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Setanta Sports to cease broadcasting at the end of February

"Setanta Sports, as expected, will pull the plug on its premium channel in the U.S. and the Caribbean on February 28," Mike Reynolds writes. "The programmer on its Web site – setanta.com – and through a press release said it has reached an agreement to transfer select programming rights, including premium soccer and rugby events, to Fox Soccer Channel on March 1. The document also indicated that Setanta will cease broadcasting its premium channel in the United State and the Caribbean. Earlier this month, Fox Soccer Channel said it would reclaim top soccer rights — Barclays Premier League and UEFA Champions League — that it had been sublicensing to Setanta and that they would become part of its own premium channel, Fox Soccer Plus, which is scheduled to kick off March 1."
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