The Saturday evening match (currently 8.30pm) is now exclusively live on Disney+ each week.
It’s the first time Disney has streamed live football to the UK. Disney’s coverage is from worldwide sports broadcasting giant ESPN which is owned by Disney.
SKY SPORTS will show four live games from the opening weekend of the Scottish Premiership.
The matches are the first of what is the biggest-ever season of live TV games to be shown from the Scottish top-flight with Sky screening up to 60 games and a further 20 available on Premier Sports.
As well as Sky’s opening quartet of matches, Premier Sports have also confirmed their opening TV game for the second weekend of the season.
Three festive derby matches have been confirmed by Sky for the Christmas period as well with other matches to be confirmed over the coming weeks.
SATURDAY AUGUST 3
12.30PM HEARTS V RANGERS SPFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT)
SUNDAY AUGUST 4
1.30PM DUNDEE UNITED V DUNDEE SPFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT)
4.30PM CELTIC V KILMARNOCK SPFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT)
MONDAY AUGUST 5
8PM ST JOHNSTONE V ABERDEEN SPFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT)
SATURDAY AUGUST 10
5.30PM DUNDEE V HEARTS SPFL (PREMIER SPORTS 1)
SUNDAY AUGUST 11
12.30PM HIBS V CELTIC SPFL (SKY SPORT FOOTBALL/MAIN EVENT)
CONFIRMED FOR LATER IN THE SEASON
BOXING DAY
12.30PM HEARTS V HIBS SPFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT)
JANUARY 2
3PM RANGERS V CELTIC SPFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT)
5.30PM DUNDEE V DUNDEE UNITED SPFL (SKY SPORTS FOOTBALL/SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT)
PREMIER SPORTS has secured the rights to show 20 live Scottish Premiership games a season.
Added to the 60 Sky Sports can show as part of its deal with the SPFL, it means 80 games will be shown from the Scottish top division next season, the most ever broadcast in the league’s history.
Premier Sports’ deal runs for five years from the new season and the SPFL say the broadcaster won the rights as part of a “competitive bidding process which attracted multiple bidders.”
Sky’s contract with the SPFL still gives it the rights to all the Old Firm games, but Premier securing the extra Premiership matches means it can sell itself as an attractive proposition for Scottish football fans also holding the rights to the SPFL’s League Cup – which is branded the Premier Sports Cup – and the Scottish Cup (see below).
SCOTTISH CUP DEAL EXTENDED WITH PREMIER SPORTS & BBC SCOTLAND
BBC Scotland and Premier Sports will remain the home of Scottish Cup TV games after agreeing a new five-year contract with the Scottish FA.
It’s an extension of the current arrangements with Premier and BBC again sharing the rights, although Premier will show an extra game from the fourth and fifth rounds of the competition.
The final is FREE-TO-AIR on BBC Scotland as well as being on Premier Sports. Premier show both semi-finals, although one of them is also screened on BBC Scotland.
ITV will show live free-to-air LaLiga action after striking a deal with UK rights holders Premier Sports.
Premier show all LaLiga games live in the UK through its main channels and the LaLiga TV streaming service.
But under a three-year deal, ITV will show ten matches per season from Spanish football’s top-flight division.
ITV say their games will feature either Barcelona, Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid. The first match of the new agreement will see ITV 4 screen Real Sociedad v Barcelona on Sunday August 21. Coverage will start at 8.30pm ahead of the 9pm kick-off.
Matches will either be shown on the main ITV channel, ITV 4 and will also be available on the broadcaster’s streaming service ITV Hub.
