RTÉ and the GAA’s online streaming service for Gaelic Games outside of Ireland, has launched its 2016 offering to fans around the world, and a new web presence to simplify the engagement and streaming process.
Over 120 events will be shown including the 2016 GAA Championships, Allianz Leagues and The Sunday Game highlights show.
This follows a strong second season for GAAGO in 2015, which saw international users of the GAAGO service increase by 55%.
The advance of the service will be watched with interest by the FAI who will begin their own live streaming service for SSE Airtricity League games in 2016. (Read more about this.)
Since its launch in June 2014, GAAGO has been streamed in over 180 countries and over 630,000 hours of content has been streamed to date.
Among the subscribers last year were fans in Aruba, French Guinea, Mongolia and South Sudan, while the greatest numbers accessing GAAGO came from the US, Australia, Great Britain and Canada.
“The GAAGO service has proven to be a great hit with GAA fans around the globe,” said Múirne Laffan, Managing Director of RTÉ Digital.
“We greatly expanded the service offering in 2015, more than doubling the number of games being shown and this is reflected in the 55% increase in subscribers in 2015.”
“No matter how far away from home, regardless of time zone, GAA fans still want to stay in touch with the action as it happens, and be part of conversation with family and friends at home.”
“GAAGO, now entering its third year in operation, continues to go from strength to strength and we are delighted to once again bring such a high quality viewing service to the thousands of GAA members worldwide, added Peter McKenna, GAA Commercial & Stadium Director.
“Making our games readily available using the latest technological innovation is crucial to the Association staying current and maintaining a connection between our international GAA fan base and our marquee events at home”.
The service is also being used as a fundraiser for the more than 400 overseas GAA clubs now established around the world. Season pass subscribers can nominate a club outside of Ireland and they will receive a direct payment as a result.
“130 overseas clubs benefited from the Club scheme in 2015,” said Donal Moriarty, GAAGo’s Product Leader.
The pricing in 2016 remains unchanged with a season pass costing €160.
“This includes all the games broadcast live on RTE, TG4, Setanta and Sky Sports,” added GAA Media Rights Manager Noel Quinn.
British viewers pay £100 but don’t have access through the service to the games broadcast on Sky Sports.
Individual games will cost between €10 and €14 as the season progresses.
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