TV Rights

[citybone]

Mainstream tv channels have little interest in airing our games. Another solution i have found is after the United Soccer League (USL for short). They air all their games live on Youtube and for the few big games mainstream channels can then buy exclusive rights.

This gives easy access for games. Many games only have a few hundred views with the bigger games getting a few thousand.

[outspoken]

Problem is some clubs here can barely run a Facebook page never mind stream live matches

[Longfordian]

RTE may have little interest in showing it themselves but that doesn't mean they'll let anyone else broadcast it before Soccer Republic.

[Macy]

Mainstream tv channels have little interest in airing our games. Another solution i have found is after the United Soccer League (USL for short). They air all their games live on Youtube and for the few big games mainstream channels can then buy exclusive rights.

This gives easy access for games. Many games only have a few hundred views with the bigger games getting a few thousand.

Clubs have tried it, and been slapped down by the combined forces of darkness of RTE and the FAI. As Longfordian said, just because RTE don't bother their hole, doesn't mean they won't stop others. They did the same when Newstalk was covering games on the radio - claimed exclusivity to block them, and then a while down the road binned Friday night coverage themselves and now we have no radio coverage.

[outspoken]

Clubs have tried it, and been slapped down by the combined forces of darkness of RTE and the FAI. As Longfordian said, just because RTE don't bother their hole, doesn't mean they won't stop others. They did the same when Newstalk was covering games on the radio - claimed exclusivity to block them, and then a while down the road binned Friday night coverage themselves and now we have no radio coverage.

Irish football in a nutshell really.

[IsMiseSean]

Clubs have tried it, and been slapped down by the combined forces of darkness of RTE and the FAI. As Longfordian said, just because RTE don't bother their hole, doesn't mean they won't stop others. They did the same when Newstalk was covering games on the radio - claimed exclusivity to block them, and then a while down the road binned Friday night coverage themselves and now we have no radio coverage.

It's almost as if RTE want the LOI to fail miserably....

[nigel-harps1954]

With RTE losing the rights to the Six Nations for the next few years, will there be a bit of added effort put into the football here I wonder? They haven't much left in terms of live coverage of sports now.

[Mr A]

Maybe there's be a bit of "well we have to spend the budget somewhere or they'll cut it" but on the other hand the LOI would bring in a fraction of the advertising revenue. I doubt this will have must real impact to be honest.

[NeverFeltBetter]

Surprised by announcement today. Is TV3 just bidding a crazy amount, or has EURO 2016 and the Olympics cost RTE too much?

[Charlie Darwin]

With RTE losing the rights to the Six Nations for the next few years, will there be a bit of added effort put into the football here I wonder? They haven't much left in terms of live coverage of sports now.

Nope.

[Philosophizer]

Hi all, I’ve been reading on this forum for a while but decided to join the conversation.

Here’s an in-depth interview I found with Ryle Nugent from a month or two ago explaining RTE’s stance on showing live domestic games, and Soccer Republic - http://www.intallaght.ie/rte-explain...land-coverage/

I’d obviously love us to have a live match on RTE every Friday, but to be fair, having 17 domestic soccer matches on RTE each year isn’t too bad, especially considering the ratings they receive. Setanta also have a few each year so between the two there’s probably a match aired every other week on average during the season.

I’m no expert on media production or anything but wouldn’t there be big costs involved for clubs to air their matches live on Youtube anyway for probably little gains. At the very least, each club would then need a bloody expensive camera, a trained camera operator/producer, and a decent commentator.

[LOI_Fanatic]

Hi all, I’ve been reading on this forum for a while but decided to join the conversation.

Here’s an in-depth interview I found with Ryle Nugent from a month or two ago explaining RTE’s stance on showing live domestic games, and Soccer Republic - http://www.intallaght.ie/rte-explain...land-coverage/

I’d obviously love us to have a live match on RTE every Friday, but to be fair, having 17 domestic soccer matches on RTE each year isn’t too bad, especially considering the ratings they receive. Setanta also have a few each year so between the two there’s probably a match aired every other week on average during the season.

I’m no expert on media production or anything but wouldn’t there be big costs involved for clubs to air their matches live on Youtube anyway for probably little gains. At the very least, each club would then need a bloody expensive camera, a trained camera operator/producer, and a decent commentator.

The majority of clubs have someone who records the game for the manager to view in a DVD session etc after the games, surely it wouldnt be too hard to make this camera a live one? with a paid subscription and weekly content such as exclusive interviews,surely it would be a success? That said,the FAI would likely block it like they did with Rovers SRFC Tv.

[Mark]

It's actually quite easy to set up a good quality live stream with a single camera. All the technology you need comes in a decent laptop. Add in professionally minded volunteers and away you go. I'm surprised it hasn't been done before. With support from the FAI it could be up and running for next season....

[nigel-harps1954]

The majority of clubs have someone who records the game for the manager to view in a DVD session etc after the games, surely it wouldnt be too hard to make this camera a live one? with a paid subscription and weekly content such as exclusive interviews,surely it would be a success? That said,the FAI would likely block it like they did with Rovers SRFC Tv.

Not every camera can simply hook up and stream live content. There's a lot of extra equipment needed for a simple live broadcast of any quality.

[wedwood]

With RTE after losing the rights to the 6 Nations rugby, they're now down to the GAA, the Irish internationals and the LOI.

They should use the money they won't now spend on the rugby and do a deal with the FAI to invest in the LOI to develop a product to sell around the world.

Theres now a global Irish diaspora, as well as a global demand for televised football, which makes the LOI a potentially highly lucrative product.

[nigel-harps1954]

which makes the LOI a potentially highly lucrative product.

Does not compute..

[NeverFeltBetter]

RTE also has Euro 2016, the Olympics, the World Cup...might not be as much money as we think.

[gufcfan]

We all love the LOI but let's not kid ourselves into thinking it's something that it's not.

[Philosophizer]

We all love the LOI but let's not kid ourselves into thinking it's something that it's not.

This... all day long.

[mypost]

RTE demand LOI football to show. If they don't have it, they'll kick up a fuss, as they do every time they lose sports rights.