Setanta Sports
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Setanta Sports is a sports television network known for broadcasting live football and other sporting events across various international markets.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Setanta Sports (various periods) | 1 |
| Setanta Sports 1 | 1 |
| Setanta Sports Eurasia | 1 |
| Setanta Sports USA | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | sports television network ⓘ |
| brandContinuation | continued operations in other international markets after 2009 ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Eurasia ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sub-Saharan Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| contentFocus |
Gaelic games
ⓘ
association football ⓘ boxing ⓘ golf ⓘ rugby league ⓘ rugby union ⓘ sports ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionPlatform |
IPTV
ⓘ
cable television ⓘ online streaming ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| financialEvent | UK and Ireland operation entered administration in 2009 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Leonard Ryan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michael O’Rourke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChannelVariant |
Setanta Ireland
ⓘ
Setanta Sports self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Setanta Sports 1
Setanta Sports 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Setanta Sports self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Setanta Sports Eurasia
|
| inception | 1990 ⓘ |
| industry | sports broadcasting ⓘ |
| knownFor |
international sports rights
ⓘ
live football coverage ⓘ live rugby coverage ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Georgian language ⓘ
surface form:
Georgian
Russian ⓘ Ukrainian ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
acquired rights to English Premier League matches in the UK
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acquired rights to FA Cup matches ⓘ acquired rights to Scottish Premier League matches ⓘ acquired rights to UEFA Champions League matches in some territories ⓘ acquired rights to rugby union competitions ⓘ entered UK sports TV market in the 2000s ⓘ |
| originalPurpose | to broadcast Irish sporting events to expatriates ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs | Eir Sport in Ireland ⓘ |
| serviceType | pay television channel ⓘ |
| successorInUK |
BT Sport (various periods)
ⓘ
surface form:
BT Sport
ESPN UK ⓘ |
| targetAudience | sports fans ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Setanta Sports 1
this entity surface form:
Setanta Sports Eurasia
subject surface form:
Scottish Premier League
this entity surface form:
Setanta Sports (various periods)
this entity surface form:
Setanta Sports USA