setanta - how long till it goes bust

[torledo]

there News Channel is closing down tonight haha

 

sorry, i don't get the joke.

[cooper]

Just shut down 18.00

[Gatt]

Ooh - I win -

I did give it till the end of the week

[russdev]

nothing in the news here regarding setanta australia

 

Home AUS | Setanta

 

When I was here last, it was ESPN that showed all the scottish games..

 

Im sure i wont miss many games now with my slingboxes strategically placed in 3 countries, as long as i can find the bandwidth

 

 

It is only the GB company that has gone Ireland and International company still exist..

 

Russ

[russdev]

fyi

 

For BT & virgin users you get your money back if paid in advance.

 

Digital TV - News - Virgin to issue pro-rata Setanta refunds - Digital Spy

Broadcasting - News - BT to refund advance Setanta payments - Digital Spy

 

Russ

[torledo]

This is where it gets very interesting if espn got a set of rights...

 

Option one - Setanta goees bust

 

ESPN America goes to a Sky package - and if they have football rights suspect would be renamed just to espn.

 

Russ

 

Not bad predictions wise, ESPN launches a new sports channel in the UK imaginatively titled ESPN, available to existing sky sports customers for £9 a month, £12 a month for non sky sports paytv viewers. Setanta was available for between £9.99 and £14.99 plus connection fee.

 

BBC NEWS | Business | ESPN to launch UK sports channel

 

I'm guessing this is not quite the outcome russ was hoping for.

[RabbieBurns]

sky and espn teamed up and instead of bidding against each other for the scottish league, offered a cut price offer which the spl had no option but accept. So now not only do the scottish teams all get less money, the fans have to subscribe to both sky sports and espn to see the spl games.

[torledo]

sky and espn teamed up and instead of bidding against each other for the scottish league, offered a cut price offer which the spl had no option but accept. So now not only do the scottish teams all get less money, the fans have to subscribe to both sky sports and espn to see the spl games.

 

trebles all round.