Setanta went into administration this afternoon after the collapse of the business in Britain. Deloitte have been appointed as administrators and the Irish broadcaster will soon cease to broadcast to the United Kingdom.
The development was expected after the Premier League pulled the plug on Setanta last week, and now the Football Association will have to find a new broadcast partner for FA Cup and England matches.
Neville Kahn, one of the joint administrators, said: “After a huge effort by the Setanta board, management team and its backers, it has not been possible to save the GB business, which will be wound down in due course.”
(Source: Football365)
Related stories:
- Scottish Premier League withdraws from deal with Setanta
- Setanta Sports loses rights to FA Premier League
on Jun 23rd, 2009 at 15:42
According to the Manchester Gruaniad http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/23/setanta-goes-into-administration the first service to cease will be Setanta Sports News which will close at 17:00 UTC today.
on Jun 23rd, 2009 at 16:04
I watched the opening segment of the 1600 UTC news via their website, and there was no mention of the station’s impending closure. However, when re-checked at 1624 UTC they had taken the whole site offline, except for the now out-of-date “important customer message” page. Rather messy, but I guess understandable as the staff concerned are being made redundant.
on Jun 23rd, 2009 at 17:11
http://www.setanta.com/global/gb.html
The other channels that were part of the Setanta package (as well as Setanta Ireland) are still on air.
on Jun 23rd, 2009 at 18:15
Celtic and Rangers are now at black level.
on Jun 23rd, 2009 at 18:19
Apparently, ESPN America are “talking to other platform operators” with a view to continuing to be available in the UK.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a161691/espn-america-in-talks-after-setanta-collapse.html