Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion
Mr. Peter McKenna:
Yes. On the free-to-access, and to put some numbers on the record, more than 300 games were put out in total. That would have compared to 170 in the previous contract. That is an increase of nearly 80% in the number of matches that we have put out. Of that, only 50 are behind a paywall, which was less than what we had in the previous contract, which was 52.
Deputy Dillon is shaking his head but Eir used to carry behind a paywall all of the National Leagues that are now put on RTÉ and TG4, so the number of games that have gone on to free-to-air is actually less. Behind the paywall is at the 16-17% mark, whereas in the previous contract, it was up on over 30%, so we have moved away-----
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