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Media Boy · 04-06-2007, 13:01

Update: Setanta Sports has added former England footballer Les Ferdinand to its Premiership presenting line-up.

The ex-QPR striker will join ITV Sport's Angus Scott and former Liverpool and England player Steve McManaman who were recruited last month to front the channel's premier league football coverage, which begins in August.

The sports broadcaster paid £392 million for the rights to exclusively screen 46 Barclays Premier League games for three years from the 2007-2008 season, sharing coverage with Sky Sports, which will broadcast 92 games.

Ferdinand said: "I'm really looking forward to working alongside Steve and Angus at Setanta Sports. I played alongside Steve with England and it's going to be fantastic being at the station at the start of their exciting venture."

Info from Digital Spy.

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Media Boy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Here Services: Freeview, Freesat from Sky & Virgin TV (Ex-TW) Size XL TV Pack, Sky Sports & Movies package with V+ Posts: 1,964	Re: Setanta poaches ITV Sport presenter Update: Setanta Sports has added former England footballer Les Ferdinand to its Premiership presenting line-up. The ex-QPR striker will join ITV Sport's Angus Scott and former Liverpool and England player Steve McManaman who were recruited last month to front the channel's premier league football coverage, which begins in August. The sports broadcaster paid £392 million for the rights to exclusively screen 46 Barclays Premier League games for three years from the 2007-2008 season, sharing coverage with Sky Sports, which will broadcast 92 games. Ferdinand said: "I'm really looking forward to working alongside Steve and Angus at Setanta Sports. I played alongside Steve with England and it's going to be fantastic being at the station at the start of their exciting venture." Info from Digital Spy. __________________ I do not post on DS. I am just an Virgin TV viewer all news I get is from The Web or from the media. Do you work for Virgin TV if so pm me. For the all the info on Virgin see here.