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Setanta Sports 1 - news archive

This is an archive of news about Setanta Sports 1. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

BT Vision to drop monthly fee for Setanta
From Digital Spy. Posted July 14 2008, 3.21pm
BT Vision is dropping its monthly charge for Setanta Sports 1 in a shakeup of subscription packages. (more)

BT turns to Setanta Sports in broadband battle
From Daily Telegraph. Posted July 14 2008, 2.47pm
BT is hoping to gain ground in the broadband battle and score new customers by giving away subscriptions to digital television channel Setanta Sports 1 with its BT Vision package deals. (more)

Setanta Sports scoops for more Asian cricket
From Biz Asia. Posted June 4 2008, 11.34am
Setanta Sports has acquired the rights to show the Asia Cup cricket tournament which runs from 24th June to 6th July. (more)

New Endemol chief hints at acquisition drive
From The Times. Posted May 19 2008, 9.44am
Endemol, the television company behind Big Brother, this morning appointed Ynon Kreiz as its chief executive - the venture capitalist who provided the finance to help Setanta Sports seize rights to show live Premier League football. (more)

Virgin rapped for "cheapest Setanta" ads
From Digital Spy. Posted May 15 2008, 10.10am
The ASA rules that Virgin's ads claiming that it is "the cheapest way to get Setanta Sports" were misleading. (more)

My Media: Steve Gaisford, Setanta Sports and ITV news presenter
From Media Guardian. Posted April 20 2008, 11.03pm
Steve Gaisford, presenter, Setanta Sports and ITV news (more)

My Mentor: Ashley House on Des Lynam
From The Independent. Posted April 14 2008, 12.00am
I was lined up to work on the launch of Arsenal TV with Des Lynam in January, but a week or two beforehand my boss at Setanta Sports heard the news that Des had got an OBE and asked me to do an interview with him to put out the next day. (more)

Setanta Sports ends sale talks
From Digital Spy. Posted April 7 2008, 2.26pm
A sale of Setanta Sports is off the agenda after potential buyers declined its £1bn asking price. (more)

Setanta talks on possible sale end
From Financial Times. Posted April 6 2008, 7.16pm
Setanta Sports, the Ireland-based pay-TV channel, has ended exploratory sale talks after potential bidders demurred from its high price tag (more)

Sale pitch, then Setanta Sports calls off the game
From The Times. Posted April 5 2008, 12.00am
Setanta Sports has quietly abandoned plans to sell itself after potential buyers balked at the £1 billion asking price for the specialist sports broadcaster. (more)

Setanta Sports ad cleared of sexism allegations
From UTalk Marketing. Posted February 27 2008, 10.04am
?Carry On? style humour upheld (more)

Setanta scoops rights to Indian Premier League
From Biz Asia. Posted February 25 2008, 6.12pm
Setanta Sports has signed a five-year deal to screen the Indian Premier League cricket in the UK. (more)

Setanta snaffles IPL cricket UK rights
From Media Guardian. Posted February 25 2008, 5.11pm
Setanta Sports has bought the rights to the star-studded Indian Premier League, the first Twenty20 cricket competition of its kind. By John Plunkett (more)

Setanta denies starting auction process
From Financial Times. Posted February 12 2008, 2.00am
Setanta Sports yesterday admitted it would examine offers for the company - but denied having begun a formal auction process. At least five UK and US telecoms, media... (more)

Setanta faces a big fight outside the ring
From Daily Telegraph. Posted February 12 2008, 12.01am
It is being billed by Setanta Sports as the "biggest fight of the year". Joe Calzaghe versus Bernard Hopkins in Las Vegas, on April 19th. (more)

Bosses insist Setanta is not up for sale
From The Scotsman. Posted February 12 2008, 12.00am
SETANTA Sports, the broadcaster of live matches from the Clydesdale Bank Premier League, insisted today that it had not put itself up for sale. (more)

Setanta expects bids over £1bn
From Digital Spy. Posted February 11 2008, 11.27am
Setanta Sports is expecting a string of takeover offers following an unexpected £1bn bid. (more)

Setanta seeks buyers with £1bn plus
From The Times. Posted February 11 2008, 12.00am
Setanta Sports, the broadcaster of English Premier League football, is seeking to drum up interest in a possible sale. (more)

Setanta to show Calzaghe fight
From Media Guardian. Posted January 23 2008, 4.19pm
Setanta Sports has secured the exclusive rights to the highly-anticipated boxing match between Joe Calzaghe and Bernard Hopkins. By Mark Sweney (more)

Setanta saves millions in Luxembourg tax move
From The Times. Posted December 29 2007, 11.40pm
PAY-TELEVISION broadcaster Setanta Sports has slashed at least £17m from its tax bill by setting up a subsidiary in Luxembourg. The windfall will boost the firm’s valuation as speculation increases that a sale of the company is likely. (more)

Orange offers Setanta football on mobile phones
From Media Guardian. Posted December 18 2007, 9.20am
Customers willing to pay £5 a month will get access to Setanta Sports 1, Setanta Sports 2 and Setanta Golf (more)

Setanta signs millionth premium subscriber
From Digital Spy. Posted December 3 2007, 11.04am
Setanta Sports has signed up its one millionth premium subscriber. (more)

Video: Des Lynam becomes 'Setanta Claus'
From Media Guardian. Posted November 29 2007, 12.36pm
Veteran smoothie Des Lynam dons a yellow Father Christmas outfit to promote Setanta Sports' festive offering (more)

Setanta sports news trains its sights on Sky
From Media Guardian. Posted November 29 2007, 8.47am
Setanta's new 24-hour channel is launching, and promises a 'fun, relaxed' alternative in sports news, writes Owen Gibson (more)

Setanta secures World Cup qualifiers
From Digital Spy. Posted November 27 2007, 9.42am
Setanta Sports secures the exclusive rights to 2010 World Cup away qualifers involving the Home Nations and Ireland. (more)

Nation Confesses To Sport On The Brain, Even During Sex!
From Press Release, via webitpr. Posted November 26 2007, 10.42am
- 17 per cent of men think about sport whilst having sex - - 1 in 5 blokes ditch dates in favour of sport - - 4 per cent of men admit to missing the birth of their child to watch sport - November 26, 2007:  New 24-hour sports news channel, Setanta Sports News, has published research proving just how much the nation really does have sport on the brain.  The results reveal 17 per... (more)

ITN's Wood confident about 'News at Ten'
From Digital Spy. Posted November 26 2007, 9.18am
ITN chief executive Mark Wood says he is confident about the News at Ten return and Setanta Sports News. (more)

Setanta raises £90m war chest
From Daily Telegraph. Posted November 25 2007, 12.01am
Setanta Sports, the Irish broadcaster, has raised an extra €130m (£90m) to finance its assault on BSkyB's dominance of football coverage. (more)

Setanta Sports News launch date announced
From Digital Spy. Posted November 5 2007, 6.11pm
Virgin Media and Setanta Sports confirm that their joint-venture news channel will launch on November 29. (more)

ITV 10:30 editor Geoff Hill joins Setanta Sports News
From Press Gazette. Posted October 17 2007, 12.00am
Geoff Hill has been appointed editor-in-chief of the new Setanta Sports News channel, produced by ITN. (more)

Geoff Hill to lead Setanta Sports News
From Digital Spy. Posted October 16 2007, 2.29pm
ITN programme editor Geoff Hill is appointed editor-in-chief of Setanta Sports News. (more)

ITN programme editor Geoff Hill moves to Setanta Sports News
From Media Guardian. Posted October 16 2007, 1.00am
Geoff Hill, an ITN programme editor responsible for producing ITV News at 10.30, has been named editor-in-chief of the Setanta Sports News channel. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Setanta gains carriage in Australia
From Digital Spy. Posted October 3 2007, 11.20am
Setanta Sports is to be made available in Australia on the Foxtel platform. (more)

Setanta gets on to Foxtel
From Rapid TV News. Posted October 2 2007, 9.30pm
Setanta Sports is launching a pay-TV sports channel aimed at Australian homes, the first challenger to Fox Sports since the collapse of the Seven Network’s C7 in 2001. (more)

Setanta and Arsenal launch TV channel
From Digital Spy. Posted September 18 2007, 10.23am
Setanta Sports has signed a six-year deal with Arsenal Football Club to broadcast its new Arsenal TV channel. (more)

ITN to produce Setanta Sports News
From Brand Republic. Posted September 13 2007, 10.35am
LONDON - Virgin Media and Setanta Sports have appointed ITN to produce their soon-to-launch Setanta Sports News channel. (more)

Setanta teams up with Tiscali TV
From Digital Spy. Posted September 11 2007, 12.39pm
Setanta Sports completes a deal with Tiscali TV, with three of its sports channels now available on the broadband TV service. (more)

Report questions demand for Setanta channels
From Brand Republic. Posted September 5 2007, 11.00am
LONDON - Only 1% of UK adults with digital TV at home are very likely to subscribe to Setanta Sports channels within the next 12 months, according to a new report. (more)

Survey: Setanta will struggle over next 12 months
From Digital Spy. Posted September 4 2007, 12.11pm
A new survey shows that only 1% of UK adults with digital TV at home said they were very likely to subscribe to Setanta Sports within the next 12 months. (more)

Free period for three Setanta channels
From Digital Spy. Posted August 29 2007, 2.35pm
Virgin Media will make three Setanta Sports channels available for free this weekend. (more)

Tiscali scores football deal
From The Scotsman. Posted August 13 2007, 11.42am
TISCALI, the UK's fourth-biggest broadband provider, is set to show live football from Scotland and England following a tie-up with Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports. (more)

Setanta's reach for the Sky cast into doubt
From Media Guardian. Posted August 7 2007, 1.00am
A question mark hangs over the launch of the Setanta Sports News service after TWI, the sports-content production arm of IMG Media, pulled out of the project. By Andrew Culf. (more)

Des Lynam fronts Setanta ad campaign
From Digital Spy. Posted July 28 2007, 1.20pm
Des Lynam serves pies to punters in a new multimillion-pound ad campaign for Setanta Sports. (more)

Virgin Media, Setanta join for sports news channel
From Media Network Weblog. Posted July 26 2007, 1.31pm
British cable operator Virgin Media has joined forces with Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports to launch a new TV channel as part of its drive to boost its sports offering and take on fierce rival BSkyB. Satellite group BSkyB has in the past relied on sports content such as Premier League soccer to attract customers but [...] (more)

Virgin, Setanta confirm sports news channel
From Digital Spy. Posted July 26 2007, 1.19pm
Setanta Sports News is expected to launch in time for the new football season next month. (more)

Champion joins Setanta as commentator
From Digital Spy. Posted July 25 2007, 5.18pm
ITV Sports man Jon Champion signs to Setanta Sports as commentator for Premier League games. (more)

Virgin Media to offer inclusive Setanta package
From Digital Spy. Posted July 20 2007, 9.18am
Cable operator will offer Setanta Sports channels as part of its XL package. (more)

Virgin adds free Setanta to top TV pack
From Digital Spy. Posted July 20 2007, 9.18am
Cable operator will offer Setanta Sports channels as part of its XL package. (more)

VM plans Sports News channel
From Digital Spy. Posted March 22 2007, 11.35am
Virgin Media is planning to launch a rival to the Sky Sports Channel with Setanta Sports. (more)

Setanta battles Sky with cut-price Freeview deal
From Media Guardian. Posted February 6 2007, 12.00am
2.30pm: Setanta Sports' new Freeview channel, featuring 46 live Premiership games a season, will cost £10.99 a month. By John Plunkett. (more)

Darren Clarke to front Setanta Golf promotions
From Brand Republic. Posted January 4 2007, 3.01pm
LONDON - Golfer Darren Clarke is to join Setanta Sports to front promotions for the new Setanta Golf channel, which will begin broadcasting on January 8. (more)

Setanta Sports hires golfer Darren Clarke
From Media Guardian. Posted January 4 2007, 12.00am
1.15pm: Ryder Cup hero Darren Clarke has been hired to become the face of Setanta Sports. By John Plunkett. (more)

Setanta Sports appoints BLM to media role
From Brand Republic. Posted December 7 2006, 11.12am
LONDON - Setanta Sports, the pay-TV broadcaster, has appointed BLM Media to handle its media planning and buying, as it looks to take on rival Sky with a vastly increased marketing budget. (more)

BT finds team-mate in Setanta Sports to broadcast Premiership football matches
From The Times. Posted December 5 2006, 12.00am
BT is weighing up plans to bid for live football rights, it said yesterday, as it unveiled a deal with Setanta Sports, the Irish pay television broadcaster, to show live matches on its new television service.... (more)

Report: TV3 to take Setanta stake
From Digital Spy. Posted December 3 2006, 12.43pm
Irish broadcaster TV3 is planning a €100m (£67m) investment in Setanta Sports. (more)

Setanta Sports to launch on Top Up TV
From Digital Spy. Posted October 10 2006, 10.12am
Setanta Sports to be available to Freeview customers in 2007 thanks to a deal with Top-Up TV. (more)

Setanta Sports to launch paid-for Freeview channel
From Brand Republic. Posted October 9 2006, 2.10pm
LONDON - Irish broadcaster Setanta is to launch a Setanta Sports subscription channel on the Freeview platform, which will be available next year through Top Up TV. (more)

Setanta Sports to launch paid-for digital and Freeview channels
From Brand Republic. Posted October 9 2006, 2.10pm
LONDON - Irish broadcaster Setanta is to launch a Setanta Sports subscription channel on digital TV and a Freeview service, which will be available next year through Top Up TV. (more)

Setanta offers subscription football channel on Freeview
From Media Guardian. Posted October 9 2006, 1.00am
3pm: Setanta Sports - which earlier this year broke Sky's monopoly on live Premiership football rights - is to offer a subscription channel on Freeview. By Julia Day. (more)

Setanta signs five-year deal for Conference games
From Brand Republic. Posted August 29 2006, 11.08am
LONDON - Irish pay television network Setanta Sports has signed a deal with the UK Nationwide Conference to screen 79 games a season for five years. (more)

Setanta seeks investors to fund move into Premiership and PGA Golf broadcasts
From Brand Republic. Posted July 3 2006, 9.07am
LONDON - The Irish pay TV broadcaster Setanta Sports is looking to obtain more then £200m from private investors to fund its move into broadcasting the English Premiership and the PGA championships, after it obtained the rights to show both events. (more)

A stake in Setanta for sale – if the price is right
From The Times. Posted June 9 2006, 12.00am
SETANTA SPORTS, the Irish broadcaster that recently snatched the rights to 46 Premiership football games a season, is willing to sell a chunk of its shares to investors prepared to value it at about £1 billion, The Times has learnt.... (more)

Setanta aims for 1m UK customers
From The Times. Posted May 24 2006, 12.00am
SETANTA SPORTS' founders yesterday forecast that the broadcaster would quickly win more than a million British customers on the back of its recently acquired Premier League rights.... (more)

Pubs offered Setanta's Premiership games in Sky package
From Brand Republic. Posted May 9 2006, 11.05am
LONDON - BSkyB and Setanta Sports have reached an agreement that will allow the nation's pubs, clubs and sport centres to receive Setanta's coverage of Premier League football as part of their Sky subscription. (more)

Setanta set for struggle to cash in on football
From The Times. Posted May 9 2006, 12.00am
SETANTA SPORTS faces an uphill task to turn its £131 million a year purchase of Premier League football rights into profit, after it emerged that its rival BSkyB generates only £35 million a year from a near-equivalent service.... (more)

Setanta Sports: On top of their game
From The Independent. Posted March 13 2006, 12.00am
It's the summer of 1990 and the Top Hat ballroom in Ealing, west London, is heaving with Irish expats, here to witness the World Cup journey of Jack Charlton's "Passport Paddies". The crowd strains for a view of the big screen erected by two 20-something Dubliners who, like the rest of them, are desperate to catch Ireland's group stage game against Holland live. The BBC and ITV, meanwhile, are screening England vs Egypt; from this piece of opportunism a media empire is born. (more)

Setanta Sports rolled out across UK
From Digital Spy. Posted January 19 2006, 8.51pm
Live pay-per-view Scottish Premier League games available to all DTT viewers across UK via Top Up TV. (more)

BBC 'has lost FA Cup television rights'
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
ITV and Setanta Sports have won the rights to broadcast the FA Cup and England's home international football matches, it was reported today. (more)

TV deal will spark battle for football's star pundits
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
For years, it was a service for Irish expats to catch up on the sporting fixtures back home. But Setanta Sports last week pulled off a once-unthinkable coup - after teaming up with ITV - of snatching the live rights to FA Cup and England matches from under the noses of the biggest players in UK broadcasting, the BBC and Sky. (more)