Setanta Sports News Launches Today
Setanta Sports News, the new 24-hour rolling sports news channel, launched today offering free-to-air sports news broadcasting for homes across the UK.
Highlights include a weekly chat show with Kelly Dalglish, a live phone in show with ex-footballer Steve Claridge, and The Goal Rush, which will be the only programme on a free-to-air sports news channel to show all the goals from the Barclays Premier League and Clydesdale Bank Premier League.
Leonard Ryan, joint chief executive, Setanta Sports, said: “Everyone at Setanta is very excited that Setanta Sports News launching today. When we set out to create this channel we placed the fans at the heart of our programming, which is something that will really come across on screen.”
Malcolm Wall, CEO of content, Virgin Media, said: “Setanta Sports News will offer a real choice for sports fans, by providing the very best in breaking sports news and commentary. At Virgin Media, we always look to offer consumers the very best in entertainment and this channel is another way of doing just that.”
Setanta Sports News is jointly owned by Setanta Sports and Virgin Media, and produced by ITN. Its EPG number on Virgin Media is 518. The satellite EPG number is 435.
Virgin Media: www.virginmedia.com Setanta: 0207 930 8926 www.setanta.com