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Setanta loses one Premier League package, BSkyB wins five
Under the deal, BSkyB has five of the six live rights packages available - the maximum it can acquire under the bidding guidelines - while Setanta has the remaining package.
After the deals were announced, ESPN confirmed it had bid for live rights. It had been widely anticipated to challenge Setanta for live rights.
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