Setanta Sports has raised an extra €130 million according to UK media reports to finance its rights acquisitions.
The funding has come from a share issue to existing investors and will be used to pay for rights acquisitions such as next year's deal to show England international and FA Cup games.
Richard Brooke, Setanta's corporate development director, said: "This is our war chest."
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