THE GAA are looking at the possibility of purchasing RTE’s share of controversial streaming platform GAAGO, it has been claimed.
The national broadcaster and the sports body each hold a 50 per cent stake in the service, but Croke Park may attempt to take full control in a bid to create their own broadcasting site, it has been reported.
In October, it was revealed that subscription revenues at the joint venture surged last year by €2.6m – a massive 118 per cent increase – to €4.96m.
Launched in 2014, GAAGO has been subject of much criticism in the past two years since it picked up the rights to matches that had previously aired on Sky Sports.
Some major championship games have been shown behind a subscription servicewhile there has also been anger at …