The recent news that Setanta was basically going bust and have lost some of their rights to Premiership matches has scared some people that we would lose the channel which carries Championship matches in North America. Two words, don’t worry.
The channel and the rights which have been lost were for UK only. All the recent news doesn’t directly effect Setanta USA (or Canada). Here’s the offical Setanta statement.
As has been widely reported in various media channels, Setanta Sports has today had its agreement to broadcast 46 Barclays Premier League matches in the UK terminated.
This development does not affect our channels and other services in the US.
Setanta Sports in the US is a separate operation that has separate agreement to show the Barclay’s Premier League. Our channels and other services in the US continue to broadcast and our subscribers can still enjoy our programming including the Lions Tour of South Africa and the UEFA U21 European Championship.
New customers are welcome to subscribe to watch some of the world’s best soccer and rugby either by contacting our cable and satellite partners or online at www.setanta.com.
We thank you for your continued interest in Setanta Sports and look forward to bringing you a wealth of sport over the coming months and years.
Basically, as things stand, they will still be taking our $15 / month to get additional Premiership matches, the occasional Championship match and some egg chasing and other activites with funny shaped balls.
having said all that, I still haven’t been able to find anything out about the fate of Special 1 TV.
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