WATCHLOI, the live streaming service for the SSE Airtricity Premier Division headed by the Football Association of Ireland, RTÉ Sport and GAAGO, will cease operating at the mid-season break.
Premier Division games will be streamed live on a new platform after the mid-season break which is scheduled for Saturday 29 May.
This season's agreement for WATCHLOI was only scheduled for 14 rounds of matches.
The FAI, RTÉ Sport and GAAGO successfully partnered to deliver the WATCHLOI broadcast platform to provide supporters access to Premier Division matches during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result, the 2020 season was able to restart in July 2020 and WATCHLOI covered every match during the campaign as well as every fixture so far in the 2021 Premier Division.
The FAI’s league director Mark Scanlon said: "We'd like to place on record our thanks and appreciation to RTÉ Sport and GAAGO for their fantastic support of the League of Ireland through WATCHLOI.
"At a time of uncertainty around the restart of the 2020 season, WATCHLOI was created to ensure that we supplied high-quality coverage of the Premier Division to supporters both in Ireland and across the world. I'd also like to thank the production staff and commentators for their fantastic coverage and passion for the league.
"We will be heading in a different direction after the mid-season break with a new streaming platform for supporters and more details will be announced in the coming weeks."
RTÉ Sport will broadcast selected SSE Airtricity Premier Division and FAI Cup matches for the remainder of the season. A secondary broadcaster was not secured by the league this campaign.
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