Colm
08/05/2002, 2:29 PM
According to The Star yesterday the FAI are on the verge of signing a new TV deal which will incorporate Sky Sports, RTE and TV3. The agreement will be worth 8 million euro to Irish football.The deal will mean much improved coverage of the Eircom league.
Here is the jist of it, RTE and Sky will continue to broadcast all Irelands home internationals while TV3 will show extended highlights of the internationals.
RTE will continue to show live eircom league matches and the sunday night highlights package. Heres where it gets better, Sky Sports will broadcast LIVE eicom league matches on a regular basis when the new summer season is up and running. TV3 will also improve their el coverage, their cameras will, for the first time, have access to el matches, this will enable them to show highlights of the big games.
IMO, if all this is true it will be a huge boost for League of Ireland football. I think that if Sky Sports show live matches it will make the league more attractive to the armchair supporters.
Here is the jist of it, RTE and Sky will continue to broadcast all Irelands home internationals while TV3 will show extended highlights of the internationals.
RTE will continue to show live eircom league matches and the sunday night highlights package. Heres where it gets better, Sky Sports will broadcast LIVE eicom league matches on a regular basis when the new summer season is up and running. TV3 will also improve their el coverage, their cameras will, for the first time, have access to el matches, this will enable them to show highlights of the big games.
IMO, if all this is true it will be a huge boost for League of Ireland football. I think that if Sky Sports show live matches it will make the league more attractive to the armchair supporters.