LOI TV Coverage 2024

[nr637]

Well I'm sure it would be easy for you to share where they said that publicly then.

It was on Facebook, I think on one of the LOI chats and if it is fake news, it's still another poor consideration by the national TV media!

[outspoken]

VM don't do OB so that's 100% BS, RTE probably too busy showing big bang reruns

[Calcio Jack]

It was on Facebook, I think on one of the LOI chats and if it is fake news, it's still another poor consideration by the national TV media!

Think you should stop propagating fake news ( saying it was on Facebook doesn’t mean it’s factual , indeed that’s almost a confirmation that it’s a lie) to deflect from the fact that what you stated about Virgin & RTE was incorrect and have the decency/honesty to retract your comments about them

[Calcio Jack]

Cant be critical of RTE around WAR, but I wouldnt sweat it, RTE are quite prone to exaggeration, cronyism, lying to save their bacon at all costs and finally hypocrisy with BS confidently stated as fact!


Wow a text book case of playing the man instead of the ball …..

[Nesta99]

Any part of my post that is incorrect?

[pineapple stu]

It was on Facebook, I think on one of the LOI chats and if it is fake news, it's still another poor consideration by the national TV media!
Wait - if what you've said is wrong, then it still reflects badly on RTÉ?

To paraphrase Life of Brian "Well what sort of chance does that give them?!"

[nr637]

Wait - if what you've said is wrong, then it still reflects badly on RTÉ?

To paraphrase Life of Brian "Well what sort of chance does that give them?!"

Thank you :embarrassed:

[JC_GUFC]

Have Virgin announced any other Thursday night fixtures for TV?

[nigel-harps1954]

Have Virgin announced any other Thursday night fixtures for TV?

Tonights game in Waterford and Bohs v Shels on Monday 3rd June at 5:15pm

[Buckett]

That's all I've seen too, nothing about Thursday games yet

[Another Bohemia]

That's all I've seen too, nothing about Thursday games yet

Is tonight not a trial match to see what viewership figures are like & if they are good they will announce more?

[2 Year Contract]

Is tonight not a trial match to see what viewership figures are like & if they are good they will announce more?

If that’s the case then I’ll have consider turning off the telly ;)

In all seriousness I’m all for the televised Thursday night game, as long as it’s not my club involved in the game and I’m sure a lot would be of a similar standpoint

[ger121]

Is Bohs vs Derry on 13th June on VM? It is down as a Thursday evening KO which would be very unusual if not for tv.

[ger121]

Is Bohs vs Derry on 13th June on VM? It is down as a Thursday evening KO which would be very unusual if not for tv.

It’s the euros of course on the 14th June.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

All games on the Thursday night that week

[nr637]

The RSC looked great last night on TV, some great aerial views of the stadium in the late sunlight, looked like a nice evening to watch live football!

Great promotion for the league again! :embarrassed:

[Another Bohemia]

The RSC looked great last night on TV, some great aerial views of the stadium in the late sunlight, looked like a nice evening to watch live football!

Great promotion for the league again! :embarrassed:

Yeah very enjoyable game to watch as well. Some terrible defending from both sides but plenty to keep people engaged. Not mad about Perth on commentary though he seemed somewhat naive in some of the things he was saying. At one point I recall him mentioning that Pierrot didn't look like a goal threat during the game but to me it seemed like Drogheda wanted him to win headers and hold the ball up rather than hang around the box? Which makes sense considering Drogheda were away from home and probably trying to right some of the issues that lead to losing v Galway by not committing too many forward. It didn't work obviously but it still seemed to be their plan

[nigel-harps1954]

Thought the first half was a poor enough watch, but second half was much better and provided some great entertainment.

The constant referral to Charlie Adam watching was a bit of minnowism from commentary team, and also thought Perth was brutal on comms, but otherwise coverage was largely excellent.

[JC_GUFC]

All games on the Thursday night that week

Yeah there are 2 weeks of Thursday games due to Euros clash.

I wonder will Virgin pick up any of those games.

Thursday 13th June

Bohs v Derry
Dundalk v Sligo
Galway United v Drogheda
St Pat's v Rovers (obvious TV game)
Waterford v Shels

Thursday 4th July

Drogheda v Shels
United v Bohs
Sligo v Derry
Waterford v Pat's
Rovers v Dundalk

[ger121]

I enjoyed having a game on a Thursday night. Who knows if it picked up many non LOI viewers but I would think supporters of LOI teams might have tuned in as not at a match or watching their own team on LOITV.

[TonyD]

Is it just me, or is it maybe the time of year, but a lot of the pitches don’t seem to be in great nick. Tallaght and Richmond seem ok, but I thought the pitch at Waterford, and again at Dalymount last night seemed very bumpy. The ball wasn’t travelling well over the surface at all. From what I remember of Pats game there, Sligo wasn’t great either, and I know Tolka has had a lot of negative comments too.

[DCSIL]

Pats v Dundalk on monday will now be on Virgin Media, as Bohs v Rovers scheduled for Friday week is postponed.

I'm sure the VM Studio team will be completely unbiased for this one.

[joey B]

Monday, August 5 at 19:45
Shelbourne v Derry City

Friday, August 23 at 19:45
Shelbourne V Bohemians

Both Virgin Media

[nr637]

Monday, August 5 at 19:45
Shelbourne v Derry City

Friday, August 23 at 19:45
Shelbourne V Bohemians

Both Virgin Media

Shelbourne, Shelbourne................................Shelbour ne, what is it with Virgin and D9?

[holidaysong]

Tolka Park is D3 ;-)

[Shinkicker]

Watched Kerry v Bohs yesterday and have to say although Mounthawk Park probably has limited camera platforms, there were some really good alternative camera angles. Well done LOI TV.

[nigel-harps1954]

Watched Kerry v Bohs yesterday and have to say although Mounthawk Park probably has limited camera platforms, there were some really good alternative camera angles. Well done LOI TV.

Kerry own broadcast puts everyone else in the league to shame. They have a superb production of their streams.

[legendz]

Kerry own broadcast puts everyone else in the league to shame. They have a superb production of their streams.
Kerry have improved on that. The automatic camera was a terrible watch. Painful.

[joey B]

Rovers calling out the lack of free to air TV coverage for Irish teams European campaigns…..

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[outspoken]

Kerry own broadcast puts everyone else in the league to shame. They have a superb production of their streams.

Great camera angles and graphics, one or two areas for improvement but it's some difference from last year.

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Fair play to Shams. Where’s McBennett now after him saying they’ll show the champions at least

[pateen]

Don't think RTE will take much notice but that's a pity.

[cláirseach]

Great camera angles and graphics, one or two areas for improvement but it's some difference from last year.

Fair play, I'd given their games a miss after last year's coverage (and the pitch tbh) but love hearing that the effort has been put in. I wonder if being run from overseas helps.

How much of motivation for the Rovers statement has to do with their requirements to provide camera angles for VAR I wonder?

[total hoofball]

After the Devoy farce another more ridiculous behaviour from Shamrock Rovers loaded with threats to affect LOI games. No LOI team has any entitlement to the national broadcaster showing their European games live and RTÉ are currently in full cost containment mode on anything beyond their existing commitments, LOI teams have always been way down their list of priorities even when they grudgingly shown European games live it's no shock they don't the appetite currently

[Nesta99]

Wasnt it Rovers that spoke loudest about the negative impact of games being televised live a few years ago with talk of resfusing RTE permission to show games in Tallaght? They were correct about lack of a fee involved for broadcasting rights then, they are right about these games not being broadcast now albet RTE have a real exuse currently. But its a mixed message regardless of the rights or wrongs.

[placid casual]

After the Devoy farce another more ridiculous behaviour from Shamrock Rovers loaded with threats to affect LOI games. No LOI team has any entitlement to the national broadcaster showing their European games live and RTÉ are currently in full cost containment mode on anything beyond their existing commitments, LOI teams have always been way down their list of priorities even when they grudgingly shown European games live it's no shock they don't the appetite currently
In this life, most are content to be sheep, but only those strong enough and confident enough can go on to be the shepherd.

[sidewayspasser]

I think Shamrock Rovers have a point there, but I would extend the criticism beyond not showing Rovers games to not showing any of the Irish teams in Europe. What makes it even more absurd is that there are European games on Irish free to air TV this week: On Tuesday, Virgin 2 are showing Bodo Glimt vs Red Star Belgrade, on Wednesday, Virgin 2 are showing Kyiv vs Salzburg and RTE 2 are showing Young Boys vs Galatasaray. Those are Champions League Playoffs rather than Europa League or Conference League, but still...

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Contractually they have to show the playoff round. It’s a bit crazy nowadays when all of the big nations qualify for the groups automatically

[Asterix]

Wasnt it Rovers that spoke loudest about the negative impact of games being televised live a few years ago with talk of resfusing RTE permission to show games in Tallaght? They were correct about lack of a fee involved for broadcasting rights then, they are right about these games not being broadcast now albet RTE have a real exuse currently. But its a mixed message regardless of the rights or wrongs.

That was about the 7:05 kick off times RTE used to change games to.

[sbgawa]

After the Devoy farce another more ridiculous behaviour from Shamrock Rovers loaded with threats to affect LOI games. No LOI team has any entitlement to the national broadcaster showing their European games live and RTÉ are currently in full cost containment mode on anything beyond their existing commitments, LOI teams have always been way down their list of priorities even when they grudgingly shown European games live it's no shock they don't the appetite currently

Don't let your Rovers blinkers blind you. There is no entitlement to show games but surely there are some minimum expectations we are allowed expect. Club GAA games and under 20 rugby are regulars on rte. I've paid my licence fee (probably shouldn't have bothered) and I've sheled out 60 or 70 euros on streams watching Rovers ,pats , shels.
Nothing will change with how we are treated as a league if we all just accept we are 2nd class citizens with no rights to expect anything.

L

[Shinkicker]

In this life, most are content to be sheep, but only those strong enough and confident enough can go on to be the shepherd.
When did Eric Cantona join the group?

[legendz]

An going problem for the league marketing wise is the lack of a consistent standalone time for the star game of the weekend. Solving that should be crucial for the marketing of the league.
When the majority of us are supporting our own clubs on a Friday, we should be able to comfortably watch a star game from the league on another evening. Saturday night seems the most suitable, though it might clash with some other events on occasion.

[Another Bohemia]

An going problem for the league marketing wise is the lack of a consistent standalone time for the star game of the weekend. Solving that should be crucial for the marketing of the league.
When the majority of us are supporting our own clubs on a Friday, we should be able to comfortably watch a star game from the league on another evening. Saturday night seems the most suitable, though it might clash with some other events on occasion.

Saturday night would be a tough sell to the general public I think. Most people have plans with friends or family on Saturday evenings so Saturday night TV is the last thing they are thinking of. I think Virgin were right with the Thursday slot. It's ****e for the teams but there's very little competition for viewers and you will get LOI neutrals at home as well.

On the Rovers statement. I think they managed to pick the one time that people might side with RTE. It's been a massive summer of sport on RTE with the Euros, Olympics and GAA all being televised. The Olympics and Euros getting pretty much all day coverage when they were on. Average Joe and Joan are going to see a statement saying "we should've been on TV" and think Rovers want to be shown above those big 3 events which undoubtedly drew bigger audiences and sponsorship money than any LOI game ever has. With RTE and the financial debacle they needed to prioritize money making ventures and they would undoubtedly get support from the majority of the public for that.

[legendz]

Saturday night would be a tough sell to the general public I think. Most people have plans with friends or family on Saturday evenings so Saturday night TV is the last thing they are thinking of. I think Virgin were right with the Thursday slot. It's ****e for the teams but there's very little competition for viewers and you will get LOI neutrals at home as well.
Fair point as well. Possibly clubs need to vote on Thursday, Saturday or Sunday?
For the standalone games, I'm not even thinking about terrestrial TV stations as they cannot be relied upon. Through LOITV, the clubs should build a consistent kick off for the star game. The marketing for LOITV then should be guarantee of being able to watch a star game of the week, while still supporting your own club on a Friday night.
No clubs will want to take a hit on the standalone games. At the same time it should be an investment for marketing the league.

[nr637]

Too be honest I blame the FAI over the years for not sorting out some form of TV contract. Has anyone in the organisation ever come up with a proposal and made an offer to any of the TV networks such as RTE, VIRGIN or SKY!

Why not hire an advertising company to produce a proposal that would include a full season package that maybe covers a weekly game plus highlights of other fixtures and present it to the networks. Instead we have RTE and now VIRGIN picking and choosing games to suit their schedule.

You could offer seperate packages for the League, FAI CUP & European competitions.

:confused:

[Another Bohemia]

Too be honest I blame the FAI over the years for not sorting out some form of TV contract. Has anyone in the organisation ever come up with a proposal and made an offer to any of the TV networks such as RTE, VIRGIN or SKY!

Why not hire an advertising company to produce a proposal that would include a full season package that maybe covers a weekly game plus highlights of other fixtures and present it to the networks. Instead we have RTE and now VIRGIN picking and choosing games to suit their schedule.

You could offer seperate packages for the League, FAI CUP & European competitions.

:confused:

Am I wrong in thinking that RTE had to be strong armed into even doing a highlights package and that the LOI rights were tied to the national team rights because no one wanted them? Or was that just spin from Delaney at the time.

[Straightstory]

I think Shamrock Rovers have a point there, but I would extend the criticism beyond not showing Rovers games to not showing any of the Irish teams in Europe. What makes it even more absurd is that there are European games on Irish free to air TV this week: On Tuesday, Virgin 2 are showing Bodo Glimt vs Red Star Belgrade, on Wednesday, Virgin 2 are showing Kyiv vs Salzburg and RTE 2 are showing Young Boys vs Galatasaray. Those are Champions League Playoffs rather than Europa League or Conference League, but still...
I think Rovers are throwing a bit of a hissy fit, but Bodo Glimt vs Red Star Belgrade, Kyiv vs Salzburg, and Young Boys vs Galatasaray? I think the Irish public probably have a little more interest in Rovers and St Pats.

[legendz]

RTE will broadcast two parishes taking on each other in GAA on a Saturday evening! Generally the only people who care are the two communities involved.

[Dave77]

When Shamrock Rovers are in group/ league phase of europa/ europa conference leagues, and maybe pats will they be on tele? If premier sports have the rights would that mean they would rather show English/ Scottish teams? Just wondering. Didn’t realise premier sports had the rights to europa leagues

[pineapple stu]

I think Rovers are throwing a bit of a hissy fit, but Bodo Glimt vs Red Star Belgrade, Kyiv vs Salzburg, and Young Boys vs Galatasaray? I think the Irish public probably have a little more interest in Rovers and St Pats.
I think that's a contractual obligation as part of getting the group stage games though?