Setanta to Offer Live Coverage of EPL

SAN
FRANCISCO, August 4: Setanta Sports in the U.S. will offer live coverage of
more than 90 matches from the Barclays English Premier League, beginning August
19 with the match between Sheffield United and Liverpool.

Setanta
Sports' lineup will include the live broadcast of about 62 Saturday games,
approximately 28 Sunday games and a selection of mid-week matches. Simon Green,
the chief executive of Setanta Sports North America, commented, “We are very
excited to bring the much-anticipated English Premier League to our current
audience of expatriate soccer fans, and to drive consumer awareness among a
broader U.S. audience. Our fan base expanded considerably this year with the
live telecast of the World Cup. Now our fans will see some of the best matches
in this, the most exciting league of them all, live and with original English
commentary.”

The
24-hour, digital pay-TV network dedicated primarily to European and
international soccer and rugby launched in the U.S. in April 2005 and is
available on DIRECTV and GlobeCast WorldTV.