> football<\/strong> fans<\/strong>.” He said it was “a new and significantly improved deal for both parties. Everyone at the SPFL is delighted that our long-standing partnership with BBC Scotland has been extended by another four years”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC Sport Scotland will continue to provide television and online highlights and live radio commentaries of Scottish Premiership, Championship, League One and League Two matches from season 2016-17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to dailyrecord.co.uk<\/a>, the new four-year TV rights deal is worth 10.6 million pounds, which is an increase of 4.4 million pounds from the previous contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BBC<\/strong> Scotland<\/strong> is available as free-to-air<\/strong> TV<\/strong> in HD via Astra<\/strong> 28.2\u00b0E<\/strong> satellite position on frequency 11023H  <\/strong>with symbol rate 23000<\/strong> and FEC<\/strong> correction 2\/3.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old Firm derby is back <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Rangers are back in the Premiership after four-year absence, and they will renew their rivalry with Celtic in one of the most famous football derbies worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rangers beat Celtic on penalties in the Scottish Cup semi-final and prove that they are ready for bringing the title back on Ibrox Park after the hardest period in the club’s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n