Why Sky Sports were inspired by Game Of Thrones in their GAA coverage

It’s GAAme of Thrones for the summer.

By Fintan O'Toole Wednesday 6 May 2015, 5:49 PM

May 6th 2015, 5:49 PM 6,255 Views 2 Comments

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SKY SPORTS LAUNCHED their 2015 GAA coverage yesterday in London and anyone familiar with last year’s debut by the broadcaster will have noticed something familiar about the intro to their live GAA games.

When Sky Sports came to deciding on their GAA intro, they looked at a TV show broadcast by another Sky channel for inspiration.

It’s no accident that it looks similar to the intro to ‘Game of Thrones’.

Sky Sports Director of Production Steve Smith explained the thinking behind the move.

Source: YouTube Screengrab

“We like the music, we like the feel and wanted to incorporate the kingdoms feel with the county badges. If you look at our title sequence, it’s very much sort of modeled on the title sequence of the Game of Thrones.

“We asked our team to come up with something like that.”

Source: YouTube Screengrab

So all these people were right then.

Do you know who is feeling all of the schadenfreude right now? Game of Thrones fans sans Sky looking at GAA fans.
— Emmet #DelaneyNearlyGone Ryan (@emmetjryan) April 6, 2014

Source: Emmet Ryan/Twitter

Sky sports have gone for a game of thrones-esque intro for their GAA coverage #GAAmeOfThrones
— Kevin McNally (@Caoimhin_McN) June 7, 2014

Source: Kevin McNally/Twitter

Just caught the intro to game of thrones on Sky Sports 3 then realised it's actually the intro to their new #GAA coverage. GAA is coming.
— Stephen Kavanagh (@steokavanagh) June 7, 2014

Source: Stephen Kavanagh/Twitter

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Why Sky Sports were inspired by Game Of Thrones in their GAA coverage

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