Setanta Sports News
However, when Virgin Media reinstated Sky Sports News onto their television platform, their Setanta rival remained an active channel.[4] Setanta Sports News was launched on 29 November 2007 on the Virgin Media and Sky Digital platforms.The Virgin Media Television network had previously expressed their interest in running a sports news channel, after BSkyB removed Sky Sports News from ntl:Telewest's successor Virgin Media.Over the course of the remainder of the year, channel producers experimented with different format designs, including removing the side bar over midweek.On 23 June 2009, it was announced Setanta Sports had been placed into administration after rescue talks to secure new funding collapsed.