Setanta Sports Asia
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Setanta Sports Philippines Limited is a pay television sports channel and over-the-top streaming service operating in the Philippines owned by Eurasian Broadcasting Enterprise Ltd.
Country | Singapore Philippines |
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Broadcast area | Philippines Previous: Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, and Taiwan |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Eurasian Broadcasting Enterprise Ltd. |
Parent | Philippines: Setanta Sports Philippines Ltd. |
History | |
Launched | 1 February 2011 3 November 2022 (Philippines; relaunch) |
Closed | 29 January 2020 (8 years, 11 months and 4 weeks) |
Replaced by | Rugby Pass TV (2020) Premier Sports Asia (2021) |
Links | |
Website | setantasports |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
YouTube | Watch Live (Philippines only; selected events only) |
Blast TV (Philippines) | Watch Live (user membership and subscription required) |
Originally broadcasting as Setanta Sports Asia, an Asian pay television sports channel operating in the Asia Pacific region owned by Discovery Communications.[1][2] It primarily airs the sports of rugby union and rugby league. The channel was available on TV platforms in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia/Brunei, Singapore, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, and Taiwan.
As of 2024, Setanta Sports is only available in the Philippines after the latter's owners (including founder Michael O’Rouke and Georgia-based Adjara Group) relaunched the platform in 2022 to sole exclusive broadcast rights for the Premier League.[3]