Record coverage for Paralympics 2012

Paralympics Ireland is set to step out of the shadow of its Olympic counterpart this summer with the announcement that the Games are to be screened live in this country for the first time.

Setanta Ireland, with the financial backing of Allianz Ireland, has secured the rights and will run up to 10 hours coverage a day for the entire 12 days, including the opening and closing ceremonies.

Coverage on satellite channel Setanta Ireland will be unencrypted and thus available on freeview to Sky subscribers. The channel is already free on UPC and, with the Setanta player available in all eircom broadband homes, 1.3m households will have access to the transmission.