Live TV games

Charles Babbage

RamonD3 wrote: »

Games on terrestial television are blocked on the platform if you're in Ireland, same as the league of Ireland website with eir last year. Very annoying as I would have liked to see the Kilkenny Dublin game Saturday. Still the platform is exceptional value for the season, there will surely be a few qualifiers not on tv otherwise.

I think it is a bit irregular for the GAA to give rights to providers where you cannot get the games even if you are willing to pay for them. Sky have Now TV and you can pay for a day, but as far as I am aware there is no way of doing this with Eir. Am I wrong? Virgin fell out with Eir and do not have the channels. I suppose this will not happen with Eir again, but the GAA should either require providers to have a pay per view or make them available on GAAGo.

howiya

Charles Babbage wrote: »

I think it is a bit irregular for the GAA to give rights to providers where you cannot get the games even if you are willing to pay for them. Sky have Now TV and you can pay for a day, but as far as I am aware there is no way of doing this with Eir. Am I wrong? Virgin fell out with Eir and do not have the channels. I suppose this will not happen with Eir again, but the GAA should either require providers to have a pay per view or make them available on GAAGo.

100%. I would have been at Parnell Park yesterday in normal circumstances. Would have been happy to pay the same price as a match ticket to watch it but there's no option to do so.

Its bizarre that Eir claim they're withdrawing from sports broadcasting due to a lack of revenue and then didn't see the opportunity to make a few quid yesterday. They have apps for their broadband/mobile subscribers. Surely it'd be very easy to create subscription products on the same apps for people who want to pay to watch.

Won't be sorry to see Eir sports go.

Charles Babbage

howiya wrote: »

100%. I would have been at Parnell Park yesterday in normal circumstances. Would have been happy to pay the same price as a match ticket to watch it but there's no option to do so.

Its bizarre that Eir claim they're withdrawing from sports broadcasting due to a lack of revenue and then didn't see the opportunity to make a few quid yesterday. They have apps for their broadband/mobile subscribers. Surely it'd be very easy to create subscription products on the same apps for people who want to pay to watch.

Won't be sorry to see Eir sports go.

I can't understand why Eir don't sell a league pass for €40/50 or so and get some revenue from the likes of us

breezy1985

Charles Babbage wrote: »

I can't understand why Eir don't sell a league pass for €40/50 or so and get some revenue from the likes of us

Eir havnt shown themselves to be the brightest in fairness.

Coillte_Bhoy

Ive a GB Pass on GAAGO ( i sue a VPN) and its up for renewal tomorrow. The email ig ot from them today states a sibscription includes

"Every game in this year's Allianz Leagues, and Football and Hurling Championships"

but when i look at the website its not quite so clear and states "
"Action from both All-Ireland Championships (excludes senior All-Ireland Finals and semi-finals) live and on demand in full HD."

Anyone able to shed any light on this?

Coillte_Bhoy

Well just cancelled my auto renew and got message that pass is active until Nov 8th, i forgot last years chsip was so late :pac:

Coillte_Bhoy

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Well just cancelled my auto renew and got message that pass is active until Nov 8th, i forgot last years chsip was so late :pac:

hmm, that seems not to be the case, though i definitely got that message, wish id made a screenshot

seligehgit

Just throwing this link up here re the remarkably good value annual GAAGO pass as I have noticed lots of queries re same across the forum.

https://www.gaago.ie/packages

Coillte_Bhoy

seligehgit wrote: »

Just throwing this link up here re the remarkably good value annual GAAGO pass as I have noticed lots of queries re same across the forum.

https://www.gaago.ie/packages

Would need a VPN for that one. thankfully i have a very good one so think ill be buying this. One query though, with the pass can you watch played games at a later date? Im pretty sure you can but not 100%

dobman88

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Would need a VPN for that one. thankfully i have a very good one so think ill be buying this. One query though, with the pass can you watch played games at a later date? Im pretty sure you can but not 100%

Its showing up as a domestic pass for me. No VPN required. Think it would be worth buying anyway. Even if you only watch 4/5 games on it, it could work out cheaper.

blowitupref

This weekend’s live TV coverage


Saturday

Kerry v Galway, 3pm – eir Sport
Cork v Kildare, 3.30pm – eir Sport
Tyrone v Donegal, 5pm – TG4
Tipp v Cork, 7.30pm – eir Sport and RTE

Sunday

Roscommon v Dublin, 1.45pm – TG4
Monaghan v Armagh, 2pm – TG4 app
Galway v Limerick, 3.45pm – TG4.

big_drive

Am I correct in saying it's €5 per game on gaago, but you can buy a pass for everything for only €25?
Am I understanding that correctly?

howiya

big_drive wrote: »

Am I correct in saying it's €5 per game on gaago, but you can buy a pass for everything for only €25?
Am I understanding that correctly?

Yes - everything except games that are being shown live on TV

Coillte_Bhoy

howiya wrote: »

Yes - everything except games that are being shown live on TV

Ya, i was going buying it until i looked at all the Live games on TV this weekend and i presume will be the same every weekend. I woudlnt have time to watch much more Will buy 2 Mayo games individually, the third is on eirpsaort.

big_drive

The €25 package is unbelievable value.
If you were looking to watch something some evening you could throw on a game you hadn't seen as they're all available to playback

I wouldn't see the point of paying€5 just for a single game, you're restricting yourself a bit with that

Mantis Toboggan

big_drive wrote: »

The €25 package is unbelievable value.
If you were looking to watch something some evening you could throw on a game you hadn't seen as they're all available to playback

I wouldn't see the point of paying€5 just for a single game, you're restricting yourself a bit with that

Is that not just for people outside the country?

mjp

big_drive wrote: »

The €25 package is unbelievable value.
If you were looking to watch something some evening you could throw on a game you hadn't seen as they're all available to playback

I wouldn't see the point of paying€5 just for a single game, you're restricting yourself a bit with that

Am I right in saying that you can't get the matches on eirsport here on Gaa Go in republic of Ireland. Is gaago only available through laptop and need to HDMI it to tv or is it a standalone channel on sky?

big_drive

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Is that not just for people outside the country?

I assumed you could watch back any games which weren't on tv

big_drive

mjp wrote: »

Am I right in saying that you can't get the matches on eirsport here on Gaa Go in republic of Ireland. Is gaago only available through laptop and need to HDMI it to tv or is it a standalone channel on sky?

Ya laptop or phone etc.not an independent channel

dobman88

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Is that not just for people outside the country?

No. It's a domestic pass made available because of no fans allowed.

Mantis Toboggan

mjp wrote: »

Am I right in saying that you can't get the matches on eirsport here on Gaa Go in republic of Ireland. Is gaago only available through laptop and need to HDMI it to tv or is it a standalone channel on sky?

Fairly sure its possible to chrome cast it to the TV.

seligehgit

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Fairly sure its possible to chrome cast it to the TV.

There is a casting facility.

Coillte_Bhoy

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Fairly sure its possible to chrome cast it to the TV.

Ya no problem i watched a fair bit last year on GAAGo as had no Irish channels, never any issues casting

Coillte_Bhoy

big_drive wrote: »

The €25 package is unbelievable value.
If you were looking to watch something some evening you could throw on a game you hadn't seen as they're all available to playback

I wouldn't see the point of paying€5 just for a single game, you're restricting yourself a bit with that

afaik the only games available to watch back will be those that were exclusively on GAAGO, ie games that were live on TV will not be available. So for instance i will be watching on GAAGOI the Mayo game tomorrow afternoon which is on at same time as Kerry V Galway (live on TV) but i wont be able to watch that later, at least i dont think i can, its really not very clear

dobman88

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

afaik the only games available to watch back will be those that were exclusively on GAAGO, ie games that were live on TV will not be available. So for instance i will be watching on GAAGOI the Mayo game tomorrow afternoon which is on at same time as Kerry V Galway (live on TV) but i wont be able to watch that later, at least i dont think i can, its really not very clear

This is correct.

Only games not on Irish TV will be available to watch any time.

Coillte_Bhoy

dobman88 wrote: »

This is correct.

Only games not on Irish TV will be available to watch any time.

Cheers, i'll leave it so, plenty of live action as it is anyway.

Mantis Toboggan

I've signed up anyway can't go wrong for 25 euros.

big_drive

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

I've signed up anyway can't go wrong for 25 euros.

Savage price in fairness, was surprised they left it go so cheap. If normal times would be around€15 to just attend one game

VelaSupernova

You can always use a VPN to access matches that are locally restricted.

Coillte_Bhoy

VelaSupernova wrote: »

You can always use a VPN to access matches that are locally restricted.

Would have to buy the GB pass though