BBC ALBA’S AS-LIVE SPL COVERAGE KICKS OFF WITH HEARTS V ST JOHNSTONE
Football fans will this weekend get the chance to watch exclusive ‘as-live’ coverage of Hearts v St Johnstone as BBC ALBA commences its coverage of the SPL season.
Saturday’s game at Tynecastle will be broadcast ‘as-live’ at the new time of 5.30pm on BBC ALBA which is available on Sky channel 168 and on Freesat channel 110.The games broadcast on BBC ALBA will be matches that are not covered live by either Sky Sports or ESPN.
As well as full match coverage, BBC ALBA will also have an exclusive interview with Hearts Manager Jim Jefferies, a round-up of all the summer’s transfer activity in the SPL, as well as a look at what goes on behind the St Johnstone dressing room door in the programme’s new questions and answers feature. Saturday’s programme will be hosted by Gaelic sports anchor Calum Macaulay along with Anne Morrison.
Alan Esslemont, BBC ALBA Head of Content, said: “With Hearts finishing in sixth place at the end of last season and St Johnstone finishing in eight, our ‘as-live’ coverage should get off to a thrilling start. We are delighted to continue our partnership with Scottish football at all levels and look forward to bringing viewers across Scotland, both Gaelic and non-Gaelic speaking, who have shown a real appetite for our distinctive Scottish programming, an exciting package of SPL coverage throughout the season.”
BBC ALBA is providing a premier sports package in association with mneTV covering one Clydesdale Bank Premier League match every Saturday night over the next two seasons, at the earlier broadcast time of 5.30pm.
BBC ALBA is a partnership service between MG ALBA and BBC Scotland which will deliver high quality, distinctive home-produced programming.