BT Sport keen on bidding for GAA TV rights

BT Sport yesterday expressed an interest in bidding for a slice of the GAA’s television rights package the next time they’re up for negotiation, with a senior figure in the organisation saying he hoped the timing "would fit BT’s strategy".

Grant Best, Emmy award-winning executive channel producer with BT Sport, was speaking at The Business of Sports Science conference at the RDS when he described Gaelic games as “exciting” and a ratings winner.

“We look at all sports rights,” said Best. “Right now we are concentrating on football, we have exclusive rights to the Champions League and the Europa League, those are the next big things for us.