GAA Go

Degag

Anyone subscribe to this? The website is fairly poor but it seems like you can't watch many games, but does have the facility to watch old All Ireland Finals which i'd be interested in.

munchkin_utd

Im not sure what more the website should do, theres a listing of upcoming live games, and previous games

It started as a way to get games to people abroad who previously had to rely on a VERY VERY substandard online offering from Setanta, for 120 to 140 euro a year or up to €20 per match on a single match basis. They've done quite well with their model of charging lads abroad for stuff that is free to irish residents (or included in peoples sports tv packages) with no added extras.

If the point youre making is that GAA-go could be a universal all-singing all-dancing GAA media experience with extensive highlights of games not televised live, more analysis and build up to games, that is attractive even to people who get all the important club and championship matches already for free on RTE/ TG4, I agree with you, that would be great, but I'm not sure if thats going to happen any time soon.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119966491#Comment_119966491

That sounds all lovely, but it would be a massive loss-maker for them. They won't go that way, I'd agree with you

munchkin_utd

slight tangent, my phone notified me there a couple of days ago that the old app is being discontinued and theres be a new one along soon

I couldnt get the message up again, but I see on facebook from GAAGO that they now say.... "We hope to release a new TV based app in early 2023"

munchkin_utd

It seems that the GAAgo offering is being upped a gear with its own presenters and pundits for 38 exclusive championship games in 2023. No sign of any league games in there at all.

The price in Ireland is €59 on pre-christmas deal, abroad remains €120 a year it seems

No mention of any improvement in video quality. The iOs app is now disabled pending a new one.

GAAGO today unveiled its exclusive 2023 GAA Championship broadcast schedule, presentation team and pricing in Croke Park.

After 8 years of serving the GAA's international fan base, next year’s entry into the domestic Irish market represents a huge growth step for the online streaming platform.

Fans will access 38 live or on-demand matches in HD quality for a special launch price of just €59 up until December 31st, before it moves to €79.

22 x Sam Maguire Cup, 9 x Liam Mac Carthy Cup and 7 x Tailteann Cup games to be streamed exclusively

Gráinne McElwain to present coverage alongside analysts Michael Murphy, Marc Ó Sé, Paddy Andrews, Seamus Hickey, Tommy Walsh and Eoin Cadogan, with more to be added

A range of pricing options to be made available including a pre-Christmas Pass for €59 (€1.55 per game), ‘3 for 2 bundles’ and a €12 ‘pay per game’ option

GAA members to receive a subscription discount, GAA clubs to avail of a clubhouse rate and free access to be made available to care-giving locations

Games include Limerick v Clare in the Munster Hurling Championship and 2 x GAA Football All-Ireland Quarterfinals

https://www.gaa.ie/news/gaago-ie-to-stream-38-exclusive-gaa-championship-matches-in-2023/

celt262

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119999659#Comment_119999659

All them games for €59 is great value but i still don't like them using GAAGO there are plenty of people in the country with no or poor broadband who couldn't even watch the games if they were free.

roadmaster

Can you Download the app in to smart tv?

mohawk

Seriously seems like yet another money grab from GAA. There is only so many subscriptions people can afford. Imagine being a Clare Fan with no broadband.

celt262

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120001858#Comment_120001858

I'm sure there is fans in every county with no broadband that is the issue here at least with Sky people had an option it has been made unavailable to many now.

farmingquestion

We've all forgotten about the county game it's been so long since there's been any action.

mohawk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120002336#Comment_120002336

There is fans in every county with no broadband for sure. I just noticed that 3 out 4 Clare Hurling round robin games are on GAA Go, whereas it seems to be one for Limerick. I am a Limerick supporter but it doesn’t seem fair the way it’s been done. I am sure if I looked at other provinces and football there would be more examples of some counties expected to make do with GAA Go.

Billy Ocean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120002886#Comment_120002886

Wexford this year played Galway, Dublin & Kilkenny on Sky, Clare only game on RTE.

PeggyShippen

We ll lament the end of the Sky deal before the season is done. It was excellent coverage and HD. GAAGO will be nothing as professional. It can't be.

Avon8

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119999659#Comment_119999659

How has more not been made of this in the media? Two All Ireland quarter finals are going to be viewable solely on a horribly dodgy stream that regularly stops working. And is generally about 3 mins behind real time when it does actually work

The biggest games of the football year after the semis and final

Billy Ocean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120075154#Comment_120075154

I think it will be alot better this year, frankly GAA can't afford for it not to be, they'll get slaughtered if not.

Avon8

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120075790#Comment_120075790

The gold standard for sports streaming is NFL gamepass, which is a terrific setup when it all works but even that stops working regularly, and is 45 seconds behind TV so you can't refresh twitter etc. And that's the best sports media company in the world. So I've zero faith in the GAA making it work when there's potentially 200 thousand people logging on to see a big game

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120075790#Comment_120075790

It'll be a case of starting blazing hot, with all the bells and whistles. By the time Provincials are done with, it'll have been stripped back to 5 mins pre-match and 5 mins post-match chatter (which is probably fine really)

PeggyShippen

It's gonna be a farce. Sky were great and people are used to a certain standard now. That standard is not going to be comparible with Sky. If its a min or 2 behind,well that's a complete joke.. I have no faith in this working because there's been no planning

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120082296#Comment_120082296

It’ll be equivalent to watching a match on Sky Go etc, so a minimum of 90 seconds behind real time (80 seconds behind what it would be on TV)

So make sure you don’t have the Twitter push notifications on or you’ll be getting spoilers all over the shop!

Billy Ocean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120082464#Comment_120082464

If your guled to your phone during a game you've nobody else to blame...

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084106#Comment_120084106

Do you know what a push notification is?

You don’t need to be glued to your phone to get one/see one

Do you also know what percentage of people use another piece of technology whilst watching live sport? It’s over 70% (might even be more now from the last reports I’ve seen). It’s life now

Billy Ocean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084190#Comment_120084190

Just turn off the notifications turning the game, your getting far too worked up on this.

Avon8

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084230#Comment_120084230

Try watching a game with mates on Sky Go and police every single one of them to have the notifications turned off on their phones (and smartwatches now also). And stop each and all of them looking at their phone.

What happens if you can't make a big game and you decide to do what half the country does in that instance, go to the pub for it. How will that work when a good portion of a packed pub knows a goal has gone in 90 seconds before the screen shows it.

Even for stuff like live betting it's a disaster. It's completely unrealistic these days to expect every party to remain fully engaged in a broadcast of a game and not look at something else momentarily

Billy Ocean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084235#Comment_120084235

My heart bleeds for ya...

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084266#Comment_120084266

Are you 70 years old or something? If you are then it’s understandable that your thought process is archaic

howiya

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084235#Comment_120084235

I doubt that the GAA are too worried about live betting.

Billy Ocean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120084728#Comment_120084728

Nah early 30s, your just whinging about something that hasn't even happened yet like an entitled brat, why do even need to check Twitter during a game, i just wait til half time myself. Unless you work in media ite not necessary at all.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120086495#Comment_120086495

How people consume sports has changed now - There's nothing entitled about it. People like having live reaction online when watching a match but can't now in this instance. Genuinely you're living in the past if you think different.

I wasn't whinging at all actually about the situation. I was replying to someone who asked about delays with the feed compared to real time.

Calm yourself down now x

Billy Ocean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120086604#Comment_120086604

I know exactly how sport is consumed now and done that plenty of times myself, doesn't necessarily think its enhances it, consciously avoided my phone during some games during the world cup while the match itself is on.

Avon8

If it was the lesser championship games and league games then great. Bang them on there, the more the merrier.

It's not though, it's the two Saturday all Ireland quarter final games, amongst others. It's potentially Dublin v Kerry in a near sold out Croker, with Sinnotts in town showing a stream on the big screen that keeps freezing and is minutes behind. Not to mind the parts of Kerry or elsewhere with less than perfect broadband

keeponhurling

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120014541#Comment_120014541

Apparently Michael Murphy and Paddy Andrews are already signed up as analysts

Billy Ocean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120127688#Comment_120127688

https://www.the42.ie/gaago-games-5947159-Dec2022/

PeggyShippen

The analysts wouldnt fill yiu with confidence. Seamus Hickey is terrible to listen to...sane as Paddy Andrews

Billy Ocean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120132185#Comment_120132185

Bit like your spelling 😜

keeponhurling

I think Andrews is good, also Tommy Walsh on the hurling.

I like the idea that they are all relatively recently retired players, so know a bit about modern football

Anyways, time will tell how the whole production turns out, it will be difficult for them to match Sky straight off

Coillte_Bhoy

Just looking to buy this no, was there not supposed to be a discount for GAA Members? Don't see anything about it on the website

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120436061#Comment_120436061

It's like the GAA are giving up on it before even starting it. You'd have thought there would've been a big push now ahead of the Championship, but there hasn't been.

Pretty alarming to be honest. The interest isn't there from people curious about it either..

Coillte_Bhoy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120436141#Comment_120436141

Ya and there has been no marketing push at all, id completely forgotten about it tbh until a mate mentioned it earlier

Swamp_Cat

One thing that GAAGO.IE could do is get their act together. Whoever's responsible for coding that service needs a new occupation. I've had a season pass since they began because radio is my only other option but it's been a really subpar site since day one. Add to that the absolutely terrible customer service and the radio looks better and better.

Rockfish

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120436061#Comment_120436061

Also interested in this

Avon8

Zero of the football Group Stage games are on TV. Zero of the All Ireland prelim QFs and two of the All Ireland Quarters, all not on TV. Solely on this dodgy paid stream that a fair portion of the country can't access even if they want to. Thats literally every important football game bar 5 that won't be shown. Incredible stuff.

The furore won't happen until everyone gets excited for a Kerry v Derry opening group stage game and certain people realise they can't watch it, or any other group game

northknife

Between RTE and GAAGO, I think its disgraceful that the first game of the championship, ie, London v Sligo can't be viewed anywhere. Not even online.

I hope I'm wrong, but can't see the fixture on any listings.

The New York v Leitrim game is on GAAGO but Lon v Sli is nowhere to be seen.

Rockfish

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120453168#Comment_120453168

Thats not true, some Group games will be shown

Fr Tod Umptious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120453168#Comment_120453168

3rd and 4th of June Group stages games on RTE.

18th June, Group stages games on RTE.

And as it has been since 2014 two quarter finals are on RTE and two on a different platform.

It's all here

https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2023/0405/1375402-more-live-gaa-games-digital-highlights-on-rte-in-2023/

Billy Ocean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120454123#Comment_120454123

Dont let the truth get in the way of a good story 😅

namloc1980

Can't wait to see the outrage when Kerry vs Mayo (for example) is behind the GAA Go paywall, like we had for Sky.

howiya

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120436061#Comment_120436061

If you log into your membership on foireann.ie there is a discount code that can be used on GAAGo

Brian017

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120454326#Comment_120454326

Yeah but at least “the Brits” don’t have it. Let’s see if Michael Duignan will be on RTE complaining about that his elderly father not having access to the games now that it’s the GAA’s own paywall

dohboy

Situation is pure daft. My oul lad has Sky but doesn't have a bull's notion how to work GAA Go. Lots of folk like him will be left scrambling now, paying a tenner a pop to try and watch it on a laptop when he was able to turn on his Sky and watch it or record.

munchkin_utd

Theres 9 live senior championship games on this weekend between GAAgo exclusive and RTE/BBC, not sure if thats a record but I cant remember anything like it.

Thats 6 games on GAAgo and 3 with the traditional broadcasters, and also a first in recent history, parallel games on RTE/BBC plus RTE/GAAgo.

Last year had BBC showing full delayed games "as live" later in the evening but now they are proper live.

I have to agree on the streaming quality though. You can see that for interviews etc its crystal clear but once theres movement its not great.

EDIT: I now see that they have announced their commentators and whatnot.

https://www.gaa.ie/news/gaago-commentary-and-reporting-team-announced/

Also mentioned: "GAAGO is also now available on Amazon Fire Stick, ROKU, and Apple TV, while the development and rollout of smart TV apps is in planning for later in the season."

Its not on the Samsung tv yet BUT the built in browser can deal with the GAAGO website so is a handy enough workaround. Forwarding and rewinding works well, which cant be said for casting from an iPhone which was what we used to have to do.

Mantis Toboggan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120455215#Comment_120455215

I'd seriously doubt it as its a possible job for him down the line.