Euro sports deal for Foxtel

Foxtel will offer its first “add-on” channel provided by a separate supplier, having signed the Irish-based Setanta Sports network.

Previously only screening in Aussie pubs, the sports channel will offer Euro sports including the Six Nations games, Scottish FA Cup, Celtic League plus South American soccer.

Under an agreement approved by the ACCC, viewers who want the channel will need to deal directly with Setanta, at an additional rate of $14.95 a month. But it is a third-party arrangement the Seven Network is unhappy about, and court proceedings on a longer and more involved dispute between the two networks will continue this month.

Setanta will also be available on Austar in November.

Source: The Australian.