Ch 434 Setanta Soccer....

cupthehand

Anyone know anything about this channel?Theres nothing on Setantas website about it.
The listings show a mixture of highlight programmes from the French, German and Dutch leagues.Seems a bit strange to be launching a soccer channel and the season winding down all across Europe.
I wonder will it be a seperate subscription channel or will it come free as part of the Setanta Sports subscription.


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Mossy Monk

there is now 2 Setanta Sports, Setanta Soccer and the 2 Setanta PPV channels

why Setanta, why?

Drag00n79

On Breaking News yesterday (Tuesday):

Setanta launches channel to cover Old Firm finale

Setanta Sports will introduce a new channel to broadcast live coverage of the games involving Celtic and Rangers on Sunday.

The Hoops have to win at Motherwell to retain the Bank of Scotland Premier League title while Rangers travel to Hibernian.

The new channel – Setanta Soccer – will provide an extra station to cover the game at Easter Road while the original Setanta Sports will show the Fir Park match.

BBC Scotland opened up BBC2 Scotland two years ago to show simultaneous coverage of both Old Firm games in the nail-biting end to the season.

Now Setanta want to follow the same example to provide the best possible coverage in their first season as television hosts of the SPL.

Setanta Sports managing director Roger Hall said: “We promised to do the best for SPL fans and take the channel to a new level and we have been delivering on that promise all season.

“It has been nip-and-tuck for months and with the championship being decided on the last day we are determined to ensure that Setanta Sports provide comprehensive coverage of the league deciders.”

Setanta Soccer is a bonus channel which will be available with the existing Setanta Sports package.

cupthehand

so will it be here to stay with full programming or will it be dormant until theres another same day finish in the Scottish league or for use in showing two simultaneous matchs should the nedd ever again rise (final day of WC qualifiers or something like that)

chorus techy

From the channel description given on sky guide, it seems that when it is not showing live games, it will be used to show delayed coverage (ie. REPEATS) of matches that have taken place.

Great! :rolleyes:

Mossy Monk

pretty much like the main channel then

all repeats

ciarann

I rang them tonight.i got rid of sky movies and bought Setanta and the Nice fellow on the phone said you get the 2 extra channels for €12.99>>so you get the 3 channels for €12.99>but not PPV.so get rid of the movies and watch Dublin win Sam or Na Fianna in the DSC. :rolleyes:
thank Kavo :cool:

ozsat

chorus techy wrote:

From the channel description given on sky guide, it seems that when it is not showing live games, it will be used to show delayed coverage (ie. REPEATS) of matches that have taken place.

Great! :rolleyes:

There schedule for next week (28th and 29th May) has live French football listed in the evening.