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The US broadcaster ESPN has announced plans to launch a new UK sports channel, called ESPN, on 3 August.
The channel will show 46 live Barclays Premier League football games, which were to have been shown by Setanta until it missed a payment deadline.
The channel will also show some of the US sports to which ESPN owns rights.
ESPN has reached an initial deal to have the channel shown on Sky, but it is in talks with all UK pay-TV platforms about carrying the service.
Sky will also be responsible for selling advertising on the new channel.
Premiums
ESPN owns the rights to broadcast 46 live Premier League games in the 2009/10 season and 23 matches for each of the following three seasons.
Sky's residential customers will have to pay a premium of £9 a month for the new channel if they already pay for Sky Sports or £12 a month if they do not.
For commercial customers it will be part of the "ultimate" channel package.
Previously, the Setanta Sports package was available to Sky customers for between £9.99 a month and £14.99 a month plus a £14.99 initial connection charge.
The Premier League matches on ESPN will be produced by Sky Sports, although it will feature ESPN branding.
ESPN also owns rights to show American football, ice hockey, baseball and college football and basketball throughout Europe, which it used to show in the UK on its ESPN America channel.
ESPN is owned by The Walt Disney Company.
Awesome stuff.
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Well fug that then if its only avaliable on sky when it launches.
I hope Xbox Live has got their coverage in place when the season starts.
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