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<blockquote data-quote="An Tarbh" data-source="post: 282325"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (munstermuffin @ Oct 10 2009, 12:59 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=415808" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>that's their carat to get people to sign up with Sky over Virgin or whatever other providers you have in the UK, similar story with Setanta over here putting the big Leinster interprovincial and home matches on Setanta 1 which you have to subscribe to whereas Setanta Ireland is free to air for UPC and Magnet customers. The one disappointing thing this year is the choice of matches on the red button, not tonight but next week the Perpignan Northampton match is on the red button but the Sale Cardiff Blues match is on Sky Sports 2, same with the Munster Treviso match over Biarritz Gloucester.</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p>Tarbh think there some agreement though that sky have to show Munster and Leinster on main channel and not via red button.</p><p>Setanta were just doing that to try up their numbers although it won't surprise me if all games are on Setanta 1 soon.</p><p></p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>Well it's obvious there's some sort of agreement, was one of the conditions of Sky getting the Irish rights over RTÉ, as for Setanta they won't be putting all the games on Setanta 1 as they can be seen on Sky via BBCw and S4C. It just must **** of sky sports subscribers in the UK to have to put up with Munster Treviso, unless they're sky digital.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="An Tarbh, post: 282325"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (munstermuffin @ Oct 10 2009, 12:59 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=415808']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> that's their carat to get people to sign up with Sky over Virgin or whatever other providers you have in the UK, similar story with Setanta over here putting the big Leinster interprovincial and home matches on Setanta 1 which you have to subscribe to whereas Setanta Ireland is free to air for UPC and Magnet customers. The one disappointing thing this year is the choice of matches on the red button, not tonight but next week the Perpignan Northampton match is on the red button but the Sale Cardiff Blues match is on Sky Sports 2, same with the Munster Treviso match over Biarritz Gloucester. [/b][/quote] Tarbh think there some agreement though that sky have to show Munster and Leinster on main channel and not via red button. Setanta were just doing that to try up their numbers although it won't surprise me if all games are on Setanta 1 soon. [/b][/quote] Well it's obvious there's some sort of agreement, was one of the conditions of Sky getting the Irish rights over RTÉ, as for Setanta they won't be putting all the games on Setanta 1 as they can be seen on Sky via BBCw and S4C. It just must **** of sky sports subscribers in the UK to have to put up with Munster Treviso, unless they're sky digital. [/QUOTE]
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