Setanta going off air tonight

[Rookie]

Tried to run before they could walk, took on far too much

 

[RM-Taylor]

so who will have the IPL next year?

Probably Sky Sports unless a new sports channel emerges.

Sky Sports 4 will likely soon be launched

 

[Billy the Fish]

I wonder if they'll try and take another subscription payment from me?

 

[RM-Taylor]

Tried to run before they could walk, took on far too much

That is unfortunatley true. If they didn't get the rights for the Premier League then they'd probably still be around but the massive debt that got them in has well and truly cost them. They should have stuck with Gaelic football and the SPL until they had the money to attempt to do battle with BSkyB and Sir Rupert Murdoch.

 

[clapham_gull]

I don't think that's likely.

When ITV digital collapsed they still broadcast everything they were scheduled to for something like 6 months after everyone knew it was game over.

It would only happen if the company lost EVERYTHING and wasn't physically able to broadcast. And as shit as their portfolio of sport is there's still enough to interest outside parties with an eye on making waves in the market who could pump a bit of money in to keep things ticking over before thieving whatever could potentially prove profitable

Television is generally a lot more complicated than that. For instance off the top of my head there are only two broadcasters (Sky and Turner Networks (Cartoon Network, CNN and a bunch off others) who do their own transmission.

If whoever handle Setanta Sports havent been paid either they will simply turn the whole thing off.

If whoever uplink the signal to the satellite havent been paid, they will do something similiar.

I worked at a company many years ago in London where a foreign satellite channel rented space and facilities to broadcast back home.

They didn't pay their bills and owed the company a lot of money. One day they stuck a long playing tape, and legged it out the country.

 

[RM-Taylor]

I wonder if they'll try and take another subscription payment from me?

Apparently they've been taking regular payments before the 7th June but have stopped after that.

The website is also down for subscriptions, displaying the same thing that appeared on the Woolworths site about maintenance.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Setanta Sports

 

[clapham_gull]

Apparently they've been taking regular payments before the 7th June but have stopped after that.

The website is also down for subscriptions, displaying the same thing that appeared on the Woolworths site about maintenance.

Not quite, it looks like they quite literally removed (or renamed) the subscriptions page from the web server.

Something you would only do in a rush and er... for free.

 

[element]

I've just been on the Setanta site and it said that for a one off payment of €50 000 000 I could have Premier League football for the 09/10 season!?

Seems a tad pricey

 

[grummitts gloves]

'WE' being those that are able to HAVE Sky. :

Yep, thats right. Apart from watching the albion, its the only other 'extravagance' I have.

 

[Collar Feeler]

I've also noticed that if you try and click on the subscribe now page it puts up an error page! Looks like they are winding it up as we speak. In fact every link to subscribe anywhere on the site sends you to an error page or page not found, they look fooked!

 

[clapham_gull]

I've also noticed that if you try and click on the subscribe now page it puts up an error page! Looks like they are winding it up as we speak. In fact every link to subscribe anywhere on the site sends you to an error page or page not found, they look fooked!

Although that's probably been advised by the lawyers as they try to sort their problems out.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Gone in to administration:

Expert Barnett Warns Of Consequences Of Demise Of Setanta (from The Herald )</title>

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Reading through Digital Spy, it appears Setanta Sports and it's channels will be gone from midnight

It was still there a couple of minutes ago.

Nothing worth watching, though.

 

[RM-Taylor]

It's currently still up and running but Setanta Sports 1 is free-to-air at the minute

 

[vegster]

last man out, turn out the lights.

 

[Napper]

Setanta is good for boxing though which will be a miss

 

[Without Limits]

Its still there, I know its crap but I still prefer it to ITV

Please dont give the contract to ITV

 

[coventrygull]

Whats going to happen to non league footy

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Setanta is alive and well this morning!!

Just saw part of a very entertaining 'Football Matters'