Over 30 Under 20 football and hurling games on TG4 platforms
TG4 will show over 30 games live on television and on the Spórt TG4’s YouTube channel from the EirGrid Under 20 football championship and oneills.com Under 20 hurling championship in the coming months.
Coverage begins today (Wednesday) with three games on Spórt TG4’s YouTube channel, including the Mayo v Galway game from the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence, Bekan, which throws in at 7 p.m. Log on to https://youtu.be/u53f9ecjBO0 for live coverage of this Connacht championship quarterfinal clash.
Elsewhere tonight, the Munster hurling championship games between Limerick and Clare and Kerry and Tipperary will be covered live on the Spórt TG4 YouTube channel.
Coverage continues on Friday (April 8) with the EirGrid Under 20 Ulster football championship semi-finals between Cavan and Derry and Donegal and Tyrone, both throwing in at 8 p.m.
The announcement comes hot on the heels of a hugely successful first quarter for TG4’s GAA coverage. TG4 broadcast 37 live GAA games across its different viewing platforms (TG4, TG4 Player App and Spórt TG4 YouTube channel) during the Allianz Leagues. A total of 768,000 people saw at least one full match of GAA Beo on TG4 television during this time and the series had a reach of 1.56 million.
GAA Beo broadcast five Allianz leagues finals on TG4 and the weekend’s action had a reach of 756,000 for the games. The Allianz National Football League Division 1 final was the biggest hit with TG4 viewers as an average audience of 228,000 watched Kerry take on Mayo.
TG4 was also widely applauded for their innovative ‘picture-in-picture’ coverage, which showcased all the drama of the final rounds of the Allianz leagues.
This was in addition to the triumphant return of the AIB club championships and the first ever GAA game to be televised from the NUI Galway Connacht GAA Air Dome with the FBD Connacht League final.
GAA Beo will continue to be the home of live and exclusive coverage of GAA on TG4. The series will be presented by Micheál Ó Domhnaill, with commentary by Brian Tyers and many others. The series is produced by Waterford-based production company Nemeton TV.
Details will be announced later in the month of TG4’s coverage of the Electric Ireland minor football and hurling championships and the TG4 Ladies Gaelic Football championships.
In addition to the live coverage of these games, GAA 2022 – TG4’s weekly Gaelic games TV highlights show – will continue on Monday nights at 8 p.m. The series will broadcast all the best action from the previous weekend’s GAA games, including highlights from the TG4 Ladies Gaelic Football championships.
Rónán Ó Coisdealbha, TG4 head of sport, commented: “Both the Under 20 football and hurling championships were so exciting last year. We’re looking forward to showcasing and championing even more young talent across TG4’s broadcast and streaming platforms. As a public service broadcaster, we pride ourselves on bringing all this action to Irish audiences on free to air platforms available to all.
“So far in 2022, TG4 has brought GAA fans the best of the Allianz leagues, the AIB club championship, the Masita post-primary schools championships and the Electric Ireland higher education championships finals.
“GAA Beo has ensured that fans of Gaelic Games have never been closer the action while watching the games at home.
“TG4 is very proud of the on-screen innovations that Nemeton TV have developed on GAA Beo, including the overhead tactic cam and picture-in-picture ‘Red zone’ type coverage which they delivered alongside their already comprehensive production.”