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business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/b ... 445881.ece Hopefully get the nrl back on sky!

No chance of getting the money they still owe me from over-charging me nearly 2 years ago then



Good riddance

No UFC, NRL, AFL or Boxing.

Mine was going after the State of Origin anyway.

I'm sure I'll cope with that life changing situation!

At least I won't have to stump up the 40 quid I've owed them for the last 6 months!

Never subscribed - so personally, no great loss.

It's wierd, but I could have sworn that I read (or maybe was told) that Setanta was actually owned by Sky.

Only you could have come up with that one...

So once again competition falls by the wayside. I've just sent my bank details to Murdoch and told him to help himself.

can't help but think they show far too much e overall rather than the good stuff, anyone on here actually watch the football matches from the GM vauxhall conference or whatever its called these days.

they haven't learnt the lesson from the ITV Digital collapse at all

there simply isn't a big enough audience for lower league football to justify paying loads for the rights. Sky have it right by showing a few games a month and not paying loads for the privilege.

same goes for Scottish Football, I'm sure the old firm games get good figures, but i doubt even the scottish care about some of the other games.

they also bought the Fa cup, which is having a big decline, even the final didn't generate that much interest, and England away games of which only the Croatia game was one i'd class as being 'must see'

overall it is a shame though, as i'd hoped that they'd show an interest in the superleague rights, thus creating a bidding war, and we'd get to keep SKY's good coverage but for more money.

Let's just hope it lasts that long, otherwise we may miss out.

Didn't Setanta recently sign up Rugby Union too?

Where there's a lack of coverage, there is a webstream!

think so, i certainly got thrown some shoite about the magners league deal when i rang up to cancel in april, they didnæt even really try to convince me things with the nrl would get better, hopefully it'll last out till after UFC 100 in july.

Can I record it while I am at work, or can it be watched again?

Also, the quality isn't brilliant on Setanta, never mind the web.

Not sure about recording/watched back. No doubt there is way.

And the quality I had the other day was far superior to Sultana that one person who pays for the privileged of Sultana ended up watching online

exactly.

Before everybody gets carried away

There was a magnificent stream for State of Origin 1, one of the best i've seen.

Depends how you class poop as opposed to good stuff.

I have many friends in the South who consider RL poop but accept it has a place on Sky, but point out its considerably lower down the rankings of the Sky execs priorities compared with RU, despite viewing figures.

I also have friends who subscribe to Setanta as they show the Blue Square league. Their crowds are comparable with NL crowds so I thinks its all a matter of taste.

Setanta's problem is that they have tried to compete with Sky and are paying far too much for many of their attractions.

That said its Free with Virgin so I will miss it.

They should sell out to Sky!

Glad they've gone bust personally, can have NRL back rather than watching awful streams.

Also the Setanta News channel is the worst sports channel ever!

Poor Jose

News Corp. didn't waste any time gloating about this one, though I agree that it isn't good a good scenario for some football clubs. Imagine the situation Super League would be in now if it switched to Setanta as many on RLFANS suggested when it arrived on the UK scene a couple of years ago.

Although the production quality of Setanta's own programmes is not on a par with its slicker counterparts, I think some of its shows are more insightful than those elsewhere. Whatever you think about Steve Bunce, his boxing hour is the best/only round up TV. The most excellent punmeister James Richardson is on fire at the moment. And it treats MMA as a reputable and reportable sport.

This is without mentioning the loss of the Australian rugby league shows and SoO & NRL coverage. I'm not confident that Sky will pick up what is left behind by Setanta bar the football coverage it is allowed to get on the cheap.

Thank you sir.