27-05-2024, 10:31 PM
(27-05-2024, 09:50 PM)thegeek Wrote: At least the numbering is the same. Wasn't there a period where eir Sports 2 was the same as Premier Sports 1, and was branded as neither, or something similarly bonkers?
Yes.
From 2013 or thereabouts until 2019 Setanta Sports 1 - which was renamed eir Sport 2 in 2016 - and Premier Sports (1) were the same channel, carrying identical schedules (except for 3pm FAPL games, while Setanta still had the rights). The Setanta brand only appeared during FAPL games and otherwise it was Premier Sports.
Yes it was wierd. A similar situation briefly arose directly after the Viaplay rebrand in Ireland, but it only lasted a week or two before full separation happened .