A new sports channel with the English Premier League is launching in Ukraine. Where to watch it?
Setanta Sports has officially entered the Ukrainian market.
Ukraine's National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting today authorized the broadcast of the Setanta TV channel in Ukraine. In the near future, the sports channel of Irish origin will begin appearing on Ukrainian cable and internet providers.
What kind of channel is it?
Setanta — an international sports broadcaster that started operating in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Since 2011, it has begun expanding into post-Soviet countries, offering exclusive football content.
Over all these years, Setanta has not operated in Ukraine, because it lacked the rights to sports content, which was dominated by the "Football" TV channels. However, in early 2019 it became known that Setanta had acquired the rights for Ukraine to the world's strongest league — the English Premier League. After that, it became clear that it would launch in Ukraine for the new season.
What will Setanta broadcast in Ukraine?
- English Premier League
- Formula 1 racing series
- the strongest basketball league – NBA
- the strongest hockey league – NHL
- Scottish Football League Championship (Ukrainian Maryan Shved plays for Celtic)
- FA Cup and English League Cup
What language will it operate in?
Matches of the English Premier League and some other broadcasts are planned in Ukrainian. The rest will be in Russian.
Who will be commentating?
The head of the channel, Maria Lysenko, said in an interview that one of Ukraine's most popular football commentators, Dmitry Dzhulay, will provide commentary in Ukrainian. However, his colleague Denis Bosyanok told Tribuna.com that he has different information.
In the Russian language, Alexei Ivanov, Igor Boyko, Vadim Plachinda, Yuri Kirichenko and others worked last season.
Where to watch Setanta Sports in Ukraine?
At the moment, it is known that the Setanta channel will be retransmitted on the following online services and cable providers:
- MEGOGO
- OLL.TV
- Divan TV
- YouTV
- Sweet TV
- Infomir (Odesa)
- Briz (Odesa)
- Terra-Telecom (Kyiv Oblast)
- LokalNet (Kyiv)
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