Scottish Premiership clubs can stream games & sell virtual tickets
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Clubs will be able to stream matches on their own channels
Scottish Premiership clubs will be able to live stream matches and sell virtual season tickets after a deal was struck with Sky Sports.
The SPFL has also reached a settlement with Sky - believed to be £1.5m over five years - for games not broadcast when the 2019-20 season was curtailed.
The top-flight campaign is scheduled to start on 1 August behind closed doors.
Sky's £160m five-year deal allows it to show 48 games each season, but all other matches can be streamed by clubs.
Each team will be able to provide a package to season-ticket holders enabling them to watch home games, with the cost determined by each individual club.
Celtic, Rangers, Dundee United, Livingston, St Mirren, Ross County and Motherwell have confirmed that existing season-ticket holders will be able to watch home games for free, with the latter adding that those fans will be also entitled to physically attend 19 matches at Fir Park regardless of when restrictions are lifted.
Aberdeen - who will also allow fans to watch for free - say they "will continue to work with fellow Premiership clubs to explore potential arrangements to show away games".
At this stage, they will be unable to sell one-off matches and it remains unclear what provision - if any - will be in place for fans without season tickets.
The agreement will last as long as social distancing measures are in place, with Pittodrie chairman Dave Cormack saying they are "preparing, and hoping, to return with partial crowds from November or December and full crowds in January 2021".
SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster added: "This is an innovative and pragmatic solution to the challenges posed by Covid-19 and I'm grateful for the flexibility shown by our clubs and by Sky Sports.
"This agreement means that any liability for games not delivered during season 2019-20 has now been settled, on terms that reflect Sky's status as a committed partner and supporter of Scottish football."
The Scottish Football Association will lift football's suspension on 11 June, allowing clubs to resume non-contact group training.