Exclusive: GAA proposes to buy RTÉ's 50% share of GAAGO

Contacted on Wednesday, the GAA did not refer to the approach to RTÉ to buy their GAAGO share but acknowledged the championship media rights deals would be retained. 

Negotiations between the GAA and RTÉ regarding GAAGO are expected to take place over the coming weeks. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The GAA is taking a step closer to creating its own broadcasting arm by proposing to buy RTÉ out of their 50% share of premium streaming service GAAGO.

As the Irish Examiner reported on Wednesday afternoon, negotiations will soon begin on the sports organisation purchasing the pay-per-view platform in its entirety. It is a business which in 2023 generated €5.23m in revenue for the jointly-owned company, an increase of over 100% from €2.6m the previous year.