Stepan Shcherbachev, head of the 1+1 media sports projects department, assured that there would be no more parallel broadcasts of matches on Setanta Sports and 1+1 resources.
- I can only say that as a translator, we will not allow such situations. And not because we are against it. We support that as many people as possible watch, but we see no point in creating two productions. In war conditions, this is an unnecessary waste of funds. The rights belong to us, and this must be respected. We will be happy to film and distribute the match, give fragments to create various programs so that as many people as possible can watch everything related to Metalist.
But further such situations, we believe, will not happen. We are a translator, we have our partners, we have our contractual relations that have a long history. We respect our partners, and therefore we create this work for them, we invest our funds, our efforts, our team and our equipment in order to ensure that in Ukraine during the war, I emphasize - during the war, because it is very important, everyone a person could see it,” Shcherbachev said.
Recall that the match between Metalist and Ingulets was simultaneously shown by Setanta Sports and Unian.