Rangers CEO James Bisgrove elected onto SPFL board
The SPFL also announced that it had signed multi-year extensions to its broadcast agreements with the BBC and Infront
Rangers chief executive James Bisgrove has been elected to the Scottish Professional Football League board.
The appointment has been made possible following the resolution last week of the long-running dispute between the Ibrox club and league sponsors cinch.
Bisgrove, who recently stepped up to replace Stewart Robertson as Gers' CEO, effectively takes the place of his Celtic counterpart Michael Nicholson on the SPFL board.
Malcolm McPherson of Hibernian and Ross County's James MacDonald are the other Premiership representatives who have been voted on to serve alongside SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster, chairman Murdoch MacLennan and independent non-executive director Karyn McCluskey.
Airdrie's Paul Hetherington, Ayr's Graeme Mathie and Forfar's Alastair Donald retain their places on the board, while Peter Davidson of Montrose effectively steps up to take the place of Hamilton's Les Gray following Monday's ballot.
The SPFL also announced that it had signed multi-year extensions to its broadcast agreements with the BBC and Infront, its international TV rights agency.
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 website.
Infront have been the SPFL's overseas TV rights agency since 2018 and play a key role in making SPFL live content available worldwide.
SPFL matches are currently broadcast in over 150 countries and fresh deals were recently signed to show live SPFL matches in new territories, including Japan and South Korea.
Infront's contract, which has also been extended to summer 2029, includes a buyout agreement from summer 2025.
According to the SPFL, both the BBC and Infront contracts "will see a considerable increase in the values paid for SPFL rights".
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