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BGonaSTICK · 09-05-07, 01:13 PM

Ireland based pay-TV broadcaster Setanta Sports, has won the rights to the IBO World Welterweight title boxing fight between Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton and Mexico’s Jose Luis ‘El Terrible’ Castillio, scheduled to be screened live from Las Vegas on the 23rd June.

This coup follows Setanta’s aquiring of a number of Premier League and England Matches – a joint deal with ITV.

The IBO fight will be charged at £10.99 to Top Up TV card holders, or £15 on cable and Sky Digital. Plus those Top Up TV and Sky owners ordering before the day of the fight will be given a free 2 month subscription to Setanta Sports.

Sky Digital will be offering the fight also for £19.95 on a pay-per-event basis.

wod · 09-05-07, 07:23 PM

20 quid to watch a fight on tv its getting silly

hopefully it will be on a feed or foreign channel

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BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 163 Times in 57 Posts	Setanta Sports wins boxing rights Ireland based pay-TV broadcaster Setanta Sports, has won the rights to the IBO World Welterweight title boxing fight between Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton and Mexico’s Jose Luis ‘El Terrible’ Castillio, scheduled to be screened live from Las Vegas on the 23rd June. This coup follows Setanta’s aquiring of a number of Premier League and England Matches – a joint deal with ITV. The IBO fight will be charged at £10.99 to Top Up TV card holders, or £15 on cable and Sky Digital. Plus those Top Up TV and Sky owners ordering before the day of the fight will be given a free 2 month subscription to Setanta Sports. Sky Digital will be offering the fight also for £19.95 on a pay-per-event basis. __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

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wod Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,299 Thanks: 18 Thanked 93 Times in 82 Posts	Re: Setanta Sports wins boxing rights 20 quid to watch a fight on tv its getting silly hopefully it will be on a feed or foreign channel