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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
The RTE ones are yes, due to rights issues mainly, but VM may buy the rights for the UK too (RTE couldn't afford to).
Had never heard of Ziggo Sport before, perhaps an English language version will be created to form the new Irish Sports channel??
I do think it's odd that the primary target of these new channels will be Southern Ireland.
Why not give the channels more chance of success (particularly as the genres are already covered in Ireland) by covering the UK and having an Irish version like some channels already do.
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They may be experimenting in Ireland before expanding into bigger markets and making mistakes on a smaller scale and out of the eye of the UK media. I'm still unsure about the logic of buying TV3 but they've obviously thought it through.
Ziggo Sport is just a rebrand of UPC's Sport 1 channel. VM have said they won't acquire UK sports rights as the market is too crowded. In the Netherlands, Ziggo is the market leader and has copied BT by providing a free sports channel to subscribers with the option of a premium channel on top.