THE GAA HAVE announced their television and radio rights deal for the next five years with RTÉ and Sky Sports set to retain their current TV packages, while in radio RTÉ now have full commentary rights to all games as Newstalk lose out.
RTÉ have retained access to 31 senior championship games each year including all provincial hurling and football finals, both All-Ireland hurling and two All-Ireland football quarter-finals, and the All-Ireland semi-finals and finals in both football and hurling.
The Sky Sports package stays at 14 exclusive games, while they will have the rights to a further six games which they broadcast simultaneously with RTÉ in the latter stages of the All-Ireland senior championships.
For the first time, Sky Sports will have exclusive coverage of a Munster senior hurling championship game.
In radio, RTÉ are the big winners while Newstalk lose out. RTÉ have now secured full and exclusive live rights for all senior championship games. The new deal will see Newstalk awarded score flash rights, similar to the arrangement that Today FM will have.
The new rights deal will run from 2017-2022 and will see Sky Sports still involved, three years after their entry to the GAA broadcast market provoked huge debate.
An interesting development will see the GAA retain its clip rights for all games. This is part of plan to ‘leverage them across its own platforms as part of a wider digital content strategy’.
Football championship sponsors Eir will also have access to these rights while Sky Sports will have clip access for their 14 exclusive games.
Other features of the new deal include:
- TG4 retains rights for Sunday afternoon Allianz league games, the GAA club championship along with the U21 and minor championships.
- Eir Sport will broadcast Saturday night Allianz league games.
- BBC Northern Ireland again will have live TV coverage of the Ulster senior football championship.
- Raidió na Gaeltachta will broadcast GAA games throughout the year.
- Partnerships will Premium Sports (North America – Commerical Premises) and Premier Sports (Britain) have also been renewed.
- The GAA’s existing local radio agreement continues with 20 stations around the country.
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Why do we need him? He has proven to show just as much, if not, more inconsistency than some of the players in the United midfield. Under Jose, he’d just fall right into it.
Arsenal can keep him.
@Gavin Mitchell: Gavin it’s because our title challenge is fading at the ‘beginning of December’ apparently
@Mark Nugent: Even though City are indeed on fire, there is still a long way to go. If we are to catch them, we will have to win both games against City.
Those who told you that the challenge is fading haven’t a clue what they’re on about.
@Gavin Mitchell: December’s a busy month in the Premier League and anything can happen. City, although quite impressively with late goals from Sterling, have been scraping past teams in their last two games. The December/January period is crucial for United’s chances of catching City.
@Gavin Mitchell: what’s with all this “we” “us” and “our” craic?? Nothing wrong with supporting a club but you’ve no part in their organisation as far as I can tell.
@Gavin Mitchell: United and city were neck and neck at the beginning but in the past 6 weeks or so United have slipped to 8points behind. It doesn’t mean it’s over but to say their challenge is fading is a fair adjective to use. Don’t be so sensitive lads.
@Gavin Mitchell: Not a united or an Aresnal fan, but Ozil is just a class operator. Anyone who can get him should get him
@Lurfic: What is a football club without fans? hat should tell you all you need to know, Lurfic.
@Gavin Mitchell: I think you mean what would a business be without customers. I bet you don’t call Tesco “us”.
@Lurfic: The difference between both organisations Lurfic is that Tesco was set up as a business by an entrepreneur. United was founded as an actual club by community means without a business plan in place.
@Lurfic: And to drive that point home, Lurfic, football fans are NOT customers.
@Gavin Mitchell: and then United were bought by the glazers as a business, to make money from. And of course fans are customers, hence why tics, jerseys etc cost an absolute fortune. U can’t be that naive to believe that the glazers don’t see U and all of us as customers.
@Gavin Mitchell: Maybe not in your eyes. But that’s how the Glazers see fans, as customers.
@Mark Nugent: I had to read that sub heading again …..the fading title challenge ???? have these so called sports journalists got a clue ? Firstly its December , the business end of the season hasn’t even begun , if united had been on a losing slump , conceding lots of goals or getting too many draws and dropping points in recent weeks then you can legitimately claim the challenge is FADING , City are unbeaten and leading the pack but united are still there is any wobble – hardly FADING. Prob Some ABU disguised as a journalist – a fading career in sports journalism if this is the measure of quality ???
Will it solve the homeless crisis?
Mr Özil WILL NOT leave The Arsenal. We know he, along with Sanchez will sign new contracts in the spring. All this Utd stuff is nonsense. The Arsenal are not a selling club
@Whatshisname: Robin Van Persie
@Whatshisname: they’re not much of a buying club either.
@Whatshisname: handed man united the title selling them van persie … hello
Ugh….why is it only Man United linked with him ? Era no it’s grand thanks Arsenal. Don’t need a player that has one good game a month, if that.
Mourinho has shown, time and again, he doesn’t know what to do with a 10. The problem isn’t Mata or Mikhi, it’s his tactics.
well you mightn’t like his tactics but united were 7th most of last season and he has them in s steady second this year so he is doing something right – looking at the form guide and consistency of teams I would say its Spurs or Liverpool who have the FADING title challenge -not United
Out of contract, Arsenal can pay both players big sign on fees and write new 3 yr contacts without doing much damage to their wage structure.
Fu** off with that bollox, he won’t be near united
@Jordo: ah but would you bet your gaf on it Jordo.. ;)
@Jordo: Swap deal with Herrera mate ??
@G R: id rather have any Bohs midfielder than herrera
@Jordo: Fuad Sule > Herrera
@G R: yep
@Jordo: Ok so Jordo, what about, Lingard, Fellaini, Jones, Smalling, Hererra, Darmian and $30m. What say you?
@Nollaig Elliot: what about them? All average players