UTV & BBC & RTE & TV3

[RedHand88]

Ulster final a tough watch in SD.

[Feckitt]

I happened to see the Final Score from NI programme on Saturday.  It's a great little show if you're interested in NI soccer.  All NI premiership games were covered with decent highlights and a few post match interviews with players and managers. 

My question is, why when the National league is starting next week will the BBC not do the same for the GAA?  I would be fairly confident that the Armagh v Tyrone game on Saturday would have had a larger attendance than the entire NI league programme combined.
The BBC were able to send a full camera team to cover Institute v Warrenpoint were there were less than 200 fans in attendance.
I don't begrudge NI soccer their coverage, but why not treat the GAA with the same respect?

[Feckitt]

SF bringing the #fairplayforulstergaels campaign to BBC &RTE

[RedHand88]

SF bringing the #fairplayforulstergaels campaign to BBC &RTE

Isn't this a tv rights thing? As in BBC can't show anymore than what they do??

[RedHand88]

I happened to see the Final Score from NI programme on Saturday.  It's a great little show if you're interested in NI soccer.  All NI premiership games were covered with decent highlights and a few post match interviews with players and managers. 

My question is, why when the National league is starting next week will the BBC not do the same for the GAA?  I would be fairly confident that the Armagh v Tyrone game on Saturday would have had a larger attendance than the entire NI league programme combined.
The BBC were able to send a full camera team to cover Institute v Warrenpoint were there were less than 200 fans in attendance.
I don't begrudge NI soccer their coverage, but why not treat the GAA with the same respect?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fjEkjeVzL34

[armaghniac]

SF bringing the #fairplayforulstergaels campaign to BBC &RTE

Isn't this a tv rights thing? As in BBC can't show anymore than what they do??

They could pay more money for the rights!
But, you have a good point, the GAA should encourage a wider coverage of games and not always be charging a massive amount to do so.

[johnnycool]

Bring on de Hurling,

Yay;

THE SUNDAY GAME LIVE SCHEDULE 2019:

12 May

MSHC  Waterford v Clare

MSHC Cork  v Tipperary

19 May

MSHC  Tipperary v Waterford

MSHC  Limerick v Cork

26 May

LSHC  Galway v Wexford

2 June

MSHC  Waterford v Limerick

MSHC  Clare v Tipperary

8 June

USFC Fermanagh/Donegal v Antrim/Tyrone/Derry

9 June

LSHC  Kilkenny v Galway

MSHC  Limerick v Clare

16 June

MSHC  Clare v Cork or Tipperary v Limerick

CSFC Connacht SFC Final

22 June

MSFC Munster Football Final

23 June

USFC Ulster Football Final

LSFC  Leinster Football Final

30 June

MSHC  Munster Hurling Final

LSHC  Leinster Hurling Final

[Aaron Boone]

Time to sell the hurling & football as separate packages. For any gaelic football fan, the first 6 weeks of that schedule is a disgrace.

[dec]

Time to sell the hurling & football as separate packages. For any gaelic football fan, the first 6 weeks of that schedule is a disgrace.

It does seem like a strange lineup. I would have thought the best option would be to arrange for 1 hurling, 1 football game each week if possible.

[oakleaf93]

Between sky and RTE I make that 14 provincial (not including finals) hurling games live to 3 football.

[Unlaoised]

Between sky and RTE I make that 14 provincial (not including finals) hurling games live to 3 football.

Stinks to the high heavens ...Yes I like both but football is getting over looked...

Cavan v Monaghan would be a good match as would Down v Armagh ...

Love to see the Dubs first game too

[Boycey]

The way the different codes are structured now this is always going happen? A lot of hurling early on with the two round robin provincial championships followed by a lot of football with back door games followed by the super 8s

[BennyCake]

I enjoy both codes, but to be honest, you can get saturated by live games.

I would watch the hurling semis and finals, and possibly L/M finals. Football, I'd watch the Ulster championship and a few AI QF/semis and finals. I just couldn't be arsed with the rest. TG4 Monday night shows me more than enough of what I need to see.

We've just become accustomed to all this live coverage, but honestly, how much can each of us take?

[seafoid]

Hurling has the round robin early
Football has it late

RTE have a limited allocation of matches

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/rt%C3%A9-s-2019-gaa-coverage-shifts-further-from-football-to-hurling-1.3876172

RTÉ's 2019 GAA coverage shifts further from football to hurling

Broadcaster's 2019 schedule includes just five provincial football matches

Ian O'Riordan

RTe's line-up of live televised GAA matches this summer reaffirms the clear shift in coverage to the more elite end of the championship and away from the smaller provincial football matches.

That further shift away from the football championship has RTÉ down to cover just five live matches across the four provincial championships, and only a single game outside the four provincial football finals - that being the Ulster football semi-final between Fermanagh/Donegal against Antrim/Tyrone/Derry on June 8th

It means All-Ireland champions Dublin, seeking a record fifth successive title, won't be seen "live" on television until the Leinster football final, presuming of course they get that far.

Like last year, RTÉ are limited to just 31 games in total across hurling, football and camogie, and for 2019 will include nine Munster hurling games in the new round-robin format, plus three from Leinster.

Despite the revamped formats introduced last year - with eight extra football games in the Super 8 stage, plus the two round robin provincial hurling championships - the number of live TV matches was again left unchanged at 45.

RTÉ has exclusive rights to 25 games (31 in total), Sky another 14, with six more "shared": the All-Ireland semi-finals and finals in both codes; this deal is in place until 2021 and isn't expected to change until after that.

Sky's sixth season of championship coverage on its pay-per-view platform, announced last week, also focuses more exclusively on hurling and the latter stages of the championship, while largely avoided the opening rounds of football across the four provinces, with the exception of the Cavan-Monaghan Ulster quarter-final on May 18th, plus the Mayo/New York against Roscommon/Leitrim Connacht semi-final on May 25th.

Last year was the first time since 2006 that Dublin's opening game was not covered; this shift away from the provincial football championships is especially evident in Ulster, although BBC Northern Ireland does have the rights for deferred coverage on the BBC's iPlayer.

The RTÉ live coverage begins on Sunday week, May 12th, with a Munster senior hurling double bill of Waterford against Clare from Walsh Park (throw-in 2pm) and Cork against Tipperary from Páirc Uí Chaoimh (throw-in 4pm).

RTÉ Radio 1 also has the full exclusive national coverage of every match in both hurling and football with commentaries featured on both Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport.

The live championship action on radio throws-in this Sunday with full live commentary on Sunday Sport of Mayo's trip to New York to take on the hosts in Gaelic Park in the Connacht Senior Football Championship quarter-final; there will also be live reports from the day's other Connacht Football quarter-final as London face Galway.

Despite the added games, new GAA director-general Tom Ryan last year confirmed the current TV deal was staying. "We're going to stick with the existing structure of things. We're happy with how the arrangement has worked up to now and we're not looking at changing the nuts and bolts of the arrangement until that comes up for renewal."

Last week, Sky announced three-time Kerry All Star and four-time All-Ireland winner Kieran Donaghy as the new addition to their broadcast team; Sky's exclusive coverage gets underway on Saturday May 11th when Brian Cody's Kilkenny take on Mattie Kenny's Dublin in the opening round of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship in Nowlan Park.

RTÉ The Sunday Game live schedule 2019

May 12th
MSHC Waterford v Clare
MSHC Cork v Tipperary

May 19th
MSHC Tipperary v Waterford
MSHC Limerick v Cork

May 26th
LSHC Galway v Wexford

June 2nd
MSHC Waterford v Limerick
MSHC Clare v Tipperary

June 8th
USFC Fermanagh/Donegal v Antrim/Tyrone/Derry

June 9th
LSHC Kilkenny v Galway
MSHC Limerick v Clare

June 16th
MSHC Clare v Cork or Tipperary v Limerick
CSFC Connacht SFC Final

June 22nd
MSFC Munster Football Final

June 23rd
USFC Ulster Football Final
LSFC Leinster Football Final

June 30th
MSHC Munster Hurling Final
LSHC Leinster Hurling Final

July 7th
Football Qualifier Rd 4

July 13th
AISFC Quarter-final, Rd 1

July 14th
AISHC Quarter-final OR AISFC Quarter-final, Rd 1

July 21st
AISFC Quarter-final, Rd 2 (Croke Park)

July 27th
AISHC Semi-final

July 28th
AISHC Semi-Final

August 4th
2 x AISFC Quarter-final, Rd 3

August 10th
AISFC Semi-final

August 11th
AISFC Semi-final

August 17th
Camogie All Ireland semi-finals

August 18th
ALL-IRELAND SENIOR HURLING FINAL

September 1st
ALL-IRELAND SENIOR FOOTBALL FINAL

September 8th
Camogie All-Ireland finals

Sky Sports 2019 GAA Championship Fixtures:

May 11th
Kilkenny v Dublin (LSHC)

May 18th
Cavan v Monaghan (USFC)

May 25th
Mayo/NY v Roscommon/Leitrim (CSFC)

June 8th
Cork v Waterford (MSHC)

June 15th
Leinster Hurling Championship (LSHC) X2

June 22nd
Football Qualifier Rd2


June 29th
Football Qualifier Rd 3
Football Qualifier Rd 3

July 6th
Football Qualifier Rd 4
Football Qualifier Rd 4

July 13th
SFC Quarter Final, Rd 1

July 20th
SFC Quarter Final, Rd 2 (Croke Park)
SFC Quarter Final, Rd 2 (Croke Park)

July 27th
All-Ireland Hurling Semi Final

July 28th
All Ireland Hurling Semi Final

August 3rd
SFC Quarter Final, Rd 3
SFC Quarter Final, Rd 3

August 10th
All-Ireland Football Semi Final

August 11th
All Ireland Football Semi Final

August 18th
All Ireland Hurling Final

September 1st
All Ireland Football Final

[Farrandeelin]

They're doing a good job at promoting hurling in the so called weaker counties for sure.