Is there much of a crossover between Leinster and LOI fans though ? I wouldn’t have imagined so, but maybe I’m wrong ?Originally Posted by Calcio Jack
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
Growing up many like myself lived near Milltown , went to one of the local private schools ; so played rugby but at the same time discovered Rovers/Milltown ; so have a mutual likening for both - however to paraphrase the old song … “…. As the years go by their numbers grow fewer ..”
https://leagueofireland.ie/news/fai-...season/id-4804
Virgin Media to show 5 more games this season,the first 2 announced in that release…..
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
This must show a growing appetite for the LOI from the general population.
VM are on board once they can acquire ‘ready to go’ packages i.e. productions which don’t require outside broadcast set-ups for live match coverage.
If the coverage of League of Ireland clubs in Europe are 'ready to go' packages, hopefully they might come on board showing the qualifying rounds during the summer.
https://foot.ie/forums/117-Kerry-FC
A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
Are they not providing their own facilities for these matches ?
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
It's effectively enhanced LOITV broadcast.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Something McBennett said RTE couldn't do because they have such high standards. He didn't get half enough stick for the nonsense he came out with on LOI Central that time
For those who don’t want to read the article, the 1st two matches announced on Virgin are:
• Shelbourne v St Patrick’s Athletic - Tolka Park, Friday, 19 May, 2023 at 19:45
• St Patrick’s Athletic v Derry City - Richmond Park, Monday, 5 June, 2023 at 18:45
The cynic in me says its more to do with their current war of words with RTE re sports rights but welcome all the same
Would RTE really give a sh1te? The fact virgin can lift these games without having to do an OB it's pretty much a no brainer. Only concern you'd have is if LOI TV had a really bad night how amateurish would it look on TV if say the stream went down etc.
RTE just announced Rovers vs Dundalk on the second of June.
I am right in thinking it is unusual to have games on RTE during the summer months?
As much as its good to see LOI games on TV, sponsors will be happy, increases profile for the league and clubs, good for showcasing, but clubs get €0.00.
We are still one of a few leagues in Europe with no tv deal, its a real shame as the product is there, but only 4 clubs will / can make any decent sort of money each year by making europe.
#DundalkFC - First Irish club to win an away game in Europe (1963), first Irish club to win points in a group stage in Europe (2016).
They dont use LOITV. They did a great job on the Dalymount derby so it is definitely costing them.
They usually show a few of the European games don't they?
Broadcasters like to build a story. The efforts of LoI clubs to progress is Europe should get more TV coverage. All of Shamrock Rovers Champions League qualifying rounds should be on TV. At least one of the three clubs on a Thursday should also be shown. If LOITV feed is available for the home games, that's ready and available for VM. Away fixtures will be dependent on the hosts.
https://foot.ie/forums/117-Kerry-FC
A Championship: 4 years - 8 first teams - 0 financially ruined. First Division '14: 7 first teams.
Opportunity lost for new clubs/regions to join the LoI family.
Maybe now that most clubs are announcing sell outs, and euro qualified clubs can do their own deals, and loi fans can access their own clubs via loitv, this is the time to tell Irish tv to **** off or show us the money?
The fans are flocking to games , traditional small home gates at bohs, pats, shels are up 200%, maybe more. Rovers mythical and much storied huge support have finally got off their arses and gone to tallaght, a fine ground.
Cork are back, Galway ditto, Waterford are flying, he’ll even the students are stirring!!
Time for the tv monarchy to head to the stocks lads, off with their heads, vive la revolution.?
Fairly certain it was tweeted before that game that VM were effectively using the LOI TV stream but were able to add their own sh*t to it.
It looked better than LOI TV to be fair, at least as I recall.
Out for a spell, got neglected, lay on the bench unselected.
It was the loi feed but they added 2 extra cameras
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