Channel Seven (7) Australia - GAA Coverage

RoyalCelt

Channel 7 will broadcast all 45 GAA matches next year. I'm going to be in AUS for 3 weeks over the summer so will avail of this if possible.

Has anyone been there before and know some details about them?

1: Like will any TV with an aerial or digital receiver (like saorview AUS) get the channel? Or are they a satellite station like Sky or a channel only available on sky?

2: Are they just 1 channel or do they have multiple like sports, news, entertainment etc. Any idea if the channel the GAA matches will be on is a popular widely watched station or is it one that hardly anyone watches.

I was thinking they'd have it on a main well watched channel because they're 10 hours ahead of us meaning if a match is on at 4PM here it will be broadcast at 6am over there. Or if it's at 7PM here it will be 9am over there so they're not exactly prime time slots.

Anyone have any info on them and what will the GAA coverage be like?

SSK

RoyalCelt wrote: »

Channel 7 will broadcast all 45 GAA matches next year. I'm going to be in AUS for 3 weeks over the summer so will avail of this if possible.

Has anyone been there before and know some details about them?

1: Like will any TV with an aerial or digital receiver (like saorview AUS) get the channel? Or are they a satellite station like Sky or a channel only available on sky?

2: Are they just 1 channel or do they have multiple like sports, news, entertainment etc. Any idea if the channel the GAA matches will be on is a popular widely watched station or is it one that hardly anyone watches.

I was thinking they'd have it on a main well watched channel because they're 10 hours ahead of us meaning if a match is on at 4PM here it will be broadcast at 6am over there. Or if it's at 7PM here it will be 9am over there so they're not exactly prime time slots.

Anyone have any info on them and what will the GAA coverage be like?

I haven't seen any Australian confirmation of the deal yet so there is no information yet as to how they propose to broadcast the games.

To answer your questions:

Channel 7 is one of the main terrestrial TV stations over here. Every household with a TV will have it. It also has two subsidiary stations 7Two and 7Mate on which the games may be (or are likely to be) shown. As far as I know most standard receivers can pick these stations up and they can certainly be viewed if you have a freeview box or a foxtel box.

Also your maths on the time difference is a little bit off. During the Irish summer the time difference will be 9 hours (East coast, 7 hours on the West coast) which means that the standard 2pm and 4pm throw ins will start at 11pm and 1am Sunday night Australian time.

RoyalCelt

SSK wrote: »

I haven't seen any Australian confirmation of the deal yet so there is no information yet as to how they propose to broadcast the games.

To answer your questions:

Channel 7 is one of the main terrestrial TV stations over here. Every household with a TV will have it. It also has two subsidiary stations 7Two and 7Mate on which the games may be (or are likely to be) shown. As far as I know most standard receivers can pick these stations up and they can certainly be viewed if you have a freeview box or a foxtel box.

Also your maths on the time difference is a little bit off. During the Irish summer the time difference will be 9 hours (East coast, 7 hours on the West coast) which means that the standard 2pm and 4pm throw ins will start at 11pm and 1am Sunday night Australian time.

11Pm to 1am matches? That would be some craic in a pub if you had a good gang of yous.

basillarkin

The whole point of it been on 7 is that they now won't have to go to the pub and be fresh for work in the morning

RoyalCelt

basillarkin wrote: »

The whole point of it been on 7 is that they now won't have to go to the pub and be fresh for work in the morning

Irish reputation in Aus has been saved!

flazio

basillarkin wrote: »

The whole point of it been on 7 is that they now won't have to go to the pub and be fresh for work in the morning

Except they will have been up all night watching the game.

kefflin

Has there been any adverts on channel 7 for any of the games yet? Haven't seen anything myself

RoyalCelt

All matches won't be live. Some will be deferred by an hour or two if they clash with a big movie for example.

Orizio

Any idea if this will be shown in Singapore? Think you get a few Ozzie channels here?

RoyalCelt

Orizio wrote: »

Any idea if this will be shown in Singapore? Think you get a few Ozzie channels here?

haven't a clue mate. I'm sure you could get a live stream of the of the channel. If all fails their is the new GAA GO app from RTE and the GAA.

http://gaago.rte.ie/


€110 for all 45 matches or €10 per match. Might be worth a go.

munchkin_utd

RoyalCelt wrote: »

haven't a clue mate. I'm sure you could get a live stream of the of the channel. If all fails their is the new GAA GO app from RTE and the GAA.

http://gaago.rte.ie/


€110 for all 45 matches or €10 per match. Might be worth a go.

Seems like Setanta Asia and the likes do NOT have the GAA this year.

this tallies with the off the record statment that the streaming solution will be the main channel to supply coverage internationally.

RoyalCelt

munchkin_utd wrote: »

Seems like Setanta Asia and the likes do NOT have the GAA this year.

this tallies with the off the record statment that the streaming solution will be the main channel to supply coverage internationally.

I'd say they still do but they probably sell a package with all 100 games from the entire year but for more money. Either that or they have the same package minus the championship matches. Premier sports can still be got AFAIK

munchkin_utd

RoyalCelt wrote: »

I'd say they still do but they probably sell a package with all 100 games from the entire year but for more money. Either that or they have the same package minus the championship matches. Premier sports can still be got AFAIK

premier asia has nothing in the schedule or listings or any mention of a pay per view offering (which at this stage would be only a duplicate of the GAA/ RTE service)
http://www.setanta.com/asia/Our-Sports/GAA/

And Premiumsports USA is commerical only

Coverage of the 2014 GAA Championship begins on May 18th and continues through September. Residential coverage of the GAA is no longer provided by Premium Sports – please contact the GAA directly for residential viewing options.

UK though indeed is showing GAA via satelite (and aparantly also live and catchup online!)
http://www.premiersports.tv/gaa/gaa/