Colin Healy: LOITV is giving clubs valuable insight into opposition

The system came in for early criticism from fans, with issues with the quality and reliability of the picture and sound, but most of these appear to have been rectified

Cork City manager Colin Healy: As coaches, you can look at the opposition (on LOITV) and whatever system they are playing; you can look at their strengths and weaknesses'. Picture: Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

Cork City boss Colin Healy believes the addition of streaming platform LOITV has been a huge boost to teams in the League of Ireland as a means of checking out opponents.

LOITV is the streaming platform for the First Division and the Women’s National League — WNL games are accessible free of charge — which has been sold to fans as a separate product to Watch LOI, the streaming product for the Premier Division. The automised system uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to track the play.