Celtic TV is the official Internet channel of

Celtic F.C. The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic (), is a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow, which plays in the Scottish Premiership. The club was founded in 1887 with the purpose of alleviating poverty in the immigran ...

It was a television channel until 2009 but was relaunched online, replacing Channel 67.

History

Launched in 2004, Celtic TV was operated by the Irish company

Setanta Sports Setanta Sports is a sports television company based in Dublin, Ireland broadcasting throughout select Eurasian. The company was formed in 1990 to facilitate the broadcasting of Irish sporting events to international audiences. The company previo ...

and was available on satellite and cable platforms in the UK and Ireland until the demise of the

Pay TV Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, b ...

operator's UK operation on 23 June 2009, resulting in all of the Setanta run channels including, Celtic TV and its Old Firm counterpart,

Rangers TV Rangers TV is the official television channel of Scottish football club Rangers F.C. Initially launched in 2004 as a satellite and cable TV channel, it has operated online since 2009. History Setanta Sports Launched in 2004, the channel was in ...

, being closed. (The latter has since reopened.) After Setanta Sports entered administration and ceased all broadcasting on its core channels and the channels were closed, Celtic announced that Celtic TV has ceased broadcasting and the channel would not return until a deal with a new rights holder was struck. In 2011, it returned as an Internet-only channel, replacing Channel 67 under the Celtic TV name. The channel is 100% owned by the club.
-

Notes and references

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Celtic Tv Celtic F.C. Defunct television channels in Scotland Football mass media in Scotland Football club television channels in the United Kingdom Television channels and stations established in 2004 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009 Television channels in the United Kingdom 2004 establishments in Scotland 2009 disestablishments in Scotland Scottish Premiership on television Internet television channels

History

See also

Notes and references

External links