Setanta Sports News was a creation of the Virgin Media Television network and Setanta Sports. Launched in November 2007, this channel became a 24 hour sports news provider for Setanta Sports. Setanta Sports News capitalized around the success of Setanta Sports and tried to capture the sports news viewers situated in UK and Ireland. A totally free channel available via satellite tv and in addition available online, Setanta Sports News was positioned as Sky Sports News primary rival. Even though Sky Sports News became a part of Virgin Media television, Setanta Sports remained with this particular platform and continued to retain its rival position.

Approximately a year following the channel launch, it was decided that the channel required a new look. Thus came the brand new look of the show with a widescreen format, headlines were run in the bottom entire screen and many more smaller yet significant changes. The channel however continued to experiment with its looks and format structure across the year incorporating smaller changes to really make it popular with the viewers.

Setanta Sports was thriving as a sports channel since its inception in 1990. This channel broadcasted international sports entertainment from the station based in the city of Dublin in Ireland. Formed through an understanding of the Irishmans passion for sport, this channel targeted at broadcasting all Irish sports events to its Irish expats. They’ve got a group of individual channels that operate in the US, Ireland, Canada, Australia and Africa and broadcast sporting events including hurling, golf, Gaelic football, association football, American football, horse racing, boxing, rugby union and darts. sure football betting prediction

However following a successful run for over ten years, Setanta Sports began facing financial hardships. The channel operated by Setanta Sports in the UK used to be broadcast just as Setanta Sports entered administration or liquidation in 2009 because of financial issues and insufficiency of funds. The ownership of Setanta Sports Channel Ireland limited changed. The channel then proceeded to be co-owned by Gaiety Investments and Sabloss Limited.

Because of this change in fortune, Setanta Sports News ceased broadcasting from 2009. It was also followed by a loss of a number of jobs. However parts of Setanta Sports continued broadcasting sports events in Ireland, Canada, USA and Australia. The only real hiccup was that some content remained affected because of the closure of the operations in Great Britain.

Setanta Sports continued to be in the news for the various reports that continued to brew regarding its change in ownership and prospective buying proposals. There were several reports by news providers that spoke of Setanta Sports Ireland was being looked at with interest by music producer Dennis Desmond.

Following a ownership change both of the Setanta Channels, the one in Ireland as well as the one in the USA, are licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. These broadcast rights include airing of club football from counties such as Germany, France, Ireland, Brazil and Netherlands, national football games, rugby union games, rugby league games, exclusive rights for the live broadcasting of the USA PGA golf tour and other championships including Australian Football League, war of the darts etc.