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Starting with UFC 80 back on January 19, 2008, the Ultimate Fighting Championship struck a deal with international sports broadcaster Setanta Sports to bring the UFC to millions of homes in the United Kingdom.
Setanta operates in Great Britain, Ireland, Luxembourg, the United States, Canada and Australia and provides premium sports television channels on a subscription basis, including a multi-year deal with Zuffa.
Unfortunately the dissolution of some of its English Premier League rights left Setanta strapped for cash and on the prowl for some emergency funding. A complete and utter collapse in operations — which would effectively blackout any and all UFC programming in the UK, had been reported as inevitable.
In response, Setanta recently released a statement regarding their current state of affairs.
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Originally Posted by Dana White As has been widely reported in various media channels, the management of Setanta Sports is in the process of attempting to secure the future of the business. The company has not gone into administration. All our channels are still broadcasting across all platforms and our subscribers can continue to enjoy our programming. However, in the current circumstances, we have decided to suspend temporarily the acceptance of new subscriptions… |
With Setanta’s future seemingly on the brink, the possibility existed that Saturday’s UFC 99 event from Cologne, Germany, would not be broadcast to Setanta subscribers, effectively defeating the purpose of Zuffa’s Europe expansion.