UTV & BBC & RTE & TV3

[theticklemister]

Some bitching going on here; here is a clip which will help us all ....   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjEkjeVzL34&feature=youtube_gdata_player 

[T Fearon]

Surely the All Ireland Final will be screened live on BBC2 this Sunday?

[imtommygunn]

I don't see why they'd show the football after not showing the hurling?

[DuffleKing]

Doubt it - they'll be charged for the rights to the ai final and that usually means no chance. MacRory would be free for them for example

[theticklemister]

Doubt it - they'll be charged for the rights to the ai final and that usually means no chance. MacRory would be free for them for example
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Not a hope in hell . When was the last time they showed an all ireland without an ulster team.

[T Fearon]

Like it or not,there's infinitely more interest in football than hurling.Will be amazed if the Football Final isn't shown live on BBC 2 this Sunday.

[glens73]

I may be wrong, but I don't think that BBC NI have ever shown the football final when an Ulster county is not involved.

[cornerback]

Like it or not,there's infinitely more interest in football than hurling.Will be amazed if the Football Final isn't shown live on BBC 2 this Sunday.

Gimme your best amazed face Tony, Sailing, Canoeing & Rugby League according to the BBC2 NI schedule:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/schedules/ni/2013/09/22

[T Fearon]

Well, even if they don't, you have to take cognisance of the budgetary restraints, and the quite reasonable deduction that there is less interest if an Ulster team isn't involved, from their point of view.

Cornerback, those are BBC Networked programmes

[Hardy]

Like it or not,there's infinitely more interest in football than hurling.Will be amazed if the Football Final isn't shown live on BBC 2 this Sunday.

Gimme your best amazed face Tony, Sailing, Canoeing & Rugby League according to the BBC2 NI schedule:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/programmes/schedules/ni/2013/09/22

Brilliant! Five episodes of James Martin's Food Map Of Britain. The last one of which is "Northern Ireland".

[rrhf]

They should be showing the minor match at least. 

[Redhand Santa]

As I said previously I believe the deal given to the bbc by the ulster council was one that would have been very hard to turn down. The argument is that there general sports coverage throughout the year isn't balanced. I've noted that no one who believes their coverage is good has argued with my point that the coverage on tv in the next month would be considerably less than 20 percent.

[thewobbler]

As I said previously I believe the deal given to the bbc by the ulster council was one that would have been very hard to turn down. The argument is that there general sports coverage throughout the year isn't balanced. I've noted that no one who believes their coverage is good has argued with my point that the coverage on tv in the next month would be considerably less than 20 percent.

Only because it's a really daft point.

Between now and the the first week of October, there will be exactly zero senior games involving county teams from Ulster, and there will be exactly zero games in the Ulster club championships. So why would Gaelic Games feature strongly, or even significantly? Remember they're a REGIONAL broadcaster, and what happens in local-level sport isn't relevant.

Similarly, there's feck all coverage of soccer in July on BBC NI, as there's no matches taking place. Yes, major announcements make their way onto sports bulletins, but so did the news of Kieran McGeeney getting the chop, so did the news of Peter Canavan standing down, etc.

[rodney trotter]

If there was any case for Club football - then maybe the County finals from each County should be mentioned, as the winners play in the Ulster Club. Not a Quarter final which Cross were involved in against Pearse Og. They win the Armagh club championship nearly every year, not big news, even if they were without Clarke and a few others. Great strength in depth

[armaghniac]

is the soccer County Antrim shield a "regional" or a "local" competition
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/9765116.stm