As a result, Celtic were awarded a ninth consecutive title, whilst Hearts were controversially demoted to the Championship,[6] a decision which prompted the Edinburgh-based club to pursue ultimately unsuccessful legal action.

The league attempts to balance the fixture list so that teams in the same section play each other twice at home and twice away, but sometimes this is impossible.

[49] This is the final season of the contract; from 2020–21, Sky Sports will have exclusive rights to Scottish Premiership matches.

Gaelic-language channel BBC Alba has the rights to broadcast the repeat in full of 38 Saturday 3pm matches "as live" at 5.30pm.

The SPFL also uploads the goals from every Premiership match onto its YouTube channel - available from 6pm on a Sunday for UK and Ireland viewers and 10pm on a Saturday for those worldwide.