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Setanta are right on the edge of going bust, and all channels could be switched off anytime in the next few days. Accountancy firm Deloitte is reported to be on standby to put Setanta into administration _http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article6445881.ece _http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/5462796/Setanta-faces-final-whistle-over-bills.html Get ready to stop those direct debits lads n lasses & keep an eye on the forum - if they go bust we will get the news up as soon as we can.... | ||
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| can't spell :D  Join Date: 26-10-2004 Location: Colchester, Essex
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My System: Sky+ Pace v3, and before that analouge 80cm dish with Prima by Pace box pointed at 19.2e (not very imaginative then!) | Yep, they're up s*** stream without a paddle! | ||
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07-06-2009
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| Site administrator Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | Looks like they lost the canoe as well | ||
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07-06-2009
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| cerca trova...  Join Date: 01-01-2000 Location: East Anglia
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Triple Dragon with HDD/USB stick, Dreambox 8000, Humax HDCI2000, Echostar AD3000ip & SR8700, Aston Simba, RSD ODM300. Swedish Microwave 1.2 Motorised dish / Invacom C120 twin LNB driven by the AD3000. 3 other fixed dishes.  Fighting the evil 3 Dragons under the Don Quixote banner,Sir Llew persevered where others failed | Doesn't worry me. I got the package with Racing UK, only watched it when my local Blue Square team were on. | ||
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07-06-2009
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My System: andrews dish - jaeger 1224 motor, vantage x221tsci, skystar 2, diablo v2.3, cyfra+ | well i think espn will buy them out once there in administration i called them other day to cancel and got offered 6.50 for next 3 months nice i wont have to pay now as they'll be no more mines on my credit card so I'll have to call my bank and stop it if they do go bust also what will happen to espn america as i hope they go on there own if setanta is disolved | ||
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| Site administrator Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | Hmm just seen this on the DS forum I tried to subscribe to setanta yesterday for the england match after being sent a offer for £3.33 for 3 months and was told by the rep on the phone "sorry but we are not taking any new subscriptions at the moment" | ||
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My System: Fixed 80cm on 28.2 deg,80cm Motorised 76.5E -58W | Interesting one this,wonder what will happen to SPL matches.Personally i hope that Sky step in.At least there maybe a chance of SPL in HD!!!.Only hope that sky can buy the SPL contract and not the Setanta brand!. | ||
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My System: 85cm transparent dish 0.2db lnb titanium wf100 cable dreambox500s technomate 9100 linux Eaglebox UK nds card | I know this sounds very naughty, and it probably is. But this is what I have been for a while now. I have been taken advantage of Setanta's minimum month contracts. Pay Setanta, then the entitlements last a few months. Disable EMM on my linux box/cccam. Dont pay for 2 months...then when the entitlements are due to run out I have enabled the EMM and payed up for a months worth of pay........and so on | ||
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| Young one with a hobby  Join Date: 29-05-2008 Location: West london and La coruna Spain
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My System: Motorised setup 68cm penta digit 45e - 30w | I have had setanta free for 10months on the freeview platform, thankgod it is going the quality is so rubbish but if free why not ? :P | ||
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My System: tm 9100 tm 1500 ci dm box 600 1 m dish polar mount 12 inc acuator v box 2 cas 3 dragon diablo gamma | i think i pay 12 .99 a month, they even take out a different times in the month which i do not like .. just shows you the offers they can do .. i ll be watching this one .. | ||
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My System: 85cm transparent dish 0.2db lnb titanium wf100 cable dreambox500s technomate 9100 linux Eaglebox UK nds card | to be honest...i am one of setantas very few fans:- Live UFC Live Boxing Live French Football, Live German, Live SPL, Live EPL, Live USPGA Golf, Live Internationals Racing UK - Live racing every day ESPN - Live US sports everyday Celtc Tv, Rangers TV, Liverpool TV, Arsenal TV Setanta News Setanta Golf... dont know why people complain for what it costs. If people think its a good thing for Sky to have a whole monopoly...they need their head read | ||
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My System: andrews dish - jaeger 1224 motor, vantage x221tsci, skystar 2, diablo v2.3, cyfra+ | yes setanta has been good for things like boxing as sky wouldn't have shown many of the fights setanta has. also where else would we get get french , dutch, german football as sky aren't interested in it. i think the price and the connection charge has put many off subscribing as 28 pound is alot for the 1st month | ||
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My System: Sky+ Pace v3, and before that analouge 80cm dish with Prima by Pace box pointed at 19.2e (not very imaginative then!) |
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| Site administrator Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | Yup - I wouldnt be at all surprised if the administrators are called in tomorrow - and at that point the channels will almost certainly be pulled off the epg. | ||
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My System: Sky+ Pace v3, and before that analouge 80cm dish with Prima by Pace box pointed at 19.2e (not very imaginative then!) | It's just been posted on DS that their Freeview boxes are being taken off shop shelves. Has to be Monday, has to be. | ||
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | Sayanara Setanta  | ||
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My System: DM 600-S, AB IPBox 9000HD, Moteck SG2100, Fracarro Penta 85 dish, + some puters |
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| Site administrator Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | Setanta survive for the time being: _http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article6458205.ece Its only a matter of time though - they are 700 000 subscribers short of what they need to survive and theres no football on over the summer, so folks cancel. | ||
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My System: andrews dish - jaeger 1224 motor, vantage x221tsci, skystar 2, diablo v2.3, cyfra+ | good they survive for a while as they charged my card 12.99 so i want to at least see the channels for a month also what will happen to espn america as if setanta close down does that mean espn america does as well as they uplinked from same place ? the feed for espn america europe is on 15west so they could easily uplink from a new site if needed ? | ||
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| Site administrator Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | Your guess is as good as our wrt ESPN America. However Id expect them to survive as ESPN are one of the big boys. What the arrangements would be once Setanta drop into administration can only be guessed at. They may have to go off air until they clear things with the administrators, or they could pick up the wreckage of the whole company for peanuts | ||
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| Toute Ronde Bon Oeuf  Real name: Gordon Join Date: 29-05-2009 Location: North Yorks Moors
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My System: Triax 1.1m and Orbital 80cm Motorised Dishes. Various fixed Dishes. Eclectic selection of Digital and Analogue Receivers. Complex switching and distribution that SWMBO cannot fathom. Nor me. |
The beleaguered pay TV sports broadcaster's subscription website reports that it is "down for routine maintenance". Messages left on its phone line tell prospective customers that the subscription option is "temporarily out of order" and that they should "try again later". | ||
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Canal Sat France, Sky Italia, Arena, C+ Nordic ....So I wouldnt see any hardship ESPN America (UK) slipping into the standard sky package... Like you said...it maywell see ESPN go off the air for a few days...although I honestly think this is a godsend for ESPN America (UK). ESPN are the biggest sports network in the world.....and I just reckon they would love to buy out the whole setanta set up...and rebrand the whole lot.....I just hope that they do....competition to sky is healthy | |||
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| Site administrator Join Date: 26-07-2003 Location: Scottish Borders
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Blog Entries: 1 My System: Sky UK. FTA analogue & digital satellite from 6 fixed dishes (5E/7E/9E/10E/13E/16E/ 19E/23E/28E) Pace MSS100, Echostar IP3000VA, Technomate TM-1000D, Dreambox 7020S The last noble sat warrior to fly the olden flag of Analogue | PMSL - If you go the the subsription page on the Setanta site you now get this: Oops! Something has gone wrong...   | ||
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