GAA doing a deal with SkySports

[BennyHarp]

I just wanted to know if Canavan or Horan thought the game was shite or not. Sky never give us this information.

[mrdeeds]

Maybe Joe.ie should get the GAA rights. They do proper analysis during week and Cian Ward is brilliant. With Amazon getting Premier League games surely this is an option. RTE will never do the game any favours.

Let me get this right. Donegal v Down is not Live on TV, anywhere? In my day, the BBC did both semis Live, presented from Croker, had a midweek Show, etc. I always believe 'if there's a will there's a way'. There has been a serious will in 10 years. https://t.co/DcF3KUv6z9  Jerome Quinn

RTE football highlights was a step in the right direction.

[Owen Brannigan]

Peter Canavan's attire raised worries for me. Is he ok at the minute?

+1

[gallsman]

Maybe Joe.ie should get the GAA rights.

Just stop right there.

[mrdeeds]

Maybe Joe.ie should get the GAA rights.

Just stop right there.

They do it a good service when they're not click baiting and bantering. Their shows are very good.

[gallsman]

Maybe Joe.ie should get the GAA rights.

Just stop right there.

They do it a good service when they're not click baiting and bantering. Their shows are very good.

World of difference between a podcast and broadcasting live games.

[Hound]

Just seeing today the ridiculous stick Sky got for continuing to show Tyrone v Meath live when it went to extra time, rather than switching over to Kilkenny v Wexford!

Talk about a no-brainer - the last 20 minutes of a knockout game versus the first 20 of a group game. 

[tippabu]

Just seeing today the ridiculous stick Sky got for continuing to show Tyrone v Meath live when it went to extra time, rather than switching over to Kilkenny v Wexford!

Talk about a no-brainer - the last 20 minutes of a knockout game versus the first 20 of a group game.

What was ridiculous was it was on two channels....surely put the hurling on one and carry on the football on the other

[RedHand88]

Just seeing today the ridiculous stick Sky got for continuing to show Tyrone v Meath live when it went to extra time, rather than switching over to Kilkenny v Wexford!

Talk about a no-brainer - the last 20 minutes of a knockout game versus the first 20 of a group game.

What was ridiculous was it was on two channels....surely put the hurling on one and carry on the football on the other

Main event isn't a channel with its own content. It's a mirror of whatever the biggest thing from the other channels is, usually with punditry cut down. The hurling snobs will be grand, They're getting everything else this year.

[Rossfan]

True enough but they've had some "product" especially in Munster.

[Saffrongael]

Sky have ended this deal with immediate effect

[Blowitupref]

"A factor in this decision has been the new shortened GAA season and it's knock-on impact on the number of games Sky Sports wanted to broadcast." - JD Buckley, Sky Ireland CEO"



The Sunday game to get some decent pundits now?

[pbat]

Is that why Des was put out to pasture?

[rodney trotter]

"A factor in this decision has been the new shortened GAA season and it's knock-on impact on the number of games Sky Sports wanted to broadcast." - JD Buckley, Sky Ireland CEO"



The Sunday game to get some decent pundits now?

They didn't have great viewership ..  https://www.balls.ie/gaa/258965-the-gaas-sky-deal-196636

[yellowcard]

Outside of the domestic audience I don't think the viewing figures were great. Purely from a business point of view I often wondered how it made sense to show an indigenous game to a global audience. Maybe if the spectacle was a lot better the viewing figures would have improved but sadly there was a lot more dirge than there were thrilling encounters. They came on board in a decade where gaelic football in particular has probably never been worse to watch as a spectacle.