Good of Setanta to give so much notice. They were still taking subscriptions last week (started again after stopping).

i would'nt hold your breath on that one dude

Sky will get it automatically if no one bids for it

Agreed with half the tracks on ATR plus they show the Irish meetings I think the take up will be small.


BTW can Setanta subscribers still watch Racing UK and ESPN or have they gone off air too because of Setanta going????

Says who? Source?

I was a Setanta subscriber and the things gone are Setanta 1+2,Setanta news and golf and Celtic and Rangers tv.

Arsenal and Liverpool tv,ESPNA,Racing uk and Setanta Ireland are still on.

Nice one cheers.

Following the collapse of Setanta ESPN America (formely NASN) is now part of the News & Events Mix on Sky along with ESPN Classic, British Eurosport, British Eurosport 2, At The Races, Motors TV, Extreme Sports, Sky Sports News, Real Madrid TV, Star News, Fox News and CNBC.

So it costs £1 a month now in theory. It has also replaced Setanta on Freeview.

Nice one, opportunity to catch some baseball later then....happy days

That's fantastic, thank you ESPN and Sky.

Now if they can just make this new ESPN channel for the Premier League part of the Sky Sports pack.

What will happen with the Scottish Premier League?

same as the premire league i have heard

The Blue Square Conference and Scottish Premier League are both looking for new contracts.

I'd guess there is a fair chance of ESPN picking up the Conference if it wants a dedicated football pay channel (think the rights would come at next to nothing and they would be able to put games on on days they have no Premiership games....the SPL will not come so cheaply so they might not want to go for that).

I have read they will be charging a tenner a month for the Premiership games but not sure if it will go out on the existing ESPN America channel or on a new channel.

YES!!!!
ESPN America on SKY, baseball galore starting with the Dodgers vs White Sox at 7 tonight

It's great isn't it

Eurosport have quickly picked up the USPGA Golf events so rights can be shifted at quick notice. Let's hope NRL soon follows somewhere.

Free ESPN not for much longer..............................


ESPN ANNOUNCE PLAN FOR NEW UK CHANNEL


ESPN plan to launch a new channel in the UK on 3rd August called ‘ESPN,’ which will televise 46 Barclays Premier League matches this coming season, it was announced today by Lynne Frank, Managing Director, ESPN for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Frank also announced the channel will be made available in both standard definition (SD) and high-definition (HD), making the UK based premium sports channel the company’s first HD channel in Europe.



The new channel will offer live Barclays Premier League football, international sports and a wide-range of premium U.S. sports previously provided on ESPN America, which will be integrated in the UK into the new channel.



ESPN Classic (Sky Guide 442), which showcases the greatest moments in sport, will remain within the ‘News and Events’ pack. For Sky’s commercial customers, all ESPN channels will be included within Sky’s ‘Ultimate’ channel pack. ESPN HD will be available at no extra cost to those who subscribe to ESPN and have Sky’s HD Pack. Sky has confirmed that Sky Sports subscribers will be able to subscribe to ESPN for £9 per month while other Sky customers will be able to subscribe from £12 per month.

so what channel do i go on at the mo to get the baseball?? HELP PLEASE

thanks

come on the Braves and the Cubs 7 tonight cant wait

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On Sky it's 417, ESPN America, same as it's been for ages.

yeah i got it pal thanks

Mets Dodgers at 12 tonight as well im happy about this lol thank you for going bust setanta lol

Reading that am i correct in saying that ESPN America is going off on the 3rd August to be replaced simply by "ESPN" which is then a subscription channel ala Setanta was and not included in a package?

Also what is the "ultimate" channel package, i have no idea if we have that.

Not happy about the new ESPN channel. It seems that they are basically going to show the football and other sports on just 1 channel as well as the US sports and get rid of ESPN america. So instead of been able to watch College Football, MLB and NHL pretty much when ever Iwant, which is why I subscribed to NASN in the first place, I will have to put up with more premier league and possibly s***y scotish football





ESPN can kiss goodbye to my £9 per month unless there remains a dedicated US sports channel.

Read somewhere else that ESPN have taken 4 channel spaces and are testing at the moment. We might see an ESPN 1 and 2 with corresponding HD channels.

Quote ="ST_CONROY"Reading that am i correct in saying that ESPN America is going off on the 3rd August to be replaced simply by "ESPN" which is then a subscription channel ala Setanta was and not included in a package? Also what is the "ultimate" channel package, i have no idea if we have that.'" The "ultimate" package refers to commercial trade such as pubs etc. www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/broa ... 74.article £9 is a bloody rip off!

Quote ="ST_CONROY"Reading that am i correct in saying that ESPN America is going off on the 3rd August to be replaced simply by "ESPN" which is then a subscription channel ala Setanta was and not included in a package? Also what is the "ultimate" channel package, i have no idea if we have that.'" The "ultimate" package refers to commercial trade such as pubs etc. www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/broa ... 74.article £9 is a bloody rip off!