GAA and FAI say their streaming services must not feel impact of proposed 'Netflix levy'

The minister for culture, communications and sport Patrick O’Donovan has been critical of the idea, saying earlier this year that the public paying the licence fee and subscription services are 'quite frankly paying enough'. File photo: Andrew Downes

The GAA and the FAI have said that their streaming services, such as GAAGo and LOI TV, must not feel the brunt of the proposed “Netflix levy”, and it should be treated differently to the likes of Disney+ and Amazon Prime in any such proposals.

The Oireachtas Media Committee was urged to consider the impact of such a levy on smaller, Irish-based services in its proposals and the impact for those showing matches that sports watchers would otherwise be unable to see.