Football: Irish pay-per-view broad-caster Setanta signed a four-year, £35m (€52m) deal with the Scottish Premier League. The deal will run from 2004-05 to 2007-08. Setanta will show 38 live games a season, which will be available across the UK and Ireland. Most matches will kick off on Sundays at 3pm. Setanta will show a further 10 ppv games, in Ireland only, on Saturdays at 3pm. BBC Scotland, which has the rights at present in a two-year, £16m deal, also bid for the rights. BBC Scotland and Radio Five won radio rights in a four-year, £8m deal.
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