Setanta Sports Setanta Sports Setanta Sports was a sports television company based in Dublin, Ireland. The company was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events to international audiences. The company operated channels in the UK, Asia, Australia, United States and Canada. Setanta Sports operated a number of channels which have either been sold off or closed. In December 2015, Eir purchased Setanta Sports Ireland Ltd. On 5 July 2016 Setanta Sports was rebranded Eir Sport. Setanta operated Setanta Sports and Setanta Action until October 2013 when the channels were acquired by 21st Century Fox. In July 2014, Fox
All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Sagalev was appointed president of RTR's "Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation (MIBC)" TV6 Moscow. On November 11, 1996, the "Russian Universities" block stopped broadcasting, and its airtime passed to NTV. The first satellite TV networks "The RTR TV network", "Meteor Sports"and "Meteor Cinema" were launched. According to the magazine "Ogonek", it was a worthy competition to satellite operator NTV Plus, then part of a holding known in English as Media Bridge. On November 1, 1997 the VGTRK began broadcasting an educational channel called "Culture". It began broadcasting on a VHF channel. On May 8, 1998, the presidential decree "On Improvement of