Media Coverage
As of 2010–11 the League is broadcast live on BBC Two Wales, BBC Two Northern Ireland, RTE, the Irish language channel TG4, the Scottish Gaelic channel BBC Alba, the Welsh channel S4C. While it operated, the Italian pay-TV broadcaster Dahlia TV also broadcast the league. The BBC Two Wales matches are usually made available to the rest of the United Kingdom via BBC Red Button. Complete match replays are also available on the BBC iPlayer. Each broadcaster provides feed to the others for matches in their home territory. While this means that the league is now available free to air in the UK and Ireland, in Italy it was only available on a subscription basis. In February 2011 Dahlia TV went into liquidation, and at present there is no host broadcaster for league games in Italy. BBC NI and TG4 covered the league from 2001 to 2004 before Setanta purchased the rights leaving the league only being live on FTA TV in Wales but because of the new deal people in Northern Ireland and Scotland can now see the tournament for free. Glasgow and Edinburgh home matches are broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland.
Setanta Sports previously held the live rights for Ireland and Scotland, along with a large number of international territories. STV took over the broadcast rights in Scotland after Setanta closed in the UK in 2009 and still cover the league in a weekly highlights programme. Despite no longer having the live rights, Setanta Ireland will continue to show RaboDirect Pro12 games on a tape-delayed and highlights basis during the 2010–11 season.
Sporadic coverage of the tournament can be found in other territories – on Canal Plus in France, and on various Setanta Sports channels around the globe (including Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South East Asia and the Middle East). The United States rights, formerly held by Setanta, are now held by News Corporation's Fox Soccer Plus.
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