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Revision as of 03:42, 23 October 2009
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Setanta Sports Australia is a sports television channel operating in Australia and is available to homes and businesses across all of Australia. Setanta Sports Australia is part of the Setanta Sports Group of television channels that operate around the world in Ireland, United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Africa.
Setanta Sports Australia offers a wide range of international sport including football, rugby union, boxing, GAA and cricket. Current Setanta Sports Australia broadcast content includes the FA Cup, England national football team, World Cup 2010 Qualifiers, Scottish Premier League, Six Nations Championship and England national rugby union team.
History
On November 1 2007, the Australian version of Setanta Sports was launched on into homes Australia wide. The channel had initially been made available to pubs and clubs, in November 2005.
Availability
Currently the Setanta Sports Australia channel is available on all the major pay-TV home platforms in Australia; Foxtel, Austar, UBI World TV, TransACT and also to direct satellite customers direct satellite (Optus D2). Setanta Sports Australia is available to homes via broadband and available commercially to clubs, pubs and businesses via direct satellite (Optus D2) or Austar.
Content
Association Football
Setanta's is one of the leading broadcasters of football in Australia, currently covering a variety of competitions from Europe & South America. Setanta Sports was the only channel in Australia to broadcast coverage of every game of the UEFA Euro 2008 Finals in June 2008. Setanta current football rights are:
Domestic Leagues
- Scottish Premier League
- German Bundesliga (1 game per round on One)
- French Ligue 1
- Italian Serie A (Selected teams only, shared with ESPN. 1 game per round on One)
- Dutch Eredivisie
- Russian Premier League
- League of Ireland
Domestic Cups
- Scottish Cup
- Scottish League Cup
- Italian Cup
- German Cup
- German League Cup
- Setanta Sports Cup
- Masters Cup
From August 2008 Setanta becomes the official broadcaster of the The English FA. Setanta Sports Australia will broadcast LIVE & EXCLUSIVE coverage of
- FA Cup (final also on SBS)
- FA Community Shield
International Club Competitions
Club Channel Coverage
Setanta is the official Australian broadcaster of
- Chelsea TV, MUTV and Barca TV
These channels offer full delayed coverage of all League and European games featuring the teams.
International Matches
- South American World Cup Qualifying (All games televised)
- European World Cup Qualifying
- UEFA Euro 2008 Finals
- Brazil national football team World Tour
- Argentina national football team World Tour
- International Friendlies (From Europe)
- UEFA 2009 U21 Championship
- CONCACAF Gold Cup
From August 2008 Setanta becomes the official broadcaster of the The English FA. Setanta Sports Australia will broadcast LIVE & EXCLUSIVE coverage of
Rugby Union
Setanta is the leading broadcaster of European Rugby in Australia including the World's biggest annual rugby tournament the Six Nations Championship. Setanta's full rugby line up is
- Six Nations Championship
- Guinness Premiership
- Anglo-Welsh Cup
- Magners League
- England national rugby union team (home games only)
- European Challenge Cup
- Churchill Cup
- IRB Nations Cup
Boxing
Setanta will bring the best of British boxing to Australian fans as part of the monthly channel subscription. Setanta has recently agreed a deal with leading British boxing promoter Hennessy Sports to show some of Britain's best current fighters and future prospects including Carl Froch (UK based fights only), Wayne Elcock, Darren Barker, John Murray, Tyson Fury, Danny Williams, Brian Magee and John O'Donnell.
GAA
Setanta honours its Irish origins with in depth coverage of the Gaelic Athletic Association football and hurling championships. This includes the
- NFL
- NHL
- Provincial championships
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
- All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
- All Ireland Club Championships traditionally played on St Patrick's Day.
Cricket
Since November 2007 Setanta Sports Australia has broadcast One Day International and Test match cricket hosted by the Bangladesh national cricket team. Recently Setanta Sports Australia broadcast the 2008 Asia Cup and up to March 2008 broadcast One Day International and Test match cricket hosted by the Indian national cricket team
Setanta Sports continued its coverage of the Indian national cricket team with coverage of the Indian's home series against England and also the India away series against Sri Lanka from January-February 2009.
Original Programming
Setanta Sports Australia currently broadcasts some original football productions from the Ireland:
- Special 1 TV - a weekly comedy phone-in show hosted by a puppet of Jose Mourinho. A new episode airs every Saturday at 7pm AEST during the UK football season.
- Fran - a weekly mockumentary style show following the ups and downs of life for Fran Costello, hapless assistant manager of St Peter’s United. A new episode airs every Monday at 7pm AEST during the UK football off-season (June-August).