Setanta Sports Eurasia boosts football portfolio

The Setanta Sports Eurasia pay-television channel has extended deals for the top football divisions in Italy and France and secured a new deal for the sport’s top tiers in Scotland and Belgium.

The rights, which were acquired from the MP & Silva agency, will run for three seasons, from 2015-16 to 2017-18.

Territories covered by the agreement include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Setanta Sports Eurasia will show coverage of Italy’s Serie A, France’s Ligue 1, the Scottish Professional Football League and Belgium’s Pro League.