Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport
General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Mark Scanlon:
Nothing. When we launched WATCHLOI in 2020, it was partnership with RTÉ. Since we developed LOITV in 2021, the FAI has not taken any money from LOITV. It has been purely a service that we have provided for the clubs and in conjunction with the clubs. Any profits that have been made, as small as they have been, have gone directly back into the clubs to help their day-to-day operations. That has mostly just covered the cost of their own production levels to get all of the games up and running. As I mentioned, commentators and camera operators have been working on a largely voluntary basis, particularly in the lower divisions. The FAI itself has not made any money from the service.
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