TV Coverage

In my opinion, forget about ‘lags’ and all that.

The most important thing in the mix is the quality of the product.

People are used to HD and it’s variants and won’t pay money generally speaking for second rate product.

GAA would be very un savvy if they didn’t see this, and they are a savvy bunch by and large.

no, just for the roku box in the US

As it is now you need to cast to a chromecast or apple tv, which is fine in principle but towards the end of last season that wouldnt work for me with live streams. I think stuff from the archive did work.

Anyhow, an app would be the business all right and save all that messing. Surely its not that difficult. The only logic in there is basically a login and then a link to the live or archive stream. The website is not much more than one page/ screen, and the app would be the same.

Yes, how dare someone speak in their native language. Off to the gallows with him!

Yet fellas from counties with actual Gaeltacht regions didn't indulge in such showmanship.

It leaves abit of a sour taste in my mouth. When Joe Brolly is hailing it as being the best thing for the GAA then I feel its playing to an agenda. Its the Anti Brit thing again. The BBC GAA sports is going to be run by Republicans / Northerners. I dont like that as there's enough politics in the GAA as it is. The organisation should have no opinion on politics.

The second thing I'm concerned about is the actual viewing. I have GAAGO and I cast it to the TV. The picture is poor in comparison to Sky. It has a long way to go...and they ll charge alot for it. Like someone said...wheres the likes of Timmy Dooley now complaining about the pay wall. If he's not out giving out now then we know it was all populist anti Sky/Brit stuff that makes me sick

He might be right, but he's also biased, and also a dose!

There's a bit of a 'reds under the bed' vibe to some posts here.

Clearly, Sky and GAA couldn't come to an agreement, so rather than take it as 2 entities kit able to agree a deal (price/coverage/schedule etc), it's spun as a political conspiracy because Sky aren't Irish, or worse again 'Brits'.

Don't mention of course that the GAA has a deal in place for years with the BBC (the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation), a deal that by all accounts is bound to expand under these round of agreements.

It seems that some are very anxious to see political motivation (maybe reflecting their own bias, I dunno) rather than seeing the main motivation (€€€)

GAA Go announced the games that will be exclusive on that platform which includes a number of the big Munster hurling round robin games (Cork v Tipp) and c.15 games from the All Ireland football championship group games including 2 football quarter finals. Will there be an outcry over all these games being behind a paywall?

Louth are not happy with the lack of coverage on RTE. Could be a continuance of the Mickey Harte feud?

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/gaa/louth-gaa-chairman-peter-fitzpatrick-calls-for-rte-to-state-their-reasons-for-boycotting-the-county-in-their-national-league-coverage-42395380.html

Dublin are on the box, Louth just happen to be playing them if we're honest about it.

RTE find it hard to provide coverage of D1 teams to be honest, let alone a D2 team that few expected to push the tip half of the table a month ago. Not defending RTÉ, they have the shows spread thin enough and are too interested in providing a vehicle for the likes of Cora and Seani to put the boot in rather than showing the actual games.

What was the quality of the highlights like? Camera angle etc must have been awful for RTE to not be arsed with there

Seems ok, although it really is jus a one camera set-up place

I don't generally watch the Sunday night highlights show, but have it on here and it's really poor IMHO.

The hurling is on, they showed highlights of both semifinals so far. Both games, they showed the highlights, then spent the same amount of time talking sh1te about the game. Then there are so many games to cover, why pad it out with the likes of this analysis. There are several radio shows and podcasts available on RTE and elsewhere if people want to hear former players talk, just show the fvckin games.

Showing Porridge on my TV here...

Thanks knew how add this on a sky box. Is there any of adding it with a Vodafone box?

Thanks anyway. Looks to be a bit of a damp squib anyway from the scoreline. Hopefully same issue won't occur during rest of bbc games

I appear to have two versions of BBC 2. One is advertising Porridge on the guide and is showing it. Channel 109 on Vodafone. The other is advertising the championship on the guide but showing porridge. Channel 139.

Virgin media customers also experiencing same problem per reports on twitter.

One guy is calling it scandalous. Not sure it merits that description

If anyone is interested in knowing if their system is getting the BBC Two NI version, there are opt out programmes on Sunday 09 April from 10 pm to 11.30, about John Hume and Ian Paisley.

If you get those, but can't get the games next weekend, then it must be down to human error somewhere. Or your system is subject to some restriction agreed by the BBC and the GAA. BBC Two NI on satellite has no restriction. If people in London or Liverpool want to see the GAA games they can tune them in on satellite.

Could RTE ever get a more monotonous pundit that Fitzmorris?

Watching paint dry is more animated….. what a disaster.

This new Sunday Game highlights programme is dire.

Dire pundits, Shane Dowling and Ursula Jacob.

They have 2 football pundits on now who looked like they just finished school.

You should give it a go yourself....😀

Look, it depends on what you think the second commentator is for?

IMHO, he should be looking around and filling us in on what's happening off camera, in terms of team layout and any tactical stuff not obvious on camera. For others the likes of John Gillanne roaring and loooing and telling you what's in front of your eyes is the thing.

I think Eamonn adds more light than heat, regardless of his line of patter. If you want entertainment, go to the pictures 😁

I genuinely think given that the most intrinsically important unit of a broadcasters qualification is the voice, that at least that would rule out Fitzmaurice.

We could go on all day pontificating about how much he knows and all the rest but listening to his droning delivery is pure torture.

Surely, surely there are folk from GAA circles who are capable of putting a bit of life in their delivery and who know a bit about the game.

And don’t go on with the ‘if you don’t like it,don’t listen ‘card, I’m commenting on a service I pay for based on broadcasting acumen, nothing personal.

And in my opinion Fitzmaurice as a commentator does not fill the bill.