Gaelic Sports – Kerry County Call For All Games to be FTA

December 10, 2015 • Tags: #gaelicsports

Kerry County Convention passes a motion calling for end to current Sky pay-per-view deal and show all GAA matches FTA (freetoair) in UK.

The GAA’s three-year deal with Sky Sports runs until the end of the 2016 Championship, and and the GAA must then decide to extend the contract with Sky or revert to free-to-air only.  

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The bidding process for the rights renewal could be definitely interesting and it could be a very profitable deal for the GAA, who enjoyed a great year in the Kingdom. According IrishExaminer, The Kerry County Board reported profits of €907,417 this year. 

“At the conclusion of the current TV broadcast rights contract, that all televised games be available on free-to-air TV,” reads the motion, which Kerry hopes will prevent the GAA from signing another deal with Sky. 

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Premiumsports.tv covers GAA football and hurling for North American market, and it is only available in United States and Canada. Premier Sports channel cover the GAA sports for further 3 years, and operates exclusively on Sky channel 428 and Virgin 551.

Premier Sports GAA sports coverage includes: 25 games each season for the next 3 years from the GAA Championships, Sunday Provincial games including the finals from all 4 regions, exclusive coverage of over 30 Allianz League games including TG4 games in English and minimum of 6 Club Championship games covering the semi-finals and 

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The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is an Irish and international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders.

It has more than 500,000 members worldwide. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendances.