1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner
Eir
History
Launched
August 2004
Closed
30 June 2021; 2 years ago (30 June 2021) (Northern Ireland) 28 October 2021 (Ireland)[1][2]
Replaced by
Premier Sports
Former names
Setanta Sports Ireland Setanta Ireland
Links
Website
www.eirsport.ie
Eir Sport 1 (formerly Setanta Ireland) was an Irish pay television 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 former 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.[3] On 5 July 2016, Setanta Ireland was renamed Eir Sport 1.
On 15 August 2019, eir Sport and Virgin Media Sport contracted a deal to show Virgin Media Sport on eir Vision and eir Sport 1 on Virgin Media Ireland.[4] On 13 August 2020, eir Sport 1 was removed from Virgin Media Ireland, as eir refused to pay the contracted distribution license fee.[5]
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