There are rumours that the Scottish Premier League are in talks with ESPN and Sky, to broadcast the games which were previously held by Setanta Sports.
There is no official news on this, and little information on who is favourites to get the rights, so expect more information when it is known.
Current rights
The following is a list of all ESPN's current rights to broadcast in the UK:
English Premier League (46 games from 2009-10 season, 23 from 2010-13 seasons)
FA Cup (2 games per round + the final from 2010-11 season) Scottish Premier League (30 games a season until 2011-12) Major League Baseball National Hockey League NBA
NCAA College Football NCAA College Basketball Europa League
MLS (2009 only) German Bundesliga Portuguese Liga The Eredivisie Russian Premier League Italian Serie A Coppa Italia Italian Super Cup England Under-21's (Home Fixtures) Women's Super League (From 2011) UFC
French Rugby Championship Australian Football League Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters FIBA European Basketball Championships Guinness Premiership (43 games + final, 2010/11 - 2012/13) International Rugby Premiership Rugby 7s European Winter X Games IAAF World Indoor Athetlics
Caribbean T20 Cricket
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ESPN UK Blog is an unofficial source for all the latest information on the new ESPN channel which launched on August 3rd 2009, available on Sky, Virgin Media, BT Vision, Tiscali TV and Top Up TV.
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