WatchLOI

[sidewayspasser]

Just logged in to check. It doesn't say that I've paid.
Interestingly, my purchase history is also empty (I had a subscription through my season ticket last year).

[Yossarian]

I sent them a message through the site earlier querying it and and got an email back saying they’d cancelled the 2020 subscription and I’d have to subscribe again for 2021. I checked the watchloi site then and the package had changed from Paid to Buy.

[nigel-harps1954]

I sent them a message through the site earlier querying it and and got an email back saying they’d cancelled the 2020 subscription and I’d have to subscribe again for 2021. I checked the watchloi site then and the package had changed from Paid to Buy.

It looks as if they're going to have to do that with everyone at this rate.

[Bucket]

Can WatchLOI or LOITV be downloaded on to an AppleTV device?

[nigel-harps1954]

Can WatchLOI or LOITV be downloaded on to an AppleTV device?

Unfortunately it's not an app so needs to be run in browser.

[dlhoop]

As Nigel said, needs to be run on a web browser but can then be played through an Apple TV via Airplay from an iPhone, iPad or MacBook.

[ToberonaTornado]

Pixellot cameras during the Jim Malone Cup match between Drogheda United and Dundalk at Head In The Game Park in Drogheda, Louth. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
https://www.sportsfile.com/winshare/w540/Library/SF1201/1984063.jpg

[Real ale Madrid]

Can WatchLOI or LOITV be downloaded on to an AppleTV device?

You can use it on the browser on a Firestick. Bit finicky to set up but great to watch on a TV without the wires and laptops etc.

[joey B]

Can WatchLOI or LOITV be downloaded on to an AppleTV device?

I always cast it from my phone or laptop with Chromecast,always worked well...

[Bucket]

Thanks for the advice folks, much appreciated

[mcgonigle]

What are peoples thoughts after tonight?

For me it's still disappointing. No replays, picture funny at times and loss of sound.

Thought Dundalk did a much better job for the game against Bohs.

Good quality picture and decent commentary but as we know the cameras aren't all like that and the commentary gets a lot worse.

Going to be hard to entice the neutrals with the bare minimum production.

[Bucket]

I bought the season pass and tonight was my first time watching. It's what I expected an RTE/FAI product to be really.
I'm expecting even less from LOITV with the AI cameras

[Bucket]

Actually I take that back. I've just seen LOITV's highlights of tonight's match and it looks good

[Nesta99]

Technical issues can happen as it did with the sound. Not the first time that a downpour in tallaght has adversely affected a broadcast but they sorted it out. Not getting replays of key moments was a bit lazy. Commentary was grand but they too were missing replays.

[Kiki Balboa]

You think for the first game of the season, one that is free to attract more viewers, they would have put a bit more effort in.

No pre-match anticipation, the camera was just left on an empty pitch for half time, no replays, commentary was so dour, single camera....

Such a half-arsed effort. Really dissapointing. Local production (such as Dundalks and Droghedas, the two I watched) were miles better.

[boynemunich]

You think for the first game of the season, one that is free to attract more viewers, they would have put a bit more effort in.

No pre-match anticipation, the camera was just left on an empty pitch for half time, no replays, commentary was so dour, single camera....

Such a half-arsed effort. Really dissapointing. Local production (such as Dundalks and Droghedas, the two I watched) were miles better.

Drogheda's stream looked like it was on a phone and they still managed replays.

Overall I though it was very disappointing, I've spent the last week on youtube going through MNS montage footage as they were mentioned on this thread recently, some were absolutely excellent. Would have been no harm in doing one to show before the match and during half time. It surely isn't that expensive. More annoyingly FAI will probably have one circulating during the week for promotion which really should have been ready for last night.

Anyways what I think will happen is that once the GaaGo is required in the summer then that's the end of current format and premier division games will be moved to the LOITV format. Hence only the half season passes.

[Nesta99]

Its funny how the retrospective views on MNS are generally positive as at the time it got a lot of criticism - is it a highlights or football magazine show, cant be both, highlights too short, no 1st Div highlights, gimmick sections taking up time that should be given to analysis, more detailed highlights etc. Pundits often slated and there was plenty of variety. terrible commentary on highlights with players names often being wrong. I liked it as it packaged a pretty limited product in an entertaining way - a similar show now would have more to work with.

[Bucket]

I'm sure I read a quote somewhere that the FAI had a budget in place to promote the League. I saw the first TV ad this evening, a whole 24 hours before kick off.
The new FAI are just great.

[D24Saint]

Looking forward to the Drogs v Waterford match tomorrow to kick things off. It shouldn’t be taken taken for granted that we have a league to follow this season , the pandemic did away with the national league north/south in England this season for example.

[EatYerGreens]

Looking forward to the Drogs v Waterford match tomorrow to kick things off. It shouldn’t be taken taken for granted that we have a league to follow this season , the pandemic did away with the national league north/south in England this season for example.

I agree with your sentiment, but what happened to the National League in England was complicated. Almost half the season was played, and then clubs were given the option of individually continuing on with games if they wanted - before everyone realised after a week or two that that was just pointless. There was huge internal wrangling within the game before that point. So it wasn't a straightforward 'Covid cancelled Conference North/South' thing.

[Poor Student]

Has LOI TV launched a website yet? Are you able to buy a subscription at this point?

[ForzaForth]

LOITV not launched yet. There's a one-page website available. Prices not yet released as far as I know.

[pineapple stu]

They won't get much uptake launching it in the week leading up to the first games surely?

Is it even going to go ahead? Are clubs potentially going to be stuck with no coverage at all for the opening series of games (if it's too late to arrange your own stream)?

[Bucket]

Is WatchLOI literally just a stream? No build-up or anything pre-game. Pathetic

[Bucket]

Ah Jesus it's Siobhán commentating, already regretting paying for this

[D24Saint]

Ah Jesus it's Siobhán commentating, already regretting paying for this

Having a sidekick is helping a tad.

[pineapple stu]

Heard an ad for LoITV on the radio just now, but the site isn't up.

That's ridiculous.

[Martinho II]

Speaking of EirSport I heard they are gone for good but their channel is still on sky platform. Anyone care to elaborate as Im confused guys?

[Longfordian]

They're not gone yet but they're not bidding on the rights to any more live sports so they'll be gone soon enough once their contracts expire.

[Martinho II]

They're not gone yet but they're not bidding on the rights to any more live sports so they'll be gone soon enough once their contracts expire.

Good man Longfordian when are they due to finish do you know? If i cancelled the DD from my side I imagine that they wont be in touch with me again. Would u recommend that move?

[Longfordian]

I expect they'll probably wind down over the next year or so as the rights that they still have expire. They won't go bust overnight or anything.

[mcgonigle]

REEEEPLAAAAAYS....

Watched that tripe for 88 minutes. Looked away for 10 seconds and missed the goal 😫

[Bucket]

We're LOI fans. We don't deserve replays. Long Live Ryan Tubridy

[D24Saint]

Any particular reason why all the games kick off tomorrow at the same time ?

[TonyD]

What the hell are they doing having the three games tomorrow at the same time ? Are the deliberately trying to reduce the viewing numbers? What’s wrong with staggering the kick offs like last season ?

[LOI101]

I thought they might be doing it to avoid competing with the rugby but when I looked up the time of the rugby it appears they’ll clash with second half of the rugby.

Are all the fixtures like that or is it just this round?

[LOI101]

Just checked fixtures. Appears to be every round. One early game Friday, late game Friday and three games at 6pm Saturday

[2 Year Contract]

Agree it’s a strange one but doesn’t surprise me with the FAI/RTE. I’d certainly have watched all 3 games tomorrow if they were at staggered times given there’s not much else to be at

[D24Saint]

Agree it’s a strange one but doesn’t surprise me with the FAI/RTE. I’d certainly have watched all 3 games tomorrow if they were at staggered times given there’s not much else to be at

Yeah would have gave them all a glance. I think they have given up on the numbers of viewers the games attract. Is the same kick off time possibility budget related, would having all games at once somehow cut costs ? Its a strange move that makes no sense , the FAI must have a part in it so.

[Bucket]

Seems like false advertising to me. €59 for 60+ games, but if there's multiple games on at the same time, you're not getting the same value for money. God help the next cnut that knocks on my door looking for the licence fee

[boynemunich]

No scoreboard or clock in the games this evening ? I'm almost certain they had one in Drogheda game last night . Really is dire stuff and no excuse for it other than lack of effort.

[Bucket]

There was one in the Dundalk game up until Sligo equalised. Commentary is decent, Alan Cawley's a good co-commentator. Showgrounds looking good too.

[2 Year Contract]

I flicked between the 3 games, no scoreboard on any of them. The sound on the Harps Bohs one is terrible, the commentary is very low and muffled. As stated above the platform really does stink of laziness given the brilliant alternative LOI streams we've seen

[thebronze14]

Feed was jumpy on the Harps game when they had the scoreboard up. When they got rid it became more fluid

[kksaints]

Feed was jumpy on the Harps game when they had the scoreboard up. When they got rid it became more fluid

The Sligo match had a similar issue for me.

[D24Saint]

Is every game getting two commentators now. I’m enjoying the coverage of the Sligo v Dundalk game.

[Burnsie]

I'll add to the list of irritations that casting from a laptop to a Chromecast causes a delay of ~30 seconds , adding to whatever lag behind real time was there anyway. Means that updates routinely flash up on Twitter before it happens on the screen. (and Twitter is a very useful resource to keep track of things when there are no replays, not least when three matches are going on at the same time)

[pineapple stu]

I think there is a delay of about 30 seconds on Watch LoI (for betting reasons), so maybe that's what you're seeing and not a Chromecast lag?

[D24Saint]

I find the android box great for watching it on the TV now. I was hooking up the laptop to the TV last season and was a pain in the neck. I had trouble with getting the chromecast to work and the Smart TV browser didn't work either.

[redarmyfaction]

My feed for the Showgrounds was very stuttery until the first goal, so maybe the clock was the issue, you wouldn't have thought it would have an effect but as Einstein said when he was posting here, time is strange.