Barclays Premier League

The Barclays Premier League, known internationally as the English Premier League, is the world's most-watched sporting league. It is both the most lucrative and the most popular. Additionally, it is the second most valuable franchise after the National Football League.

FA Cup

The oldest football competition in the world, the FA Cup involves clubs of any level in the English football league system. Setanta Sports holds exclusive live rights to the FA Cup.

UEFA Champions League

The Champions League is recognized as the benchmark in world club soccer, as it features the best clubs in Europe. After qualification, the 32 clubs taking part are entered into eight groups of four teams known as group stages where teams play each other both home and away. This is followed by four rounds of home and away knockout games. Setanta Sports will show approximately 55 UEFA Champions League matches, 14 of them live.

Europa League

The Europa League is formerly known as the UEFA Cup and is the second most highly regarded club trophy in Europe. Setanta Sports will show a minimum of one match live per round until the quarterfinals.

International Friendlies

Setanta Sports will show many friendlies, mostly from European countries.

Coca-Cola Championship

Also known as the Football League Championship, this is the second-highest division in the English football league system after the Barclays Premier League. Setanta Sports broadcasts 60 regular season matches LIVE, including all divisional playoff games.

Carling Cup

The Football League is the official name of the Carling Cup. It is played on a knockout basis, and unlike the FA Cup, only 92 teams of the Premier League and the Coca-Cola Championship can enter. Setanta Sports broadcasts at least 25 live Carling Cup matches for the season.

MUTV & Chelsea TV

Setanta Sports is the only TV channel in North America to broadcast every single match that both Manchester United and Chelsea play in the Barclays Premier League, UEFA Champions League, and others. MUTV and Chelsea TV are found every week, exclusively on Setanta Sports.

Heineken Cup

The Heineken Cup, also known as the European Rugby Cup, comprises club and provincial teams from England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France and Italy. Setanta Sports shows approximately 40 live matches each year.

Guinness Premiership

The Guinness Premiership is the leading rugby union competition for English clubs, and is the world’s most competitive domestic competition. Since the game of rugby union became fully professional in the 1990s, the influx of overseas players and coaches has led to the tournament providing some of the most exciting rugby in Europe. Setanta Sports shows approximately 40 live Guinness Premiership matches over the season.

Magners League

Formerly known as the Celtic League, this is an annual rugby union competition involving regional sides from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Magners League season delivers a 22-weekend calendar throughout which all eleven teams play each other home and away. The season runs from September through May. Setanta Sports shows over 50 live matches in the Magners League every season.

RBS 6 Nations

The 6 Nations is played over an eight-week period each February and March. Setanta Sports carries all 15 matches. To purchase a live 6 Nations package for your bar or restaurant, contact our San Francisco office at 415-546-1022.

Tri Nations

An annual rugby union competition, the Tri Nations is a series held between New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Games are played in a round-robin format and teams play each other three times, for a total of nine matches during the competition. The tournament typically begins in early July and ends in September. Setanta Sports carries approximately six live matches.

Super 14

The Super 14 is a rugby union tournament involving 14 provincial teams from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Over the course of each season, the teams -- the Blues, Brumbies, Bulls, Cheetahs, Chiefs, Crusaders, Highlanders, Hurricanes, Lions, Reds, Sharks, Stormers, Waratahs, and Western Force -- compete in 94 matches. Setanta Sports shows 2 matches live on most weekends during the season.

Currie Cup

The Currie Cup is a South African provincial championship and is run by the South African Rugby Football Union. The top four teams with the most points will play against each other in a semifinal. Setanta Sports broadcasts over 25 live matches from the Currie Cup, culminating with the final in October.

Air New Zealand Cup

Formerly known as the National Provincial Championship, this rugby competition features 14 teams from New Zealand. Standings are determined with a complicated system of points earned, performance in previous tournaments, and repechage games. Setanta Sports typically broadcasts two live matches a week.

EDF Energy Cup

The EDF Energy Cup is commonly known as the Anglo-Welsh Cup and is the English rugby union knockout cup competition, allowing entrants from all members of the Rugby Football Union. The sixteen clubs are placed in four pools each with three English clubs and one Welsh club. Within the pools, every team plays the others once, with the winners of each of the four pools progressing to the semi-finals. Setanta Sports carries a total of 12 live matches.

Churchill Cup

The Churchill Cup is an annual rugby event involving the England Saxons, USA Rugby and Rugby Canada. Each year, three additional countries are invited to play. In the 2009 Churchill Cup, these teams are Argentina, Georgia and Ireland A. Setanta Sports will broadcast much of the Churchill Cup live.

Summer Tour

On Saturdays in June and July, national teams from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres play each other in a battle across the equator. Setanta Sports airs one to three matches each game day, many of them live.

Fall Tour

These end-of-year international rugby tests are generally held in November. Watch the best fall rugby action as Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina and Fiji tour the northern hemisphere.