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he already really has

theres not much Bunce isnt honest about really except from hyping up them damn Germans

 

Buncey never talks about the dire Setanta situation, I cant see why his show cant move to somewhere like ITV4 if setanta does go down. He plugs his "brothers & sisters in the other studio" enough times to get handed a lifeline.

 

ITV wont touch Buncey, hes not a puppet

 

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They had to pay Bunce somehow. Who cares about the Scottish Punani League anyway ?

Bunce will ditch his 5live work and move to talk**** (talksport).

 

People in Scotland do believe it or not.

 

Surely its not going to go off-air before Wlad-Haye?

I'm a new subscriber, from what I can tell, Setanta basically has something of everything, little bits of sport here, some there....just think maybe they should focus on a core set of sports, instead of the scatter gun approach.

 

What happened to the rumour about ESPN taking over Setanta?

 

I actually ordered Setanta a couple of weeks ago, still waiting for them to send me my viewing card, hope they don't go under, Sky needs a bit of competition as they are greedy rip-offs gits.

 

I hope setanta dont go, but yet another buisness model for them.......

i like football, boxing , ufc, golf, in that order.

if the charge per month was £4 for round up shows inc football matters, bunces hour setante news etc and then all others were ppv ie £3 per live football match £5 per big fight ie hay klit £3 overseas fight and so on, i think there subs would increases alot as some months i do feel that im spending £16 ( i have it in 2 rooms ) and not getting a great deal,

just a thought, and setanta you cant hire for my brilliance but i will work freelance lol

 

Aww man thats some seriously bad news.

 

Honestly, is it though?

The Sauerland deal means **** all. Sure its nice to have some saturday night Boxing a bit more regularly, but domestic German Boxing and the odd world title fight won't gain them enough to justify the contract. Will anybody really care if Huck, Povetkin etc aren't screened? Apart from a few internet fans?

The Top Rank deal is alright, but then again there are hardly any US fights on setanta. The last one was Bradley v Alexander I believe which was two months ago, with only Cotto v Clottey upcoming. If Sky are interested in buying US fights (as in, sell PPV's) they'll buy them.

The Hayemaker deal is the only one that may be missed. However, as I presume Haye himself is part of the deal it would be an attractive proposition to sky and itv. If itv could afford it, a few more saturday shows a year would be good for them, and Haye on itv1 would do great audience figures. Or, Hayemaker goes to sky and Haye himself is on Box Office while the regular shows become Friday Fight Nights. Either way, they wouldn't get as good a deal as setanta.

Finally, the Bunce Hour. Now I really enjoy this show but if setanta went that show would be kapiche. As mentioned earlier in this thread, Bunce won't "tow the company line" which is what endears him to us, but isnt ideal for most TV companies. Plus Bunce has plenty of other gigs as a freelance journalist so won't exactly be chugging moonshine in a rough London alley singing the night away.

Personally, not subscribing to Setanta myself-this seemed a smart deal as setanta would have been included on the sky sports package=win.

I think its unlikely they will stop broadcasting, and I'm 99.5% sure Haye v Klitschko will be on there. However, to suggest if they did that "It's going to be a ****ing disaster for boxing coverage in this country if Setanta go down." is crazy. The occasional US, German and UK cards they show do not warrant people paying £13 a month just for the Boxing. Then again, I find it ricockulous that people pay £40+ a month for sky sports just to watch the Boxing and no other sports.

Setanta going bust=no great loss.

 

Buncey said on here he offered the head of talksport a weekly boxing show and he said no. The bunce hour gets as many emails for the hour show as talksport get in a week. Go figure.

 

Talksport get shitloads of texts though.

They don't really plug their e mail.

 

setanta are unfortunate to have started to grow during a recession.
I think that their coverage has been great up to now,and i will continue to pay my subs for the time being.
But,,,if it go's tits-up,,
bunces boxing hour can come and film at my house,and we'll strem it on the net.sorted:good