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ITV strikes highlights deal with Setanta
Published Friday, Sep 19 2008, 10:37 BST | By James Welsh
ITV will broadcast highlights of all of England's remaining World Cup 2010 away qualifiers after reaching a deal with Setanta.
Highlights of the remaining three games will go out on ITV1 at 10:30pm on the evening of the match. The network already has the rights to England's home qualifiers, starting with England v Kazakhstan on October 11.
"We're pleased to have secured highlights of England's crucial World Cup qualifiers for free-to-air television," said Mark Sharman, director of ITV News and Sport. "We know there is huge demand from fans to watch their qualification journey and we're delighted that every match will now be shown on ITV1."
Highlights of the remaining three games will go out on ITV1 at 10:30pm on the evening of the match. The network already has the rights to England's home qualifiers, starting with England v Kazakhstan on October 11.
"We're pleased to have secured highlights of England's crucial World Cup qualifiers for free-to-air television," said Mark Sharman, director of ITV News and Sport. "We know there is huge demand from fans to watch their qualification journey and we're delighted that every match will now be shown on ITV1."
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