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Setanta lifts FA Cup rights from BBC, Sky

England games - ITV, Setanta deal
England games - ITV, Setanta deal

Setanta Sports has signed a deal with the English FA which will give it the rights to screen the FA Cup and England's home football internationals.

Setanta has bought the rights with ITV in a £425m (€650m) deal, snatching them away from the BBC and BSkyB.

The deal runs for four seasons from August 2008. It also includes the Community Shield and England B and Under-21 games.

Setanta says it will broadcast around 25 FA Cup matches a season.