THE Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has announced a new three-year deal to show Premiership, Championship, League One, League Two and Irn-Bru Cup football on BBC Alba.
Both live and deferred broadcast football in Scotland will be aired on the Gaelic language channel until 2020, it was announced on Wednesday.
Under the terms of the new deal, the channel has the rights to show 38 top-flight matches for deferred or ‘as live’ broadcast as well as four live Championship matches.
There will be two live league matches from both League One and Two, with no more than one home game per club allowed to be shown in the bottom three leagues of the SPFL pyramid.
Both legs of the Championship play-off final will also be on offer, as well as five live Irn-Bru Cup matches.
SPFL Chief Executive Neil Doncaster said: “This is a great deal for Scottish football and good news for Scotland overall. The SPFL has enjoyed a terrific partnership with BBC ALBA to date and we are excited to extend the relationship by a further three seasons, ensuring Scottish football shown live on TV can continue to be enjoyed by as many supporters as possible.
“BBC ALBA has always been a very committed supporter of our game and the latest agreement takes into account club and supporter feedback, particularly in the Ladbrokes Championship. We are all looking forward to another three successful seasons with BBC ALBA.”
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