Setanta Sports is an international sports broadcaster. The company was founded in 1992 and has since grown rapidly to have operations in Ireland, Canada, Australia, Asia and Africa. Setanta owns and operates premium sports TV Channels that are made available on a subscription basis to residential and commercial customers through satellite, cable, broadband and mobile distribution.
Setanta Sports operates independent business units for Ireland, Asia, Canada, Australia and Africa and while pricing, packaging and channel content vary in each of these markets, there is significant co-operation between the businesses that allows for sharing of branding, programming and technical resources.
In Ireland subscribers to the Setanta Sports Pack receive Setanta Ireland and Setanta Sports 1. Audiences have access to exclusively live coverage from the Barclays Premier League, the FA Cup, domestic soccer as well as rugby action from the Magners League, the French Top 14 and domestic rugby. GAA and Motorsport fans are well catered for with large amounts of Allianz League and Championship GAA plus F1 and TT. There’s also more live football coverage from the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, League of Ireland and the Setanta Sports Cup.
Setanta Sports is also available online, live and on demand via eircom Broadband, featuring the leading content offered on Setanta Ireland and Setanta Sports 1 allowing sports fans to access premium live sporting action at home, work or elsewhere.
Setanta’s North America operations comprise both residential channel and commercial venue businesses which provide a market leading line-up of soccer and rugby coverage from around the world. This includes The Barclays Premier League, The Champions League, The FA Cup and World Cup & European Championship Qualifiers, The IRB Rugby World Cup, The Six Nations, The Tri-Nations, The Guinness Premiership & Heineken Cup. In Canada Setanta is available to nearly 6 million homes across all major television providers including Rogers Cable, Shaw and Bell ExpressVu.