Broadcasting of sports events events from the 1980s, mainly horse races and so-called minority sports. In the early 1990s this arrangement was shaken up by the arrival of pay-TV in the form of BSkyB. Their dedicated sports channels have since become the only place for some major sports to be seen. Starting in 2006 the Irish company Setanta Sports emerged as a challenger to Sky Sports' dominance of the British pay-TV sports market; however, Setanta's UK channel went into bankruptcy administration and off the air in 2009. Between 2009 and 2013 ESPN made an attempt to challenge Sky Sports before its British operations were
Sports broadcasting contracts in the Philippines airs foreign sports programming, mostly gaining rights for the National Hockey League, National Football League, NASCAR Xfinity and the Camping World Truck Series. (*) Even though Pacquiao is under Top Rank, his bouts are aired on GMA and Solar Sports due to his status as a GMA contract artist and under airtime contract with Solar Entertainment Corporation until 2016. Sports broadcasting contracts in the Philippines These are the sports broadcasting contracts in the Philippines. There are four primary local producers of sport programs in the country: Solar Sports, ABS-CBN (ABS-CBN Sports), GMA Network, and TV5 (ESPN 5). Solar airs its