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January 2008

PA Sport steps on board wth Setanta Sports News

PA Sport, the global leader in sports information, has signed a two-year deal with ITN, the producer of Setanta Sports News, to provide data services including live scores and results for domestic and international football, golf, cricket, tennis, rugby union/league, formula one and US sports including NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL*. PA Sport's sister companies - PA Photos and PA Group-owned MeteoGroup will also provide ITN with stills and weather forecasts respectively, for Setanta Sports News.

Chris Buckley, Chief Executive Officer of PA Sport said: "This is an exciting time for our business. The thirst for sports information remains high and with the launch of the new Setanta Sports News channel, PA Sport are well placed to provide up to the minute sports news and information. This is an important business partnership for us that we hope will be long and successful."

Geoff Hill, Editor of Setanta Sports News said: "PA Sport can deliver a large volume of information when we want it and how we want it. We will use this information with creativity to add a further dimension to what viewers see on screen. We are very pleased to have PA Sport on board."

The 24-hour Setanta Sports News channel, which is jointly owned by Setanta Sports and Virgin Media, launched free-to-air on the Virgin Media platform, and also on satellite, at the end of 2007. It is produced by ITN

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