Setanta Sports News is going to be launching soon, it has been officially announced. More news is available here. There will also be a new website at virginmedia.com showing football highlights, etc - when the new season kicks off. All Setanta Sports channels went free for XL TV customers today as well - as planned. Setanta Sports channels now free to XL customers are Racing UK, Setanta Sports 1, Setanta Sports 2, Celtic TV, Rangers TV and Setanta Golf.
Archive for July, 2007
According to an article on Media Guardian, a new channel to rival Sky Sports News will launch on Virgin Media before the football season starts on the 11th August. The channel is likely to be called Virgin Sports News, and it’s thought it will initially only be available to cable viewers, although a Freeview launch could be on the cards. Virgin Media have a press conference this Thursday, which is thought to be the official announcement of Virgin Sports News and also the official announcement of Setanta Sports becoming free for XL TV customers (the bouquet of Setanta Sport channels will be going free for XL customers from this Thursday - the day of the press conference). Virgin Sports News (name not confirmed) will be a joint partnership between Virgin and Setanta.
In a unexpected announcement, Nuts TV will launch on Freeview on the 12th September. The channel will air 9pm to 1am everyday - five of those nights will be live - the other two will show recorded programmes.
If you have a PS3 console, you could soon be able to watch Freeview channels on it - according to a Digital Spy report. We assume Sony will release an addon to plug into the PS3 console, and we would imagine there will be some sort of ability to record programmes from it to the built-in PS3 HDD - just like a PVR.
From the 25th July, new Eurosport downloads will be available on Top Up TV Anytime. No news yet on whether the live Eurosport channel will stay or be replaced by download-only. Full programme download information is available on the official Top Up TV website.
Two new items have been added to the Top Up TV Anytime lineup. Anyone with a Top Up TV Anytime DTR, should now be able to see Showcase and Info in their downloads.
Virgin Media will be offering six Setanta Sports channels for free to XL TV customers. This is an excellent deal - especially for those who don’t want to subscribe to premium add-on channels like Sky Sports. From the 26th July they will be free to XL customers. The press release on the VirginMedia.com website says “Customers will get live coverage from over 250 showcase events a year, among them some of the biggest occasions in the sporting calendar. These will include 46 live games from the Barclays Premier League, 60 matches from the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League and the US PGA Tour golf, as well as European League football, rugby and horse racing from around the country. From 2008, customers will also get 25 of the 40 televised fixtures from the English FA Cup, a selection of England football Internationals and the Community Shield”. More information on this Setanta news can be found in the official press release - click here.
A new addition to BT Vision has been announced, called BT Vision Sport. There are a few different subscription packages to choose from. The first being “Standard Sports”, which includes 242 Barclays Premier League matches available in full just hours after kick off, and 125 Coca-Cola Football League and Carling Cup games, plus archive sport. The second being “Setanta Sports”, which includes 46 live Barclays Premier League games, live US PGA Tour golf, 60 live Clydesdale Bank Premier League games and much more sport. Or there’s what’s called the “Total Sports” package, which includes full access to everything available in the Standard Sports and Setanta Sports packs, and sport for 24 hours a day, seven days a week – live and On Demand. “Standard Sports” costs £4 a month - no annual contract. “Setanta Sports” costs £9.99 a month - no annual contract. “Total Sports” costs £12 a month - no annual contract. You have to be a BT Total Broadband customer to get BT Vision services. Click here to find out more.
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