Just got a text off a mate in rte saying big news @1 o clock
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Just got a text off a mate in rte saying big news @1 o clock
Is it football related???
Thats usually the way it works alrightQuote:
Originally Posted by Tis-smeee
Funny men , yeah loi related thats why he text me
:confused: radio:confused:tv:confused: any clues what it's about?
Na he was workin just said to watch it , not long to wait anyhooooo
nothing in the headlines so I guess it's not earth shattering
http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...k=view&id=2740Quote:
RTÉ Sport have won a four-year contract extension (2010-2014) for television, radio and online broadcasting rights with the Football Association of Ireland.
This contract extension guarantees RTÉ Television and Radio live coverage of all of the Republic of Ireland home internationals in the European and World Cup qualification rounds, up to and including World Cup 2014 in Brazil; and RTÉ.ie live simultaneous webcasting of these games.
In addition, RTÉ Television will have deferred access to all of the Republic of Ireland’s home friendly internationals within the contract period, while RTÉ Radio will broadcast these matches live.
RTÉ Sport’s commitment to the eircom League of Ireland will dramatically increase. From next season, RTÉ Television will broadcast a weekly one-hour highlights programme featuring reports and analysis of that week’s action in the eircom League of Ireland. RTÉ Television’s coverage of live eircom League of Ireland matches will also grow over the term of the contract, culminating with 33 live matches (one-per-week) in the final year of the term – the 2013 season.
RTÉ Radio will continue to broadcast live its popular eircom League of Ireland show on Friday nights throughout the duration of the contract, with other key RTÉ Radio programmes: Drivetime with Des and Saturday Sport, for example, continuing to offer high-quality coverage of the National League. In a brand new departure, RTÉ.ie will offer Irish soccer fans abroad the chance to watch eircom League of Ireland games in full on a deferred basis.
RTÉ Group Head of Sport, Glen Killane, said: “This contract win is testament to the quality of RTÉ Sport coverage of Irish soccer in the past, and our commitment to continue to serve, to the best of our ability, the legion of Irish soccer fans in this country in the future. It is a reflection of the calibre of our commentators, our contributors, and our editorial staff behind the scenes across RTÉ Television, Radio and RTÉ.ie. No other organisation can deliver these games to as wide an audience across such a variety of platforms. We are delighted to be bringing this wealth of Irish soccer coverage to fans leading up to and including the World Cup itself in Brazil in 2014, and supporting, to an ever-greater degree, the grass roots of Irish football – in the Eircom League itself.”
John Delaney, Chief Executive, FAI, said: “This is a ground-breaking deal for the Eircom League of Ireland and will bring its profile to a new level with the introduction of a weekly one-hour prime-time highlights programme. The commitment to increase the number of live games to one per week during the course of the deal is another tremendous boost for the League.”
great news :)
No more Trevor Welch ! WooHoo!
"culminating in 33 live games to be shown, one per week, in the final year of the deal"Quote:
Originally Posted by eamoss
Thats fantastic.
Ideally, it'd be happening a bit sooner than 5 seasons away, but fantastic.
Thats the best Crimbo pressie football in this country could have wished for
feckin' brilliant
32 live league games were shown this year (by 3 stations)Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
Yeah fantastic news hopefully they can poach Osam lol, pity the blues arent there to enjoy the boom
is he for real ?Quote:
RTÉ Group Head of Sport, Glen Killane, said: “This contract win is testament to the quality of RTÉ Sport coverage of Irish soccer in the past,
this is one station, plus FAI games, plus setanta games, plus european games, plus whatever the other stations show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dodge
You cant please all the people all the time gavin, pat on the back fai.
It seems like every year, there's a new contract signed.Quote:
Originally Posted by eamoss
33 live games?? On current estimates, it's likely we'll be playing a 36-game season by the time the final year comes round.
But sure, it'll all be re-written next year - probably. :rolleyes:
Oh I agree its far better. I'm just saying that this year we had 32 league games live on TV. In no way was I complaining about this dealQuote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
The one hour primetime highlights show alone makes this fantastic news