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Setanta Ireland is a subscription based Irish sports channel featuring local and international sporting events. The channel is available on some basic cable packages in the Republic of Ireland, while it is available upon direct subscription to the Setanta Sports package on other networks across Ireland. Its sister channel is the subscription based network Setanta Sports 1. In June 2013 these two channels were joined by BT Sport & ESPN (UK). ==History== *Setanta Sports was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events to Irish expatriates *Setanta Ireland launched in Aug 2004 initially on the UPC platform in the Republic of Ireland. *Setanta Ireland's CEO is Michael O'Rourke, who was one of the original company founders. He took over following the departure of Colin Morgan in late 2012. Niall Cogley was the CEO prior to that. *The company's production headquarters is in Broadcasting House, Princes Street South, Dubln 2, Ireland. *Senior positions include Brendan Higgins CFO, Brian Quinn Marketing Director, Trevor Twamley Advertising Sales Director, Graham Byrne Head of commercial premises *The name 'Setanta', comes from the name of the ancient Irish Warrior 'Setanta' from Ulster who frequently played the oldest known field sport, hurling, and who was later given the name 'Cúchulainn' as described in the ancient Irish texts of the 'Annals of Ulster' *Setanta acquired the Premier League highlights rights for Rep. Of Ireland in Aug 2013 taking over from RTÉ 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Setanta Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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