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
Broadcasting in the Soviet Union Teleradio Verilisläri Sirkäti (State Radio and Television Company of Azerbaijan) "Broadcasters": Radio Minsk (radio), Minskaja studija televidenija (TV) Main broadcaster: Nacyjanalnaja Dzjarzaúnaja Teleradyjokampanija Respubliki Belarus (State Television and Radio Company of Belarus) Broadcasters: Eesti Raadio (radio), Eesti Televisioon (TV) Main broadcasters: Eesti Raadio, Eesti Televisioon, Kanal 2, TV3 ViaSat Broadcasters: Radio Tbilisi (radio), Tbiliskaja studija televidenija (TV) Main broadcaster: Saqartvelos Teleradio Korporacia (Georgian National Broadcasting Corporation) 1990 Broadcaster: State Committee for Broadcasting and Television of the Republic of Tajikistan 2005 Main broadcaster: Tajik Radio Broadcasting in the Soviet Union Broadcasting in the Soviet Union was owned by the Soviet state,