UFC signs exclusive deal with Setanta

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http://www.setantasports.com/en/Sport/News/Other-sports/2008/01/17/UFC-Setanta-deal/


Guys if any of you have anything to say about this , please leave your comments at the bottom of the story good or bad.

fatal

damn!!!!!!!!1
that is bloody great news.For 9.99 a month you get a ufc ppv and everything else that setanta has to offer.Our american cousins must be raged at this.Make sure that you state that you are subscribing to setanta because of UFC if you are going to subscribe

Gerard.C

This mean they won't be on bravo anymore? And will the ppvs be live here?

gimmick

I think Setanta is €18 per month here. Gonna be a stretch to try and do that in addition to everything else. Sounds like a good deal though.

Yes thats correct, all will be on Setanta , and hopfully better coverage then Bravo. The other good thing is all the PPV's will be live, not the day after .

SuperWoody101

Great news.

Vince135792003

Good news. Watching fights lives (without all the ad breaks too) is way more fun.

It's also good for UFC to get on a Sports channel.

callaway92

Tis E19.99 a month now because of inclusion of Arsenal channel .....

evad_lhorg

Deadly!!!!

AckwelFoley

i think im about 2 seconds away from dumping Sky sports and getting setanta

callaway92

callaway92 wrote: »

Tis E19.99 a month now because of inclusion of Arsenal channel .....

Its actually not because of arsenal Tv Its more due to the amount of boxing that has been signed up. Not only that but the Rep Of Ireland Away world Cup qualifier matches as well as the FA cup . UFC has now been added to that .

callaway92

Originally Posted by Snyper
i think im about 2 seconds away from dumping Sky sports and getting setanta

I have Setanta and Sky Sports and Sky Sports is way better.. The quality of the picture for Setanta isnt great and it is very good on Sky Sports, also..there is a LOT of repeated programmes on Setanta and less live sports.:cool:

EdK

I have both aswell its great you have all bases covered between them

callaway92

callaway92 wrote: »

I have Setanta and Sky Sports and Sky Sports is way better.. The quality of the picture for Setanta isnt great and it is very good on Sky Sports, also..there is a LOT of repeated programmes on Setanta and less live sports.:cool:

You have a dodgy dish then as Sky uses the same signal as Setanta. With regards your comments on Sky having more live programing, i would recheck the listings if i were you .
I use both also, Covers me for everthing .

callaway92

What i meant was they have better live sports coverage...All the big football matches...2 of the golf majors and the Ryder Cup..Best Tennis..Anyway we're kinda going off topic because i think that this is a brilliant deal for Setanta anyway..:D

Kid Nothing

Am i right to get from that press release that they'll onlt be showing them live from July onwards? No Lesnar Vs Mir live?!!!

callaway92

twont be live ..It will be shown the night after it is live on Bravo...:(

Mossy Monk

I think I need to change my underpants

Charlie

Deleted User wrote: »

You have a dodgy dish then as Sky uses the same signal as Setanta. With regards your comments on Sky having more live programing, i would recheck the listings if i were you .
I use both also, Covers me for everthing .

You have dodgy info mate.

Yes, the signal sent down form the satellite to your dish is the same, but the bit-rates that Sky Sports and Setanta use are quite different (Setanta's being the worse). It is common knowledge, and clear as day to anyone who has visually compared them, that Setanta's picture quality is vastly inferior to Sky's, particularly if your displaying it on a large screen LCD.

EdK

Blah blah blah picture quality sky has billions sentanta is still getting there even though they are pretty big (wwe vs tna) but they offer a service and everything they have sky dont and visa versa so its still great

I have a 42 inch lcd and it doesnt bother me enough to care

Mossy Monk

I have noticed over the last few days that the picture quality on Setanta Ireland and Setanta Sports 2 has increased drastically.

charlie mchugh

charlie mchugh wrote: »

You have dodgy info mate.

Yes, the signal sent down form the satellite to your dish is the same, but the bit-rates that Sky Sports and Setanta use are quite different (Setanta's being the worse). It is common knowledge, and clear as day to anyone who has visually compared them, that Setanta's picture quality is vastly inferior to Sky's, particularly if your displaying it on a large screen LCD.

Just compared them on 6 different TVs and all the quality is the same. Its not common knowlage its actually a common problem that has been fixed by having an engineer re-allign the dish. Believe me i have had many of them fixed for people .

Sorry again for posting this off topic it has all be discussed in the satelite forum .



Anyway looking forward to tomorrow. I think Stevenson is going to win this one.

The Sparrow

callaway92 wrote: »

twont be live ..It will be shown the night after it is live on Bravo...:(

Is this how they are working it? The press release is a bit vague regarding if the American cards will be live or not. I really hope they start showing it live on the sat nights.

Although I could see why they would want to put ads in it on the Sun night.

It is great news nonetheless. I have Setanta so with the boxing and the footie it is worthwhile. Even if I couldn't watch a match last weekend because of the weather. I must look at re-aligning my dish because if it went in the middle of a big main event I would be less than pleased!

Fozzy

woooo232 wrote: »

Is this how they are working it? The press release is a bit vague regarding if the American cards will be live or not. I really hope they start showing it live on the sat nights.

Setanta will be showing US events live from July. callaway92 was talking about UFC 81, which will still be on Bravo on a Sunday

Dean820

Wait...has Bravo lost rights to UFC?

Sorry if I missed something on the first page.

Fozzy

Dean820 wrote: »

Wait...has Bravo lost rights to UFC?

Sorry if I missed something on the first page.

Yeah, but Bravo will still be showing the US events a day later until July

The Sparrow

What about Ultimate Fighter? I assume Setanta will get the whole package.

Dean820

Thats terrible news. I always just sky plus it off Bravo and skip through the ads, makes no difference to me. But with Setanta, that will cost me 20 euro per month. I knows its not much but still. I guess its back to downloading/streaming for a lot of us.

Mossy Monk

On the flip side some of us wont be downloading come July so I guess it works both ways.

Fozzy

Setanta is €15 for NTL customers I think, is it €20 for Sky?

The Sparrow

Fozzy wrote: »

Setanta is €15 for NTL customers I think, is it €20 for Sky?

Yeah I pay €19.99 and I have SKY. I really hope that this means that UFC will at least be shown in widescreen unlike Bravo.

So UFC PPV's start at 10pm ET in the States. So live that will be 2am-5am here. God that means at least one very drunken very late night a month!:eek: