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Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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Launched in 1965 as a four page newspaper, it is the oldest football club magazine in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Its first editor was Jack McGinn, later chairman of the club. Today it is a 72 page glossy magazine with over 6,000 weekly readers, and the top selling club magazine in the United Kingdom.
In 2005, Celtic entered into a new agreement with CRE8, an Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
-based publisher of sports magazines and match programmes, to publish the magazine, although the content is still produced by Celtic View staff.
Other media
As with other football clubs, Celtic have their own media outlets to communicate official news and information to their supporters. These include:- Club magazine, The Celtic View
- The Official Celtic Website
- Digital TV Channel, Celtic TVCeltic TVCeltic TV was the official television channel of Celtic Football Club.It has since relaunched online, replacing Channel 67.-History:Launched in 2004, Celtic TV was operated by Setanta Sports, and was available on satellite and cable platforms in the UK and Ireland until the demise of the Pay TV...
- On-line TV Channel, Channel67Channel67Channel67 is the internet television channel of Celtic Football Club.Launched in 2002 as Celtic Replay, it broadcasts Celtic's own content worldwide, offers live match coverage to subscribers outside the UK, and currently provides 3 online channels. The name Channel67 refers to Celtic's European...