New deal shows Scottish clubs are still at wrong end of rich list
Scotland's top clubs are celebrating after a radical overhaul of the League Cup landed them an ÂŁ8million windfall.
Scotland's top clubs are celebrating after a radical overhaul of the League Cup landed them an ÂŁ8million windfall.
BT Sport have signed up to screen the new-look competition for the next four years, with 13 matches from the tournament - which now features a summer group stage and a bonus-point shoot-out for drawn matches - to be broadcast live per season.
Bosses from the Scottish Professional Football League say the new TV package will net clubs more than double the ÂŁ900,000 a year generated by the current BBC deal.
But even with these boosted figures, Scottish sides are still operating at the bottom end of the football rich list.
Here we take a look at some of the domestic TV deals currently in place across other selected European nations: LEAGUE CUP - SCOTLAND Broadcaster: BT Sport Games screened live per season: 13 Sum per game: ÂŁ138,461 SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP - SCOTLAND Broadcaster: Sky/BT Sport Games screened live per season: 30 Sum per game: ÂŁ500,000 PREMIER LEAGUE - ENGLAND Broadcaster: Sky/BT Sport Games screened live per season: 168 Sum per game: ÂŁ10.2million CAPITAL ONE CUP - ENGLAND Broadcaster: Sky Games screened live per season: 15 (Deal also includes rights to broadcast Football League, play-offs and Johnstone's Paint Trophy) Sum per game: ÂŁ1.8million FA CUP - ENGLAND Broadcaster: BT Sport/BBC Games screened live per season: Up to 41 Sum per game: ÂŁ1million CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - UNITED KINGDOM Broadcaster: BT Sport Games screened live per season: 350 Sum per game: ÂŁ854,000 BUNDESLIGA - GERMANY Broadcaster: Sky Deutschland Games screened live per season: 612 Sum per game: ÂŁ1million LA LIGA - SPAIN Broadcaster: MediaPro/Movistar Games screened live per season: 342 Sum per game: ÂŁ1.75million SERIE A - ITALY Broadcaster: Sky Italia/Mediaset Games screened live per season: 209 Sum per game: ÂŁ1million EREDIVISIE - HOLLAND Broadcaster: FOX Sports Games screened live per season: 306 Sum per game: ÂŁ200,000