Setanta Ireland
| eir Sport 1 | |
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| Launched | August 2004 |
| Owned by | Eir |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV 16:9) 1080i (HDTV 16:9) |
| Audience share | 0.4%  (31 December 2010, ) |
| Country | Ireland |
| Broadcast area | Ireland Northern Ireland |
| Formerly called | Setanta Sports Ireland Setanta Ireland |
| Sister channel(s) | Eir Sport 2 |
| Website | www.eirsport.ie |
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| Sky Ireland | Channel 423 |
eir Sport 1 (formerly Setanta Ireland) is a subscription based Irish sports channel featuring local and international sporting events. The channel is available on some basic cable packages in Ireland, while it is available upon direct subscription to the Eir Sport package on other networks across Ireland. Its sister channel is the subscription based network Eir Sport 2.
In June 2013, Setanta Sports signed a long-term agreement with BT Sport to distribute these channels within the Republic of Ireland. In November 2015, Irish telecommunications company Eir acquired Setanta Sports. On 5 July 2016, Setanta Ireland was renamed Eir Sport 1.
In Ireland, Eir Sport 1 broadcasts League of Ireland, Setanta Sports Cup, Premier League (ROI only), Allianz Leagues GAA, F1, The Masters, The Open Championship, Europa League, Champions League, Roland Garros, Live Horseracing and Golf Channel programming.
For a brief period from June 2011, Setanta Ireland experimented with music programming and Irish films as part of its line-up.
In 2012 Setanta had the Irish rights to cover all of Liverpool's home games live in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.
In August 2013, Setanta Ireland started showing Premier League Highlights for the first time. The new show Premier League Central took over from RTÉ who had previously held the rights. The show goes out on Saturday and Sunday nights and is hosted by Connor Morris.
In June 2013, Setanta Ireland added the newly formed UK sports broadcaster BT Sport to its platform for Republic of Ireland sports fans. This resulted in the Setanta Sports pack in the ROI containing six channels; Setanta Ireland, Setanta 1, BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2, BT Sport Europe & ESPN. All programming available on the Eir Sport pack can found below.
see Eir Sport.
Eir Sport HD is a high definition simulcast of Eir Sport 1. The channel was the first ever Irish owned HD channel in the Republic of Ireland. It launched on 23 November 2010 then known as Setanta HD.
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