NEWS: Setanta Sports offers Freeview packs from £19.99

Andy Clough 16 April 2008 16:51

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Fed up paying a premium for Sky Sports? Well Setanta Sports is offering football, cricket, golf and boxing fans a more affordable way to watch their favourite sports on Freeview.

Setanta Sports costs just £9.99 a month on Freeview, with no annual contract, and now the broadcaster is offering viewers a range of Freeview subscription packs available from Comet, Argos, Currys and Tescos.

There are a number of different packs available, including:

Setanta iDTV adaptor (CAM) pack (£45)
For those who already own a digital television with a Freeview tuner. This CAM – Conditional Access Module – plugs into a slot in your TV and allows you to insert your Setanta viewing card.

Hauppauge Freeview PC card pack (£99)
Owners of a PC with a PC tuner card can plug Hauppauge's pay-TV card reader into their PC to access Setanta content.

Setanta-enabled Freeview box pack (£39.99-£59.99)
There are four Setanta-branded Freeview boxes currently available: Sagem ITD72 Digital; Philips DTR2520; Astratec Digital Terrestrial receiver and Metronec 441805. There will also be new Setanta Freeview box packs and digital TV recorders coming to market in the next few months.

Setanta viewing card pack (£19.99)
Freeview customers who own a box that already accepts a viewing card that provides access to Setanta Sports need only obtain a Setanta viewing card to start watching the extra sports channels.

From April 18-June 1 Setanta has exclusive rights to all 59 games from the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket, and on April 19 it will broadcast live on Setanta Sports 1 the Calzaghe vs Hopkins fight.

It also broadcasts Barclays Premier League and Clydesdale Bank Premier League football matches.

For further details visit the Setanta website or call 08712 10 20 30.

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Comments

3dbdown April 16, 2008 21:01

Yeah but what about High Def?

blueee April 17, 2008 07:34

Be careful with Setanta. I paid £29.99 for viewing card only to find it did not work in my Pace PVR. When I contacted Setanta they said they knew the card woudn't work with the Pace box but said it had been my responsability to find out before subscibing and refused to give me a refund.

According to the last paragraph of your article they are still advertising that if you have a box that accepts a viewing card all you need is a Setanta card to start viewing and that is simply not true.

Andy Grange April 17, 2008 08:59

For freeview users the minimum amount of subscription is 2 months, payable up front. You've also got to give 30 days notice that you want to unsubscribe, and there's also a one-off installation cost.

It's still a good deal, but not as good as the adverts make out. Beware the small print!

dannyaparry April 27, 2008 11:46

stay away from setanta just google cancelling setanta sports and you'll see what i mean

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