Scotland Euro 2024 qualifiers avoid Viaplay blackout as troubled broadcaster persists with road to Germany

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Scotland's armchair fans look set to avoid a blackout of the national team’s bid for Euro 2024 qualification despite Viaplay’s decision to pull out of all UK sport coverage. Record Sport broke the news on Tuesday that SPFL bosses have already banked a cheque worth around £2.5m from the troubled broadcasters to pay for this season’s title sponsorship package of the League Cup.

And we further revealed yesterday the Scandinavian TV firm will continue to screen the competition as planned starting with this weekend’s group stage clash between Motherwell and Queens Park - despite announcing a major strategic shake-up yesterday following eye watering losses of more than £24m.

Now we understand live coverage of Scotland’s march towards next summer’s finals in Germany should also avoid any disruption even though Viaplay are now actively looking to get out of the British market.

Scotland’s football authorities expect all live games to continue to be broadcast as scheduled with all subscriptions still valid while the Nordic company attempts to find a buyer or a partner for its output.Should the UK wing of its operation be successfully sold off then it’s understood that those games and subscriptions would be automatically transferred across to the new owners - just as they were when Viaplay bought out Premier Sports 12 months ago.That means coverage of this season’s Scottish Cup should also be unaffected with the only anticipated disruption to the national game is likely to come in the form of a potential name change to the Viaplay Cup.