ITN appointed producer of Setanta Sports News

ITN has been appointed producer of Setanta Sports News, a new 24-hour sports news channel jointly owned by Setanta Sports and Virgin Media.

The channel will be available initially to Virgin Media’s 3 million digital subscribers across the UK later this year and to a wider base in the early part of next year. The channel will operate hand-in-hand with Setanta’s sports channels, which include live coverage of 79 Barclays Premier League games, all 48 Rugby World Cup games and live Champions League and UEFA Cup.

The production of Setanta Sports News by ITN will result in 56 new editorial and production positions being created. The new roles will be based at ITN’s London studios as well as involving a number of video journalist positions to cover sporting stories as they break.

ITN will be responsible for all daily editorial content working closely with Setanta Sports and Virgin Media.