My gf's father is a huge gaelic football (GAA) fan. He heard from one of his friends that you can now get in-home Setanta in Canada. I looked on the website but from what I can see only US DirectTV subscribers can get it.

Does anyone know any different? Thanks.

Yes you are correct, Setanta is a provider of sports for the US. satelites Direct TV & Dishnetwork. I do not believe you will get that provider here in Canada.

If he is worried about getting the World Cup matches, both BEV & Rogers will be covering all games on Sporstsnet & TSN.

Hmmm...I see my post got moved to the FTA board. I'm assuming because of my statement about DirectTV.

Thanks for the reply. BTW, he's looking for gaelic football, not soccer.

I have not found a feed in a while, I think they encrypt there feeds now.

I think Gloabcast carries it.

They do offer a boradband channel that you can get in canada.

Telelatino have been granted a license by the CRTC for a new sports channel called “RCS”. This apparently stands for “Rugby, Cricket and Soccer”.

You can check out this link:

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-114.htm

The rumours are that RCS is the code name for Setanta Sports Canada. No info on a possibe launch date or programming yet.

I am interested in in knowing if anybody subscribes legally to Setanta from Canada either thru Globecast or ITVN. What i sthe picture quality/programming. Thanx

I'd be curious as well.
I got hooked on gaelic football when I was over in Ireland a few years ago and Setanta distributes it.
I would love to be able to follow Armagh again.

Hello

I emailed Setanta and they said: We will have a channel launched in Canada by the start of the EPL season on Rogers and Bell Express. No announced date yet, but that is the best info I have right now. When I asked about Videotron, they said no.

So anybody with Videotron or friends with Videoton, get emailing them, even if your friends dont want the channel.

I have my doubts that BEV will add a channel that quickly. It took them over a year to add Goltv.

I really want that Setanta Channel on Videotron but there is no use in hounding Videotron until the announcement is made. Prior to then, this new Setanta Channel is just "pie in the sky".

Let's wait for the announcement and then bombard Videotron to get off their buts and include Setanta in their line up.

To be honest I'm a bit skeptical that this channel will be live for the start of the Premiership on any providers line up. We have less than 4 weeks to go we have not had any formal announcement. I'm hoping that the rumour that Setanta will flog the premiership rights back to Sportsnet for this season comes true.

I really want that Setanta Channel on Videotron but there is no use in hounding Videotron until the announcement is made. Prior to then, this new Setanta Channel is just "pie in the sky".

Let's wait for the announcement and then bombard Videotron to get off their buts and include Setanta in their line up.

To be honest I'm a bit skeptical that this channel will be live for the start of the Premiership on any providers line up. We have less than 4 weeks to go we have not had any formal announcement. I'm hoping that the rumour that Setanta will flog the premiership rights back to Sportsnet for this season comes true.
I'm praying as well that Setanta sells the rights back to Sportsnet on Saturdays and maybe to FSWC for the mid-week games. If they launch on only Rogers and BEV that means its going to be one long winter for those like myself who don't have access to Rogers or BEV. I did e-mail Sentanta and got a response which stated they would be launching by Aug. 11 so I'm mentally preparing for no EPL this season.

Samsonite, you won't have to go without EPL. <i>The Score</i> will have one game per week. An announcement on the details of their coverage was supposed to be made early this week. We're waiting!

Setanta sounds pretty confident that they will launch in time for the start of the season. Maybe they'll pull it off.

isn't the CRTC hearing regarding this channel only in late August?

I just don't think 1 EPL game a week will suffice when last year I could normally see 6 on an average round. Three games on Saturday morning on Sportsnet, 1 delayed game Saturday afternoon on FSWC, 1 live Sunday morning game on FSWC and 1 Monday afternoon game on FSWC.

I know exactly how you feel. At least with Goltv I get the Bundesliga & La Liga as well, 2 highly entertaining leagues.

I get the feeling Goltv is going to see their ratings skyrocket as people without access to the EPL and Sentana will quickly become Bundesliga and La Liga fans.

Will thereb be any EPL games on Fox this year - this is the only reason I have the channel so if EPL is gone (on the Sentan or wherever) then I'll cancel my FSWC

As far as the Score goes - have you ever tried to watch a Toronto FC game on The Score? Ignoring all the visual distraction, the picture quality is absolutely horrid - there's times that with the resolution, you wonder what colour jersey the player is wearing, let alone the colour of his hair or the number on his shirt!

And the HD channel - what is the point, the picture is stretched most unnaturally ... the folks running this channel haven't got a clue.

I read a thread on maxxed football forums (www.fbtz.com), that somebody called Setanta & the new channel will go live on August 9th on Rogers & BEV & will be $15 a month.