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IP Camera 20X zoom

I have been interested in looking at additional cameras for Live Streaming. The main fetaure is to add extra angles to the main camera. I`d also like to see if there is a small portable PTZ camera that can be used in locations where space is a premium or where resources are not available. Surprisingly it can be diifcult in some grounds to be given space to stream.



Streaming dates - Blocked / Non-blocked

  Wed, 24th Jul 2024

The following information shows when streaming is allowed on a Saturday afternoon, for Season 2024-2025:



Successful OTT Platform

  Sat, 6th Jul 2024

As mentioned in our previous post, season 2024-2025 was a very successful one for ScottishFootball.online (SFO). With 190 live streams throughout the season. Hopefully, this season we will beat that target. We recently had feedback from a new club on the platform in 2024, Falkirk FC TV.



Successfull season - 190 live streams

  Mon, 20th May 2024

2023-2024 has been a very successful season on the ScottishFootball.online (SFO) OTT Platform. Six clubs across Championship, League 1, League 2, Highland League and the West of Scotland League made use of our services.



SYFA Finals at Excelsior Stadium

The SYFA finals are being held at the Excelsior Stadium on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May 2024. U13`s through to U18`s are playing across the two days.



DAFC FFIT and FC St. Pauli Supporters

  Sat, 4th May 2024

On Saturday 4th May 2024 St Pauli Supporters played a friendly at East End Park.



Testing IP Cameras

Tested two IP cameras at the Dunfermline vs Dundee United on Friday 15th Match 2024. Having spent some time configuring and integrating the cameras using Stream Deck both camera settings seem to disappear when setting up at the stadium. We managed to setup some features and so these views are examples..



Mobile Streaming Unit

ScottishFootball.online now has a portable streaming system which allows us to stream anytime anywhere.



Firestick Streams

  Mon, 18th Dec 2023

You may wonder why your Firestick stream is showing a poor quality video. Primarily the way the pirates copy the stream from a screen shot and then restream. This double encoding causes issues with the a lot of pixellation and differing frame rates.



Highland League Cup Final now Sat 30th March

  Fri, 1st Dec 2023

Match Postponed twice due to weather. Now due to be played Saturday 30th March 2024. ScottishFootball.online were due to streaming live the Highland League Cup Final but due to new schedule and the block on Saturday afternoons, it is now unlikely to be streamed. Brora Rangers vs Fraserburgh are playing at Harlaw Park Inverurie.



European Amputee Football Nations League

Fife has been announced as the host region for the inaugural Amputee Football Nations League competition in October. The Scotland National Amputee squad will face the Netherlands, Albania, Azerbaijan, and Kosovo in Group D of the competition at Dalgety Bay Sport & Leisure Centre in what will be the biggest international para-football tournament of its kind to take place in Scotland. ScottishFootball.online will be helping live stream over the two days.



Welcome to three clubs joining our OTT Platform

  Sun, 2nd Jul 2023

Coming soon, news of three new clubs joining our platform, Falkirk, Bonnyrigg Rose and Clydebank. We are hopefull of adding a further two clubs as well.



Match Analysis App

  Fri, 16th Jun 2023

We have just developed a brand new application to help with recording statistical information on a match, Live In Match Statistical Analysis. We think this is extremely simple an easy to use and allows you to record actions throughout a game by simply selecting combinations of buttons. Ideal on a tablet. You will also get accurate timings. You do not need the video showing as you can use this at a live match or watch on another monitor. However, you could record the stats afterwards while watching the live replay. Live stats can be monitored by the Management Team.



Need a Live Stream ?

  Thu, 20th Apr 2023

Are you thinking of doing a Live Stream ? We may be able to come and visit and set one up in as quickly as an hour.



Streaming dates - saturday non-blocked

  Tue, 1st Nov 2022

The following dates are where streaming is allowed on a Saturday afternoon, for Season 2022-2023 Thus PPV will be allowed on these dates.



Should We End Saturday 3pm TV Blackout?

  Fri, 28th Oct 2022

Covid has changed the world in so many ways. Watching live streams is one of the major changes. When fans were unable to attend matches they were more than happy to watch their team on a live stream.



Scottish Football Supporters Survey 2022/23

  Wed, 26th Oct 2022

This season`s survey will be open from Friday 14th October until Sunday 6th November.



Welcome to Diamonds TV

SFO would like to welcome Diamonds TV to our platform. We are aiming to help provide a great service in these challenging times. Many clubs are having difficulty due to the Article 48 blockade of streaming in the UK/RI on a saturday afternoon.



Season 2022-2023

  Mon, 25th Jul 2022

The SPFL have informed clubs that streaming on a Saturday afternoon is prohibited to the UK. Despite the huge success of streaming during the Covid pandemic it is extremely disappointing to hear that SKY have forced a block when it impacts vulnerable people who cannot attend games.



Moving On and Moving Up

  Fri, 1st Jul 2022

Goodbye Allan Park After 67 years playing at Allan Park, Cove Rangers moved on to new things back in 2015. Saying goodbye to the ground where they watched 19 first place trophies lifted between the various leagues was not without its hardships.



Piracy affecting live streams

  Wed, 15th Jun 2022

Exellent news that action has been taken against those that Pirate Streams. A Glasgow man has been arrested following a police operation to tackle illegal home streaming of the SPFL (Scottish Professional Football League)



Typical Scotland

  Sun, 5th Jun 2022

We should be playing this evening against Wales. We should be hoping and praying for a victory to take us to our first World Cup Finals since 1998. We should be seeing an infiltration of Scots descend upon Cardiff for tonight`s crucial Play-Off Final match. Why aren`t we surprised that this hasn`t happened? It`s just `Typical Scotland`, isn`t it?!



Successful Season 2021-2022

  Thu, 19th May 2022

ScottishFootball.online has had a very successful second season streaming live matches. In our first season we streamed 42 live matches but in season 2021-2022 we manage to stream 140 live matches. Ovet the last two years the football turnover from our OTT Platform has been over £500,000. A very valuable income to the clubs during the pandemic. The payment process we use means all income goes direct to the club.



Well done

  Sun, 17th Apr 2022

Congratulation to Fraserburgh for winning the Highland League. Great last day performance. Congratulations also to Queens Park on their promotion to the Scottish Championship.



Online streaming success

  Sun, 10th Apr 2022

Season 2020-2021 was hit by Covid but eventually the season got started and clubs managed 27 games in the Scottish Championship. This allowed our platform to flourish.



Scottish Football Playoffs 2022

  Sun, 10th Apr 2022

The following playoff matches and dates are listed below. Final details to be confirmed.



Backup Backup Backup

  Sun, 13th Mar 2022

When live streaming there is not much needed than just to get a live stream out, it`s easy ! However, the production teams at the football grounds know that there are quite a few links in the chain that could break at any point. Here are ScottishFootball.online we work very hard to monitor our systems and procedures to ensure we cover any eventuallity. Our back end Administration system has been enhanced as we find out user issues and questions. We can now quickly check our systems for data and respond to user queries.



Scottish Football streams banned in Russia

  Thu, 10th Mar 2022

The Scottish FA and Scottish Professional Football League can confirm they have instructed their respective broadcast partners to suspend feeds of all domestic league and cup competitions in Russia for the foreseeable future, in light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. As a result, there will be a blackout of Scottish Cup fixtures from this weekend’s quarter- finals and from all SPFL competitions including cinch Premiership, cinch Championship, Premier Sports Cup and SPFL Trust Trophy.



Watch Scottish football online for £30 a year ! (NOT)

Aye right ! Biggest advertising scam I`ve seen. We followed up a Google Alert stating they were streaming Scottish Championship matches for £29.99 a year. Don`t fall for it ! I received a follow up from Europsorty Support I would like to inform you that for our new members in the UK, the subscriptions are now purchased via the discovery+ website : https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/ so it`s fair to say that the website itself is not a scam.



Video Content Delivery Network providers

  Sun, 7th Nov 2021

At SFO we use content delivery network providers to provide the bandwidth and functionlaity for user access to view live streams. This is the best solution as they can offer the sometimes high level of bandwidth required, at one point we have had over 3,000 live viewers on a single stream



Scottish Cup 3rd Round 2021-2022

  Mon, 25th Oct 2021

The Scottish Cup third round draw took place on Sunday 24th October 2021. Some interesting draws with a chance of lower league clubs to progress.



Scottish Cup Round 2 draw

  Mon, 20th Sep 2021

Season 2020-2021 doiuble-cup winning manager Callum Davidson makes the draw for this seasons Scottish Cup Round Two.