Ouch - Setanta 'is on brink of collapse'
Jun 11th 2009 | 3:20 am
#31
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Re: Ouch - Setanta 'is on brink of collapse'
I don't feel the need to bother cancelling something if I'm only going to resubscribe two months later.
No offence intended but I'm not that cheap.
Jun 11th 2009 | 4:12 am
#32
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Re: Ouch - Setanta 'is on brink of collapse'
The UK "arm" has no say on selling it!!
The brand name may change, but if the channel is profitable, then most of the programming should stay, except the games specifically licensed to Setanta (UK) to broadcast (i.e. the 46 EPL games)...
Jun 11th 2009 | 5:05 am
#33
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Re: Ouch - Setanta 'is on brink of collapse'
The UEFA under 21 championship looks to be on Setanta Canada next week. It's not in their listings (strangely) but they have been promoting it. I usually find there's enough for me to keep it anyway.
I'm amazed some expats are so short of cash that they want to save the $15 a month.
Jun 11th 2009 | 8:04 am
#34
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Re: Ouch - Setanta 'is on brink of collapse'
but completely watchable.But Setanta Canada definitely promo'd it. I'm waiting for an email back to confirm before I make up my mind
Jun 15th 2009 | 5:28 am
#35
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Re: Ouch - Setanta 'is on brink of collapse'
The English Premier League has told Setanta if it does not pay the reported £30m it owes by Friday, 19 June, it will lose its games for next season.
Jun 15th 2009 | 7:18 am
#36
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Re: Ouch - Setanta 'is on brink of collapse'
Setanta had lost much of their previous footy content for either next season or the one after (I can't remember exactly now) to other channels anyhow. I was mourning that already without this news!
Jun 15th 2009 | 8:17 am
#37
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Re: Ouch - Setanta 'is on brink of collapse'
The worst that's likely to happen is that the "across the ocean" company goes under and 40 matches may or may not get taken up by someone and "our" Setanta may or may not take all or any of them.
Perhaps the most likely is that those 40 games could be taken up by more than one broadcaster who might be prepared to sell them on to Setanata Canada, but it might cost more than they were currently paying.
So either we could lose some of those 40 (but still have the other 90 at least or have the same number of games with a slightly higher subscription to pay.
But the less than $18 (with tax) that we currently pay is a bargain. I'm sure we'd all be willing to pay a bit more to keep what we have.
