Setanta Sports have obtained the Irish rights to broadcast live coverage of 33 Barclays Premier League games for each of the next three seasons. The games will now broadcast exclusively live on Setanta Sports in the Republic of Ireland at 3pm on Saturday afternoons during the 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons.
The recent rights win sees the Irish sports broadcaster retain the package of games it won in July for the current Premier League season. The majority of Setanta’s live games this year have featured “top four” teams.
Michael O’Rourke, co-founder of Setanta Sports said: “We are delighted with the news that the Premier League has decided to award Setanta the Irish rights to 33 Barclays Premier League games for the next three seasons. This gives Setanta the exclusive rights to show the Saturday three o’clock games for the seasons 2010/11 to 2012/13. These are the games that have traditionally performed best for us and the majority of these games feature top four teams. It is great to end 2009 on a strong note. We are very confident that in 2010 we will continue to bring Irish sports fans great premium sport with a uniquely Irish angle combined with relevant local sports.”
Setanta Sports will broadcast the following live Barclays Premier League games in December, January and February of 2009 and 2010:
• December 12th at 3pm: Spurs v Wolves
• December 19th at 3pm: Fulham v Manchester United
• December 26th at 3pm: Manchester City v Stoke
• January 9th at 3pm: Arsenal v Everton
• January 16th at 3pm: Manchester United v Burnley
• January 30th at 3pm: Liverpool v Bolton
• February 6th at 3pm: Manchester United v Portsmouth
• February 20th at 3pm: Arsenal v Sunderland
• February 27th at 3pm: Manchester United v West Ham
For more information visit www.setanta.com.
