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FA ready to announce live TV deal BBC 'set to lose FA Cup rights'
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The Football Association is set to announce who has won the rights to show live FA Cup and England home matches. The BBC and BSkyB are set to lose the rights to televise the FA Cup and England home internationals to ITV and Setanta, newspaper reports have said.
According to newspaper reports the four-year £400m-plus deal will go to ITV and Irish broadcaster Setanta. The Football Association is set to announce the new package with reports suggesting ITV and Setanta will conclude a four-year £400m-plus deal.
The contract from August 2008 is said to be £100m more than the existing deal with the BBC and BSkyB. The contract from August 2008 is said to be worth £100m more than the existing deal with the BBC and BSkyB.
Last year BSkyB and Setanta won the £1.7bn rights auction to screen 138 live Premier League matches a season for three years from 2007-8. BSkyB and Setanta won an £1.7bn auction to screen Premiership games last year.