The Scottish Premier League has agreed a £65m five-year deal with Sky and ESPN to screen 60 live matches each season.
But the SPL has an option of opting out of the final two seasons of the agreement with the new grouping.
Sky-ESPN's deal replaces the one agreed with collapsed broadcaster Setanta, but the clubs will earn about half what they would have gained under that deal.
The new contract is worth a similar amount to Setanta's original deal - £13m per year - due to end next year.
Scotland's 12 top-flight clubs - some of whom were facing severe financial problems without a TV deal - voted on the proposal at the league's annual meeting at Hampden Park on Thursday.
And SPL chairman Lex Gold said: "We are pleased that in just over three weeks we have been able to strike this deal.
"Sky and ESPN are two of the biggest names in sports broadcasting and they will bring first-class production standards and a wide audience to the table.
"We are looking forward to working with both in the coming years to raise the profile of the SPL for our clubs, fans and partners."
Setanta's original contract began in 2006 and the Irish-based broadcaster had negotiated a new contract worth £125m due to begin in 2010.
However, Setanta lost the rights to top-flight football in England and Scotland after being unable to meet payments at the end of last season.
Disney-owned ESPN last month bought the rights to show English Premier League matches that were to have been shown by Setanta.
It plans to launch a new UK sports channel, called ESPN, on 3 August and reached an initial deal to have the channel shown on Sky, which will also be responsible for selling advertising on the new channel.
ESPN-Sky were believed to have offered a five-year contract, but the SPL appears to have won an option for the final to seasons with the new grouping, and the agreement will last until at least the end of season 2011-12.
Rangers chief executive Martin Bain said this week that he had been in discussions with Celtic about buying the broadcasting rights themselves because they were unhappy at what they viewed as a cut-price offer.
However, it is believed that the Old Firm's proposal was not voted on at Thursday's meeting.
Meanwhile, St Mirren chairman Stewart Gilmour has been elected to the SPL board, replacing Campbell Christie, who has stepped down as chairman of Falkirk.
Gold was elected unanimously for the eleventh time as chairman but indicated that he would stand down in the autumn.
Hibernian's Rod Petrie, Aberdeen's Duncan Fraser and Rangers' Martin Bain were all re-elected by the clubs to complete the SPL board along with newly-appointed chief executive Neil Doncaster.
But the SPL has an option of opting out of the final two seasons of the agreement with the new grouping.
Sky-ESPN's deal replaces the one agreed with collapsed broadcaster Setanta, but the clubs will earn about half what they would have gained under that deal.
The new contract is worth a similar amount to Setanta's original deal - £13m per year - due to end next year.
Scotland's 12 top-flight clubs - some of whom were facing severe financial problems without a TV deal - voted on the proposal at the league's annual meeting at Hampden Park on Thursday.
And SPL chairman Lex Gold said: "We are pleased that in just over three weeks we have been able to strike this deal.
"Sky and ESPN are two of the biggest names in sports broadcasting and they will bring first-class production standards and a wide audience to the table.
"We are looking forward to working with both in the coming years to raise the profile of the SPL for our clubs, fans and partners."
Setanta's original contract began in 2006 and the Irish-based broadcaster had negotiated a new contract worth £125m due to begin in 2010.
However, Setanta lost the rights to top-flight football in England and Scotland after being unable to meet payments at the end of last season.
Disney-owned ESPN last month bought the rights to show English Premier League matches that were to have been shown by Setanta.
It plans to launch a new UK sports channel, called ESPN, on 3 August and reached an initial deal to have the channel shown on Sky, which will also be responsible for selling advertising on the new channel.
ESPN-Sky were believed to have offered a five-year contract, but the SPL appears to have won an option for the final to seasons with the new grouping, and the agreement will last until at least the end of season 2011-12.
Rangers chief executive Martin Bain said this week that he had been in discussions with Celtic about buying the broadcasting rights themselves because they were unhappy at what they viewed as a cut-price offer.
However, it is believed that the Old Firm's proposal was not voted on at Thursday's meeting.
Meanwhile, St Mirren chairman Stewart Gilmour has been elected to the SPL board, replacing Campbell Christie, who has stepped down as chairman of Falkirk.
Gold was elected unanimously for the eleventh time as chairman but indicated that he would stand down in the autumn.
Hibernian's Rod Petrie, Aberdeen's Duncan Fraser and Rangers' Martin Bain were all re-elected by the clubs to complete the SPL board along with newly-appointed chief executive Neil Doncaster.
