Live TV games

agfasfos wrote: »

A Sky Sports Subscription needed this year...wasn't the case last year. If you were a Sky customer in 2020 the GAA was free to air on Sky

Last year they put them on Sky Sports Mix because of COVID.
As everything was up in the air.

Sky's reasoning for GAA is as follows.
It's worth their while paying for the rights because enough people hold on to their sub during the summer, the soccer off season.

But since last year's championship was in winter, that buiness model was out the window, plus it was overlapping with the soccer season they had to put it on the mix channel.

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Yes because that exactly what the license fee is for, just that one match in Munster

AFAIK it's being shown on RTE 2.

Some game on TG4 at the moment.

The Now TV is savage value in fairness. I have it nearly 2 years and have never paid the full whack, if you don't renew they always come back with an offer. The Sky is a bit heavy on soccer whichI wouldn't really follow but great selecrion of Gaa, rugby, NFL etc

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Probably a stupid question but whats the benefit of the stick as opposed to just buying on the website and casting from phone/laptop which ive been doing for the past few years?

The stick is a device in itself, so just plug it into a HDMI port on a tv and off you go.
Plus it has other apps on it, YouTube, RTE Player, Virgin Media Player, All 4 player, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+.
So if you have a sub for any of those you can use the stick rather than their individual apps on a device.

The stick is a Roku stick branded by Now TV.
Roku were one of the first to bring out the idea of streaming devices that you connect to a TV, so they have a pretty good pedigree in that area.

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Any decent offers at the moment? I havent looked into it yet but will def be getting it for 3 months anyway

I just noticed on a Lidl brochure that they are still selling the Now TV stick for €25 with a Sports and Movies bundle included.

What matches are on TV this weekend?

I thought the €25 pass on GAA go covered championship games too? But I couldn't access Dublin v Antrim.

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

It does but for some reason not on the app, need to access through website!

Thanks. Strange alright

Yeah there seems to be something wrong with the app, I was the same, have the pass but the app was looking for me to pay for games today. I got in fine on the laptop in the end

Red Silurian wrote:

I know Channel 7 (Australia) used to show live GAA games for free in Australia... Has that day gone as I see nothing on their schedule for this coming weekend?

Think GAAGO is the only option outside Ireland/UK

Anyone know what's the minimum length contract for sky sports?

Sky directly don't offer 1 day passes do they?

Absolute joke that if a games on sky GAAGo doesn't have the rights to stream it.