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guardian.co.uk - 6/22/2009

ESPN wins Premier League football rights

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US sports broadcaster will screen 46 live Premier League matches next season which were formerly held by Setanta ESPN, the US sports broadcaster owned by Disney, has won the rights to screen 46 live Premier League matches next season which were formerly held by Setanta. The US broadcaster is ...

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google.com - 6/22/2009

ESPN to share La Liga's US TV rights with GolTV [UPDATED]

— google.com — June 22 --- AP: Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka will get a wider distribution platform in the United... States next season. --- ESPN said on Monday that it will start sharing U.S. television rights to Spain's La Liga with GolTV, which has broadcast the league for the past six seasons... (more) ESPN to share La Liga's US TV rights with GolTV [UPDATED]

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guardian.co.uk - 6/24/2009

ESPN plans to set up brand new channel for ex-Setanta matches

— guardian.co.uk — • Channel will cover Premier League among other sports • ESPN won rights previously held by Setanta... ESPN, the American sports network that has won the rights to show 46 Premier League matches next season, will set up a new stand-alone channel to ... (more) ESPN plans to set up brand new channel for ex-Setanta ...

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soccernet.espn.go.com - 6/22/2009

ESPN snaps up Premier League TV packages - England - ESPN Soccernet

— soccernet.espn.go.com — ESPN has won the rights to broadcast 46 live Premier League matches in the United Kingdom for... the 2009-10 season, and has also been awarded a contract for the 2010-13 seasons. The sports broadcaster, parent company of Soccernet , picked up both ... (more) ESPN snaps up Premier League TV packages - England - ...

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ESPN Finally Gets The Rights to the English Premier League
Fang's Bites — ... to meet a payment deadline last Friday, the EPL terminated its rights agreement with the Irish pay service and then opened the bidding for its current package of 46 games and its package of 23 games starting in 2010-11. Then today came news that the Premier League awarded Setanta's rights to ESPN giving the Alleged Worldwide Leader a footing in arguably the world's most popular soccer league. James Robinson of the Guardian newspaper in the UK writes that ESPN paid considerably less than Setanta's original bid. BBC News says ESPN takes over ...

ESPN Acquires UK Premier League TV Rights From Setanta
EPL Talk — ... According to The Guardian newspaper, “ESPN has also reached a distribution deal with BSkyB, which will screen the Premier League games it was awarded today from next season and beyond. The US company said it had reached an agreement with Sky, but would also make the games “widely available across multiple pay-TV platforms”. ESPN added that the Sky deal was a “first step” in its distribution strategy, which suggest that further deals with cable operator Virgin Media, and other digital TV operators including Freeview are likely to be ...

ESPN Bid Wins Setanta Premiership Television Rights
TheOriginalWinger.com — ... of bidding, ESPN has stepped up and taken over Setanta’s television package for the rights to 46 live Premiership matches. Via Gaurdian The US broadcaster is thought to have paid about £90m for those games, according to industry sources. Setanta paid £131m, but the league had already received about £40m from the Irish pay-TV company in downpayments for the 2009-2010 season. ESPN has also bid successfully for 23 games for three seasons from 2010 in a separate deal. Both sets of rights reverted to the Premier League on Friday after Setanta, their previous owner, failed to make ...