Listen.. in the TV world it's about attracting subscriptions or viewership
Can't blame Setanta for going with a lot of Dublin games
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Setanta Sports will broadcast all bar one of Dublin's seven Allianz Football League Division 1 games lives next year, starting with a repeat of the All-Ireland final against Kerry at Croke Park on January 30.
The satellite sports broadcaster today announced details of 17 exclusively live games for the 2016 Allianz Leagues, which also includes six pivotal fixtures from the Allianz Hurling Leagues featuring Kilkenny, Tipperary, Galway, Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Dublin.
Setanta will also screen a triple-header on March 5 featuring Dublin v Cork in hurling and the Dublin-Cork and Tyrone-Derry football ties.
The 2016 Setanta Sports Allianz League schedule is as follows:
30 January: Dublin v Kerry (Football) 7pm Down v Donegal (Football) 7pm
6 February: Mayo v Dublin (Football) 7pm Armagh v Laois (Football) 7pm
13 February: Tipperary v Dublin (Hurling) 7pm Limerick v Wexford (Hurling) 7pm
20 February: Cork v Waterford (Hurling) 7pm Dublin v Galway (Hurling) 7pm
27 February: Dublin v Monaghan (Football) 7pm Armagh v Fermanagh (Football) 7pm
5 March: Dublin v Cork (Hurling) 5pm Dublin v Cork (Football) 7pm Tyrone v Derry (Football) 7pm
12 March: Cork v Kilkenny (Hurling) 7pm Down v Dublin (Football) 7pm
26 March: Dublin v Donegal (Football) 7pm Tyrone v Armagh (Football) 7pm
jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20589 - 23/11/2015 17:16:29
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Only normal Jim, they want to be be able to show quality football!
witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 23/11/2015 17:33:09
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Croke Park is half full for a lot of Dublin league games, that will hardly help the attendance.
FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2752 - 23/11/2015 17:37:48
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Dubs TV alright.
You would think the GAA would make them show a few more matches. Even sky show the odd premier league match without Man Utd.
Kerry v Mayo Mayo v Donegal Cork v Anyone Have been good matches for the past few years.
tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1091 - 23/11/2015 17:43:12
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Doesn't seem fair especially when you consider the small crowds that have been in Croker for league matches in recent years. If all
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 23/11/2015 18:10:18
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1809329 Doesn't seem fair especially when you consider the small crowds that have been in Croker for league matches in recent years. If all
Ha Ha, think you should worry about your own counties problems, before commenting on the big boys,
haggen (Dublin) - Posts: 6 - 23/11/2015 18:34:27
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tirawleybaron County: Mayo Posts: 563
1809317 Dubs TV alright.
You would think the GAA would make them show a few more matches. Even sky show the odd premier league match without Man Utd.
Kerry v Mayo Mayo v Donegal Cork v Anyone Have been good matches for the past few years.
Setanta only have the rights to show games that are being played on Saturday evenings. All the games you listed are fixed for Sundays which means that more than likely TG4 will be covering them. But don't worry, when TG4 release their schedule for 2016 I've no doubt someone will start a 'TG4 anti Dubs' thread too so everybody can feel equally aggrieved.
AHP (Dublin) - Posts: 323 - 23/11/2015 18:52:46
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23/11/2015 18:34:27 haggen County: Dublin Posts: 5
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1809329 Doesn't seem fair especially when you consider the small crowds that have been in Croker for league matches in recent years. If all
Ha Ha, think you should worry about your own counties problems, before commenting on the big boys,
Ok I can see your going to be an invaluable addition to the scene here, I'm really really hurt, ouch.....
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 23/11/2015 20:10:57
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1809329 Doesn't seem fair especially when you consider the small crowds that have been in Croker for league matches in recent years.
I think 20k was the lowest attendance for Dublin's regulation league matches last year. Pretty good for the National League I'd imagine.
Is 20k considered small for a league match nowadays?
MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13693 - 23/11/2015 20:33:15
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The Dub games last year in CP were all 20,000 +
No other league games had a higher attendance
Anyway how many 10's of thousands watched the games on TV
That's the whole point... What has crowd attendance got to do with it?
jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20589 - 23/11/2015 20:37:39
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This is the direction things are going in. Dublin have the biggest population and the largest number of fans. Their's is the biggest market to be satisfied.
The Dublin machine is growing and this will feed back into the funds available. As long as they keep appointing good Managers the Dubs can expect Sam every second year.
slayer (Limerick) - Posts: 6480 - 24/11/2015 08:23:23
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Won't someone please think of the children...
Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 24/11/2015 09:23:13
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Just shows how superficial our society has become when they only show the games of the most handsome team.
Must have something to do with HD that they cant show the other counties games.
HenryHill16 (Dublin) - Posts: 249 - 24/11/2015 09:30:49
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As a dub Im delighted obviously , as a GAA fan looking a bit further than the colour blue Id be a bit miffed if Im honest , equally our stay at home summer fan is most pleased with this , I like to watch how the opposition is shaping up so it wouldn't have bothered me if we were on less .
Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 24/11/2015 10:09:23
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What I want know is are all those games listed exclusively setanta or will they also be on rte/t na g?
JeremyWendell (Limerick) - Posts: 232 - 24/11/2015 10:37:47
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23/11/2015 20:37:39 jimbodub County: Dublin Posts: 14648
1809377 Richie
The Dub games last year in CP were all 20,000 +
No other league games had a higher attendance
Anyway how many 10's of thousands watched the games on TV
That's the whole point... What has crowd attendance got to do with it?
Lads cop on, 20'000 odd in a stadium fit to hold 82'300!!! that's the point I make as I have made numerous times before, no harm to Dublin but league matches should not be played on a regular basis in Croke Park and I have been consistant in that view, save for special once off games that might draw big attention. I acknowledge that Dublin have tried to establish a new ground and their shameful treatment in relation to proposed land purchase at Spawell was rightly highlighted as how neglectful our country has become to deserving causes. If all Dublin's home games are being screened live on Setanta then I would suggest that Parnell Park be utilised as a home venue for the League in all fairness lads you can't have it every way all the time and that's not a criticism of Dublin its just my opinion on the matter
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 24/11/2015 10:47:01
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24/11/2015 09:30:49 HenryHill16 County: Dublin Posts: 206
1809415 Just shows how superficial our society has become when they only show the games of the most handsome team.
Must have something to do with HD that they cant show the other counties games.
:-) a high definition Dub is a cut above a standard definition Dub alright
Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 24/11/2015 10:50:09
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Setanta only have the rights to show games that are being played on Saturday evenings. All the games you listed are fixed for Sundays which means that more than likely TG4 will be covering them. But don't worry, when TG4 release their schedule for 2016 I've no doubt someone will start a 'TG4 anti Dubs' thread too so everybody can feel equally aggrieved.
Do you not think the reason those matches are fixed for Saturday night is because setanta paid for the rights to show them. Fixtures were drawn up to suit the tv rights.
TG4 wouldn't be allowed show a Dublin match on account of no one in Dublin being able to speak Irish except those wealthy enough to go to a Gaelschoil. Commentary might as well be in Russian as Irish for your average Dub.
tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1091 - 24/11/2015 11:18:27
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Jeremy Wendell,
They are all saturday evening games on Setanta as they have exclusive rights to all Saturday evening games, TG4 have Sunday afternoon games and haven't released their schedule as far as I know.
Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 24/11/2015 11:36:23
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20,000 + at league games is very good
Some Spring Series games has gone up to 35,000+
Again massive turn out for a league game
As long as 20-30 Thousand show up
The games should be in CP... If they start falling to PP numbers or below
Then the question has to be asked
There's some big games this year - Dublin v Kerry will do 30,000+
jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20589 - 24/11/2015 11:44:09
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