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Replying To jm25:  "Tg4 can do it for league games simultaneously"
They can and do a great job of it. So could RTE and GAA+. But people need to be hired to let them stream those games with broadcast quality. Some people seem to think the GAA have volunteers to do that for free, but they don't. Rugby, NBA, NFL have huge money and potential TV audience in comparison.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8038 - 25/05/2025 21:29:00    2612540

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Tg4 always do it for last round of league games by keeping everyone up to date in all scores and showing the tables as score changes..it's such a pity aswell that coverage on RTÉ has been so diluted.
I've noticed to that there is no coverage of any of the football next Saturday and only 1 match on Sunday.
I'd hope that tg4 would be given a chance when the rights come up again..I don't have much idea of what they say but don't usually listen to commentary anyway..

CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2529 - 25/05/2025 21:59:00    2612546

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "Maybe Rugby, NFL, NBA might have more resources and revenue streams than the GAA? What do you reckon?"
What has that got to do with the point I'm making? If the gaa showed the game on GAA+ the make money. No wonder mayo is losing money if you think doing nothing is profitable

Kew (Galway) - Posts: 181 - 25/05/2025 23:59:15    2612570

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "They can and do a great job of it. So could RTE and GAA+. But people need to be hired to let them stream those games with broadcast quality. Some people seem to think the GAA have volunteers to do that for free, but they don't. Rugby, NBA, NFL have huge money and potential TV audience in comparison."
Do you not have GAA+??? They use the one camera in most games. It's not the super bowl it's a live stream. How you think it's some massive effort to stream a game in this day and ages is hard to believe

Kew (Galway) - Posts: 181 - 26/05/2025 00:01:30    2612571

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Replying To Bon:  "It hardly matters now does it"
Someone made the claim so they should be able to back it up. Same AKA makes a lot of claims.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8038 - 26/05/2025 02:01:25    2612577

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Replying To Kew:  "What has that got to do with the point I'm making? If the gaa showed the game on GAA+ the make money. No wonder mayo is losing money if you think doing nothing is profitable"
You're a spoofer.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8038 - 26/05/2025 09:48:33    2612620

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Replying To Kew:  "Do you not have GAA+??? They use the one camera in most games. It's not the super bowl it's a live stream. How you think it's some massive effort to stream a game in this day and ages is hard to believe"
GAA+ do not "use the one camera in most games".

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2819 - 26/05/2025 10:00:27    2612623

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Replying To Kew:  "Do you not have GAA+??? They use the one camera in most games. It's not the super bowl it's a live stream. How you think it's some massive effort to stream a game in this day and ages is hard to believe"
The camera quality in most cases is far worse than RTE/TG4. Not much better than camcorder

systematic (Galway) - Posts: 183 - 26/05/2025 10:39:55    2612654

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Replying To systematic:  "The camera quality in most cases is far worse than RTE/TG4. Not much better than camcorder"
Not many camcorders will give you digital broadcast quality stream. You have GAA+ on your television?

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8038 - 26/05/2025 10:59:27    2612662

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Replying To systematic:  "The camera quality in most cases is far worse than RTE/TG4. Not much better than camcorder"
I have to say any game I saw on Gaa+ this year or last year was perfectly fine. I'm not really into broadcasting aesthetics though, as long as I get a good look at the game content.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4185 - 26/05/2025 11:33:49    2612676

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Between this and the Sunday Game etc I find it very interesting that so many GAA fans are also experts on every aspect of sports broadcasting. Production, presenting, analysis etc... Seems everyone commenting happens to have a qualification and decades of experience in every facet. And of course the same decorated inter-county careers of those involved. Seems a massive waste of expertise sitting at home pontificating and high-horsing. The industry must be crying out for such brilliant minds.

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12372 - 26/05/2025 11:51:37    2612690

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "Someone made the claim so they should be able to back it up. Same AKA makes a lot of claims."
You must have very little to worry about in life. More luck to you.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2364 - 26/05/2025 13:23:44    2612727

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Replying To Cockney_Cat:  "GAA+ do not "use the one camera in most games"."
Yes they do. I watched Sligo v Leitrim the game. It was one camera, no other shots from any other angle, just middle of the field the full 70 minutes. One camera the same you get for Galway club games

Kew (Galway) - Posts: 181 - 29/05/2025 02:03:05    2613352

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Replying To Breffni40:  "Between this and the Sunday Game etc I find it very interesting that so many GAA fans are also experts on every aspect of sports broadcasting. Production, presenting, analysis etc... Seems everyone commenting happens to have a qualification and decades of experience in every facet. And of course the same decorated inter-county careers of those involved. Seems a massive waste of expertise sitting at home pontificating and high-horsing. The industry must be crying out for such brilliant minds."
You do realise club games are streamed?who do you think stream local club games? Who do you think is involved? It's not skysports it's local gaa members getting involved with county boards.Galway GAA made €250,000 streaming club games last season. GAA+ charge a season pass and dont show games people want to see. I can watch junior club games on streams but can't watch the all Ireland winners play anywhere. You think it good business to hide the champions? That's like not showing Liverpool games next season.

Kew (Galway) - Posts: 181 - 29/05/2025 02:13:33    2613353

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Replying To Kew:  "Yes they do. I watched Sligo v Leitrim the game. It was one camera, no other shots from any other angle, just middle of the field the full 70 minutes. One camera the same you get for Galway club games"
You said "They use the one camera in most games." You've given an example of one game, Sligo v Leitrim, where you say one camera was used. How many GAA+ games have you watched?

Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2819 - 29/05/2025 08:28:05    2613362

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "I have to say any game I saw on Gaa+ this year or last year was perfectly fine. I'm not really into broadcasting aesthetics though, as long as I get a good look at the game content."
Fair enough. I was watching back the Galway v Dublin game & struggling to pick out players/numbers in the wide angle shots which I never find in rte coverage. Decent enough quality for game content not enough if you have to pinpoint players in a cluster.

systematic (Galway) - Posts: 183 - 29/05/2025 11:48:31    2613407

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Replying To Cockney_Cat:  "You said "They use the one camera in most games." You've given an example of one game, Sligo v Leitrim, where you say one camera was used. How many GAA+ games have you watched?"
I watch them all. The first game Galway and new York was one camera along with every one of the early games, even Kildare and Westmeath in Leinster was one camera angle, nothing extra, same as standard club Streams

Kew (Galway) - Posts: 181 - 31/05/2025 17:44:35    2613772

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Rte has zero GAA on Saturdays anymore it really is disappointing when you have big games like mayo v Tyrone and cork v Kerry along with multiple others on today. Only one game on Sunday ? Is that the future of GAA on rte? One game each weekend?

Kew (Galway) - Posts: 181 - 31/05/2025 17:49:25    2613777

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Replying To Kew:  "Rte has zero GAA on Saturdays anymore it really is disappointing when you have big games like mayo v Tyrone and cork v Kerry along with multiple others on today. Only one game on Sunday ? Is that the future of GAA on rte? One game each weekend?"
I don't ever remember big GAA games clashing with the European Cup Final. RTE probably won't either. The GAA has dumped their revised schedule into a sport's menu that's been engrained for years or decades even.

Hard to watch 5% of the volume of sport's broadcasts these days, and GAA coverage is no exception, and might even be at a specific disadvantage, in that they're the organisation that has radically reformed their playing/broadcasting schedules in recent seasons. Sport junkie couch potatoes are creatures of habit too.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4185 - 31/05/2025 18:52:10    2613789

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Replying To Pope_Benedict:  "I don't ever remember big GAA games clashing with the European Cup Final. RTE probably won't either. The GAA has dumped their revised schedule into a sport's menu that's been engrained for years or decades even.

Hard to watch 5% of the volume of sport's broadcasts these days, and GAA coverage is no exception, and might even be at a specific disadvantage, in that they're the organisation that has radically reformed their playing/broadcasting schedules in recent seasons. Sport junkie couch potatoes are creatures of habit too."
I'd say it will be one of least hyped European cup finals given teams involved.

Championship used to clash with World Cup euro finals olympics in old format.

jm25 (Galway) - Posts: 1560 - 31/05/2025 21:50:59    2613841

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