Replying To baire: "I agree and most ppl are not interested in the pundits or their analysis either, they can make their own judgements on the game. The games could easily be shown at very little cost with modern technology."
Then why is there so much commentary on what these pundits say then? If the games could be shown so easily then why are they not? Because the costs needed dont make it worthwhile
Replying To PyatPree: "I agree, they should have a red button for English commentary like what s4c does in Wales"
Is money there for TG4 to do this and why should they when it isnt their mandate. They already have a significant enough amount of English language programming on so do they need much more. It doesnt bother the rugby fans too much for commentary or punditry
Replying To GreenandRed: "I think some of the drop off in speaking Irish is to do with the huge inlux of technology media we've seen in the past 20 years and probably moreso the past 20 years and almost all English speaking. People read books less and less, in English or other languages. TV, Tablets, Phones, Laptops beaming us stuff through the internet that catches the imagination of out youth's. Somehow we need to come up with a way to get people young and old voluntarily interested in speaking Irish. Even kids out training having to speak as Gaeilge during the training sessions might be worth it but it's definitely easier said than done. Put the Cúl back into Cúlcamps and promote Irish and the GAA too."
Goes back a lot further than that 20 years and the influx of technology.
Over 800,000 people tuned into RTÉ2 for yesterday's All-Ireland hurling final. The national broadcaster has revealed that an average of 804,500 viewers, or 72% of those watching television at the time, saw Tipperary beat old rivals Kilkenny. The audience peaked at 901,900 just after 5pm as Liam Sheedy's men closed in on one of the biggest prizes in Irish sport. There were a further 96,000 streams on RTÉ Player. Sky Sports, who also provided live coverage of the final, have yet to release their viewership figures
Replying To supersub15: "Over 800,000 people tuned into RTÉ2 for yesterday's All-Ireland hurling final. The national broadcaster has revealed that an average of 804,500 viewers, or 72% of those watching television at the time, saw Tipperary beat old rivals Kilkenny. The audience peaked at 901,900 just after 5pm as Liam Sheedy's men closed in on one of the biggest prizes in Irish sport. There were a further 96,000 streams on RTÉ Player. Sky Sports, who also provided live coverage of the final, have yet to release their viewership figures
Replying To supersub15: "Over 800,000 people tuned into RTÉ2 for yesterday's All-Ireland hurling final. The national broadcaster has revealed that an average of 804,500 viewers, or 72% of those watching television at the time, saw Tipperary beat old rivals Kilkenny. The audience peaked at 901,900 just after 5pm as Liam Sheedy's men closed in on one of the biggest prizes in Irish sport. There were a further 96,000 streams on RTÉ Player. Sky Sports, who also provided live coverage of the final, have yet to release their viewership figures
Enough said do the maths, it's self explanatory."
I think you have misread the RTE statement. It only refers to RTE viewers.
Replying To gilly1910: "All well and good if you understand what they're saying, but if you're like most of the population who haven't a clue what they're saying, then it's not so good!!"