Setanta await Scottish League decision

MEDIA group Setanta will find out later this week if it has won a contract exclusively to broadcast Scottish Premier League football (SPL).

Setanta has been selected as the preferred bidder, paying an estimated €50 million, to broadcast 38 pay-per-view SPL games a year from next season. The 12 chairmen of the SPL clubs will meet on Thursday to rubber-stamp the four-year deal.

Setanta, which was set up by Irish businessmen Michael O'Rourke and Leonard Ryan in London 14 years ago, will snatch the deal from its current holders BBC Scotland.