GAA doing a deal with SkySports

[ziggysego]

I couldn't see TV3 surviving when UTV went all Ireland. Sure they show the same shit nearly. I actually thought, until recently, that TV3 was an ITV affiliate in R of Ireland.

It's owned by, or at least has a large percentage shares, Granada TV.

[Rossfan]

Jesus wept!

Mark Conway, founder of the Of One Belief group:

...

I'm not a believer in the internationalisation of Gaelic games. The GAA was founded as a reaction to imperialism and colonialism and now to say the rest of the world should embrace gaelic games is arrogant.

"As a response to the Anglicisation of Ireland, are we now trying to 'Gaelicise' the world?

"I think that's just a smokescreen. It's all about money. Every other sport in the world has gone down this road and it's made some people very wealthy.

Full rant here.

God forbid if the higher-ups ever listen to this drivel.

The Purity Corner man is back again.
That type probably hate the games aspect of the GAA and would prefer if there weren't any - just a "holy pure" anti British/European/World /everything organisation.
Their high point was removing Dúbhghlas De hÍde from the role as Patron because he attended a Soccer match in hos role as President.

[Denn Forever]

I was interested to see the break down of proposed GAA coverage once Sky gets started.


RTÉ & Sky secure GAA rights, RTÉ in worldwide deal

Updated: Wednesday, 02 Apr 2014 16:10 | 104 Comments
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A total of 31 matches will be shown live on RTÉ
A total of 31 matches will be shown live on RTÉ   

RTÉ has secured rights to broadcast 31 games of the All-Ireland Championships in a new three-year agreement, with 20 games to be shown on Sky.

RTÉ has exclusive rights to 25 games, Sky Sports has exclusive rights to 14 games. A further six games - the All-Ireland semi-finals and finals in football and hurling - will be shown by both broadcasters.

In a separate development, RTÉ and the GAA are to launch an online paid-for service offering Gaelic Games to audiences worldwide. Games will be streamed in HD with studio programming exactly as broadcast to audiences in Ireland

The online service will enable users to watch the games on iPad or Android tablet, laptop, PC, Smart TV, or on mobile phone.

In Ireland, a total of 45 provincial and All-Ireland Championship matches will be broadcast live on television for the next three years.

The 31 championship games to be televised by RTÉ include the All-Ireland finals and semi-finals in both codes; the All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals; all six provincial finals in football and hurling; and two of the four All-Ireland football quarter-finals

Ulster Championship games covered by RTÉ, including the Provincial football final, will also be broadcast on BBC Northern Ireland.

Sky Sports has obtained exclusive Island of Ireland rights to 14 Championship games.

These consist of eight Saturday evening matches in the All-Ireland qualifiers, two All-Ireland football championship quarter-finals, and two Saturday evening and two Sunday Provincial championship games.

Confirmed fixtures which will be broadcast on Sky include Kilkenny v Offaly and Dublin v Wexford in the Leinster SHC; Sligo v Galway/London in the Connacht SFC; and Armagh/Cavan v Down/Tyrone/Monaghan in the Ulster SFC.

Sky Sports will also broadcast the All-Ireland Hurling and Football semi-finals and finals, thus making 20 live games available to its subscribers throughout Britain and Ireland.

In addition the GAA revealed that fans in Australia will be able to watch all 45 games live on Channel 7.



RTÉ and Newstalk retain radio rights

Radio coverage of GAA games remains with RTÉ and Newstalk, while Raidió na Gaeltachta will continue to broadcast both league and Championship games.

TG4 has retained its package of Sunday afternoon Allianz League matches.

It has also been awarded coverage of the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor finals and will again cover AIB Club Championships, the Irish Daily Mail Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cups, Masita All-Ireland Post-Primary Schools competitions, the Cadburys Under-21 Football Championship, Bord Gáis Energy Under-21 Hurling Championship and county finals.

It is anticipated that TG4 will again cover 62 live and 22 deferred games in each of the three years.

Setanta Sports will continue to broadcast Saturday evening Allianz Leagues games. 

Sky Sports News to feature GAA

Managing Director of Sky Ireland JD Buckley said the broadcaster was honoured to secure rights for the first time: "It's a privilege to be partnering with the GAA to bring our customers top quality content.

Sky confirmed that midweek highlights as well as news and interviews will be carried on 24-hour channel Sky Sports News.

The broadcaster also said that a discount subscription offer may be made available to GAA clubs.

"We are committed to providing the best programming, service and value to our customers and Sky Sports will offer world class production values and a great viewing experience to GAA fans across the country.

"This marks another milestone in our continued investment in Ireland to better satisfy our customers."

31 games free to air on RTÉ

RTÉ's Group Head of Sport Ryle Nugent said he was delighted with securing 31 matches, as well as the new online initiatives.

He said: "In an increasingly competitive market, we are delighted to retain these television and radio rights on behalf of the Irish public, ensuring that coverage of Gaelic games is delivered free-to-air to Irish audiences until 2017.

"We in RTÉ Sport are conscious of our long standing heritage with the GAA while also being passionate about constantly evolving our coverage.

"Year-on-year increases for RTÉ's GAA Championship content across all platforms underlines the fact that the Irish public are fully engaged with our comprehensive coverage.

"Given the financial challenges that RTÉ faces, we have had to prioritise our investment in securing sports rights to deliver coverage of our national teams, national games and major events and we are delighted to retain these rights and to continue sharing this major Irish sporting and cultural experience with the Irish public."

TV3 said it was disappointed at missing out on media rights for the sport.

Director of Broadcasting Niall Cogley said: "TV3 has been proud to broadcast the GAA Championship free to viewers throughout the country over the past six years.

"TV3 made a very commercial bid for the next three years but this appears to have been superseded by the GAA's preference for a pay television strategy.

"While this was obviously not our choice, it leaves TV3 in a better position to secure other sports properties to sit alongside our prime-time Champions League coverage like tonight's Manchester United v Bayern Munich fixture.

"We hope to be in a position to make announcements in this regard in the near future."

[Carmen Stateside]

How does this Conway man get air time! He seems to appear only to argue about something.

[Keyser soze]

Well sure you get what you vote for. The GAA, a multimillion Euro business is being run by 2 schoolteachers, what on earth would they know about running a business?

[roney]

How does this Conway man get air time! He seems to appear only to argue about something.

You obviously know very little about the man and what he does for his club and Tyrone GAA.

[Captain Scarlet]

Well sure you get what you vote for. The GAA, a multimillion Euro business is being run by 2 schoolteachers, what on earth would they know about running a business?

Ara sure isn't the country being run by a school teacher!

[Tubberman]

Liveline is at it again today.
This deal will cause young men to turn to drink and gambling because Sky don't have the restrictions that RTE have.

[seafoid]

Jesus wept!

Mark Conway, founder of the Of One Belief group:
...

I'm not a believer in the internationalisation of Gaelic games. The GAA was founded as a reaction to imperialism and colonialism and now
to say the rest of the world should embrace gaelic games is arrogant.

"As a response to the Anglicisation of Ireland, are we now trying to 'Gaelicise' the world?

"I think that's just a smokescreen. It's all about money. Every other sport in the world has gone down this road and it's made some people very wealthy.

Full rant here.

God forbid if the higher-ups ever listen to this drivel.

The Purity Corner man is back again.
That type probably hate the games aspect of the GAA and would prefer if there weren't any - just a "holy pure" anti British/European/World /everything organisation.
Their high point was removing Dúbhghlas De hÍde from the role as Patron because he attended a Soccer match in hos role as President.

Insane, "internationalization" means letting emigrants keep in touch with the games at home.
What an arsehole.

[roney]

So you choose to insult the man rather than think about what he's saying?

He's not talking about denying emigrants access to games. He's talking about constant focus on making the games international and how's it's merely a smokescreen for finance deals. Only when the GAA is seen as international by sponsors will it get top dollar.

This new international audience gives a larger pool for sponsors to pitch to. The GAA can make from deals down the line. The mechanism of Sky is nothing to do with Paddy in Melbourne seeing Offaly play Kilkenny. There are much simpler and easier ways to do that. This is about finance plain and simple and the grassroots at home can just put up with it.

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Gaelic Players Association founder Donal O'Neill predicts the GAA's entire commercial revenues will grow significantly as a result of bringing Sky Sports into their stable of media partners.

"Sky are going to bring additional value to the GAA's entire commercial stock and while the sponsorship deals might not be happening now, they will increase in value because of Sky," said the former IMG sales and marketing manager.

[johnneycool]

So you choose to insult the man rather than think about what he's saying?

He's not talking about denying emigrants access to games. He's talking about constant focus on making the games international and how's it's merely a smokescreen for finance deals. Only when the GAA is seen as international by sponsors will it get top dollar.

This new international audience gives a larger pool for sponsors to pitch to. The GAA can make from deals down the line. The mechanism of Sky is nothing to do with Paddy in Melbourne seeing Offaly play Kilkenny. There are much simpler and easier ways to do that. This is about finance plain and simple and the grassroots at home can just put up with it.

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Gaelic Players Association founder Donal O'Neill predicts the GAA's entire commercial revenues will grow significantly as a result of bringing Sky Sports into their stable of media partners.

"Sky are going to bring additional value to the GAA's entire commercial stock and while the sponsorship deals might not be happening now, they will increase in value because of Sky," said the former IMG sales and marketing manager.

Is this also not good news for the likes of Hunkey Doreys with their product potentially getting global exposure even if it is to only the Irish diaspora let alone a new audience?
It'll make it easier and beneficial to counties when they go looking new sponsors

[Zulu]

How does this Conway man get air time! He seems to appear only to argue about something.

You obviously know very little about the man and what he does for his club and Tyrone GAA.

We're all doing our bit for club and county but that doesn't give us the right to spout inane nonsense that would have you laughed out of house and home. Of course you can disagree with this but going on about colonialism and the "response to the Anglicisation of Ireland, we now trying to 'Gaelicise' the world" is backward nonsense. He then claims this is about money when it clearly wasn't a commercial decision.

This is a classic example of the high horse, indignant, self importance of some GAA folk (and Irish people) who only love to elevate everything into a national disaster. Let's look at the simple facts -

1. There are only 9 free to air games less this year, most of them with limited national appeal.

2. Every year inter county games are played with loads of room for thousands more supporters but now we seemingly have thousands upon thousands distraught supporters that can't watch these games. Not everyone of them is an 80 year old mountain dweller, are they?

3. This is a 3 year deal, if it isn't working for the GAA it can be altered or scraped altogether. This isn't the end of the world and anyone who says Sky are automatically going to get a bigger slice of the pie are simply scaremongering. As 'wobbler' posted, if they do it's only because they are doing a good job for the GAA.

[Carmen Stateside]

Well said Zulu!

[Sidney]

I find it bizarre how people how people are ranting that "this is all about money", as if money coming in is a bad thing. The GAA has a duty to maximise its commercial revenue. It has a duty to try and bring in as much money as possible, because you can't run the GAA without money. Croke Park wasn't built by volunteer construction workers, neither are clubhouses and pitches all over the country. Development structures can't happen without money. Games Promotion Officers and full time officials have to be paid.

What are sponsors logos on jerseys about? What were the Guinness and Bank of Ireland sponsorships of the championships about? What are the Etihad, Super Valu, Centra, Liberty Insurance and Ulster Bank sponsorship deals for the championships about? What is the AIB sponsorship of the All-Ireland club championships about?

Money.

Is Mark Conway complaining about all that?

[johnneycool]

I find it bizarre how people how people are ranting that "this is all about money", as if money coming in is a bad thing. The GAA has a duty to maximise its commercial revenue. It has a duty to try and bring in as much money as possible, because you can't run the GAA without money. Croke Park wasn't built by volunteer construction workers, neither are clubhouses and pitches all over the country. Development structures can't happen without money. Games Promotion Officers and full time officials have to be paid.

What are sponsors logos on jerseys about? What were the Guinness and Bank of Ireland sponsorships of the championships about? What are the Etihad, Super Valu, Centra, Liberty Insurance and Ulster Bank sponsorship deals for the championships about? What is the AIB sponsorship of the All-Ireland club championships about?

Money.

Is Mark Conway complaining about all that?

Ours was.