Setanta Gigaom

RIP Setanta, 1990-2009: A Victim Of ‘Cheap Opportunism’

It took on BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) as a plucky challenger in the battlefield of live sports, but at 6 pm on Tuesday Setanta’s channels went off ai…

by Patrick Smith Jun 24, 2009 - 5:23 AM PST

US sportscaster ESPN (NYSE: DIS) has achieved its long-standing ambition of establishing a major foothold in the UK and Europe by winning th…

by Patrick Smith Jun 22, 2009 - 4:52 PM PST

A Setanta rescue proposal from Russian-American industrialist Len Blavatnik could create a much stronger outfit than the Irish sportscaster…

by Robert Andrews Jun 12, 2009 - 1:11 PM PST

Pay TV in the UK is notable for its disappointing lack of digital strategy. BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) may be pushing its content through the XBox a…

by Patrick Smith Jun 11, 2009 - 7:44 AM PST

When your business model is under threat, you have no choice but to change it. According to several reports, sports broadcaster Setanta is…

by Patrick Smith Jun 2, 2009 - 4:26 AM PST

Still unprofitable, Setanta Sports seems intent on further debting itself to the hilt, if this weekend newspaper story is true: Telegraph.co…

by Robert Andrews Dec 15, 2008 - 7:00 AM PST

— Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Sport: Sports publisher Factory Media’s extreme sports news and community site Mpora has got carriage for its Mpora.tv…

by Robert Andrews Nov 12, 2008 - 7:35 AM PST

Has Setanta scored an own goal after failing to strike a deal with the BBC and ITV (LSE: ITV) to show highlights of England

by Dianne See Morrison Sep 11, 2008 - 10:00 AM PST

Irish pay-TV outfit Setanta Sports has been forced to abandon its hoped-for sale after buyers deemed the £1 billion asking price too high,…

by Robert Andrews Apr 7, 2008 - 6:02 AM PST

Irish-owned broadcaster Setanta Sports has hired Stephen Michael, former general manager at LFC TV, the digital media arm of Liverpool Footb…

by Dianne See Morrison Mar 28, 2008 - 8:53 AM PST

Irish-owned broadcaster Setanta Sports is gauging the interest for a potential sale of the company after finding a float too tricky an optio…

by Dianne See Morrison Feb 11, 2008 - 8:06 AM PST

Orange UK can now claim to offer all Premier League soccer matches over its mobile TV service. The telco had already offered Sky Sports chan…

by Robert Andrews Dec 18, 2007 - 7:41 AM PST