August kickoff for sports channel

Ireland’s first dedicated television sports channel will begin broadcasting later this summer, cable company NTL revealed yesterday.

Thu, 17 Jun, 2004 - 01:00

Ed Carty

Setanta Sports will offer live coverage of the English Premiership and Scottish Premier League to some 340,000 NTL customers as part of a basic package.

Setanta will also have exclusive live rights to rugby’s Celtic League, with more sports content to be added ahead of the August launch.

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