It's great news for ClubberTV as they sign major deal with Aviva

IT'S been some week for popular GAA streaming platform 'Clubber' and their CEO and founder, Jimmy Doyle.

- BY KARL O'KANE

After five years of steady growth — or “blood sweat and tears” as Doyle terms it — they signed a high-profile sponsorship deal with insurance giant Aviva.

And this weekend Clubber will show a record-breaking 81 live GAA club championship games from eight different counties.

Doyle now has 14 County Boards on his books and he says he can’t understand why more don't sign up.

Viewership goes along expected lines — with one massive outlier to it all.

Clubber’s highest viewership ever was for a Kerry Intermediate Championship final two years ago.

“There's a valid reason,” says Doyle.

“You can probably guess why that was. You know who plays for Fossa?”

Yes we do.

“It helps when David Clifford is on the pitch — he’s good for numbers,” continues Doyle.

“He's great.

“In the semifinal of that competition they (Fossa) were down a point going into injury-time and he scored a point for the ages from the sideline.

“It was just magic.

“He went on to have an unbelievable performance in that game to get his club into the final.

“I think they (Fossa) are still our top gun.”

Surprisingly, just 10 per cent of Clubber's audience is from outside o Ireland.

At €150 for an annual subscription, fans can literally view hundreds of games live or watch them back again.

They're a slick operation now and a tight one, with 10 full time staff and a small but growing army of camera operators and commentators across the country, with most games a two-person job.

The Aviva sponsorship deal is another string to their bow.