The network's parent company, Setanta Sports, has already delivered
successful, pay-per-view sports event programming on DIRECTV and has attracted
a loyal following with its closed-circuit television business that broadcasts
unique, LIVE sporting events around the country.

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Setanta Sports will feature no less than 1,000 LIVE and short-delay sports
events, including the UEFA Champions League, the premiere club competition for
European Club teams; the FIFA World Cup Qualifying matches; the UEFA Cup, the
secondary, Europe-wide knock-out competition for Club sides; the Coca Cola
Championship (previously the National League); Manchester United and Chelsea
matches, the British and Irish Lions rugby tour and Tri-Nations rugby.

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Africa's cellular market is the fastest-growing in the world , gaining more
than 50% in 2002, almost 40% in 2003 and more than 40% in the first three
quarters of 2004 alone.
DIRECTV reaches over 13. and Canada.

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Setanta Sports Launches on DIRECTV as a Premium Subscription Service April 26 2005

The channel, Setanta Sports, launches in the U.

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Mobile licences frequently require that operators rely on a fixed network
operator for interconnection, and relatively few countries allow their mobile
operators to operate their own international gateways . on DIRECTV, the
country's leading digital television service, on April 26, 2005, it was
announced today by Setanta Sports North America Ltd. and Setanta Sports has
extensive experience and expertise in serving these ethnic and expatriate
audiences.

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S. led to a major brand identity
initiative unveiled across a number of mechanisms including Setanta's
international network of television channels, a new consumer
website http://www.

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The report offers a wealth of information on the Mobile market , covering:
- Trends
- Analysis
- Players
- Revenues
- Subscribers
- Prepaid
- Spectrum Auctions
- Developments
- Government Policies
- Infrastructure
- GSM
- CDMA
- 3G
- Mobile Data
- Market Issue
- Paging
- Dedicated Services
- SIM
- SMS
- MMS
- GPRS
- EDGE
- WAP
- M-Commerce
- Telemetry
- Location Services
- Bluetooth
- PMR
- TMR
- Mobile Satellite Services

Countries covered include: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkino Faso,
Cameroon , Chad, Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia,
Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho , Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa , Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia,
Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Setanta Sports
will continue to operate and expand on its commercial businesses as it
launches this new channel of program offerings for residential and commercial
customers. The network is designed primarily, but not exclusively, for
European expatriates living in the U. and those of European ancestry whose
passion for popular national sports keep them connected to their country of
origin. Privately owned, Setanta
Sports has offices in Dublin, London, Glasgow, San Francisco and Sydney.net
Setanta Sports

Bob Marsocci, 310-726-4656, ramarsocci@directv.

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The fact that 20 African countries have achieved
triple-digit compound annual growth rates (CAGR) for the period 1998-2003
shows that this phenomenal growth is not just short-lived.

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http: //www., the channel's sole
owner.m.

Contacts: Denise Arrigali, 678-580-1245, darrigali@comcast .

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Setanta Sports is also negotiating digital distribution deals with
other cable, satellite, broadband and wireless providers.com
DIRECTV, Inc.

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The mobile market is open to competition in the majority of the countries,
featuring between two and four operators , and it is largely private sector
driven. E.S.

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As early as 2001, Africa became the first
continent as a whole where mobile phones outnumbered fixed telephone lines,
which individually is the case in most African countries now. Setanta Sports programming will feature top-quality LIVE sports
productions from renowned European broadcasters. With the growing phenomenon and interest in soccer in the U.

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In early 2004, the last two countries on the continent, Guinea-Bissau and
Eritrea, launched mobile services. SAN FRANCISCO, The newest arrival on America's
sports broadcasting scene is a premium channel that will offer the most
extensive line-up of popular European football (soccer) programming ever in
the U.99 a month and
commercial subscribers for $100 a month. The company's success has
been in providing European football programming that is not shown by any other
sports networks to Europeans living in the U.,
Setanta Sports expects its European-style on-air presentation and programming
line-up will also attract sports fans from all walks of life.

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S.S. The channel will also provide integrated sponsorship packages for
sponsors and advertisers to reach this passionate football audience.S.

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(Logo: http://www. It will air seven days a week,
18 hours a day through August and then expand to a full, 24-hour channel. July and August, 2005, will mark the beginning of a major
marketing campaign to kick off the European football season with plans to
include targeted print and on-line advertising, television campaigns, and
event promotions.

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This compares to only 3% penetration of fixed-line
telephony.com
Fax: +353 1 4100 980

Setanta Sports debuts on DIRECTV on Tuesday, April 26 at 6:00 a.S. Setanta Sports operates more sports channels than any other
broadcaster in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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However, developments are still hampered by regulatory environments.S.S.S.

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DUBLIN, Ireland, African Mobile Communications Market to their offering.com/reports/c14197

Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
press@researchandmarkets.
and will be available to residential subscribers for $11. The
DIRECTV carriage agreement is part of a long-term strategy by both parties to
serve the increasing demand for European and international football (soccer)
in the American market.
The channel will be offered as a premium subscription service and is
expected to attract an audience from various ethnic communities and
predominantly male 25-54 European, expatriate football fans living in the U.9 million homes across the U.

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It is primarily due
to the small number and high cost of fixed -line connections, which seldom
extend beyond the major urban centres. Despite this,
owning a mobile phone remains a luxury afforded by less than 8% of Africa's
840 million people.

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Research and Markets: Phenomenal Growth in African Mobile Communications Market Set To Continue

The launch of Setanta Sports in the U.

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The channel is dedicated to distinctly European football (soccer) from
enormously popular football countries such as England, Ireland, and Scotland
and also carries an increasing number of European and world-class rugby
events.com/usa , an on-line newsletter and a public
relations campaign.
Setanta Sports worldwide is a leading, international pay television
broadcaster and the number two sports broadcaster in the United Kingdom. It
provides top sports leagues and events to more than 60 million digital
television homes globally and to commercial venues in six countries including
the U. The
company was founded in 1992 and began operating its close-circuit television
business in the U.

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