STV launch new football show
August 11, 2010 · 0 Comments
STV are launching a brand new dedicated football show, featuring big name interviews and action from the Clydesdale Bank Premier League. Sports Centre: Friday Night Football will run for one hour on Friday’s starting on August 13 at 22:35 and will be presented by Gerry McCulloch and Sheelagh McLaren.
The show will feature guests, analysis, comment and a full preview of the weekend’s action. The programme will also feature action from the Champions League and Europa League.
In addition to the new show, STV have today announced a new partnership deal with the SPL which will see the channel provide archive, camera and production services to the SPL. STV will also manage the SPL archive and digitise material for future online use. STV’s deal with the SPL will run for two seasons till the end of the 2011/12 season.
Bobby Hain, MD of Broadcasting at STV, said: “We’re delighted to be working in partnership with the SPL. We’re ideally placed to provide them with a range of key services and today’s deal allows us to provide football fans across Scotland with a dedicated Clydesdale Bank Premier League football show every Friday evening, in addition to our weeknight Sports Centre updates.”
“Scotland is a nation of football fans and this is a key investment for STV. The show will feature all of the top names and the action ahead of the weekend’s games, and we hope it will become unmissable viewing for football fans across the country.”
Neil Doncaster, Chief Executive of the SPL, said: “STV’s Sport Centre programme is going to be a great platform to preview and promote our games ahead of each weekend. The production and archive management support that STV will be providing to the SPL behind the scenes as part of the deal will also help us to deliver the best coverage of Scotland’s top sporting competition.”
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