Sport Buff’s video overlays will provide ‘gamification’ experiences for fans to participate in during live games. Fan engagement and gamification specialist Sport Buff has partnered with Atalanta Media to deliver a “revolutionary broadcast experience” for Ata Football, the global destination of women’s football. Together, Sport Buff and Atalanta Media will work across live, archive and […]
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Rakuten TV announced women’s football doc series, Champions
The series will be free-to-air on Rakuten TV next year. Streaming service Rakuten TV has commissioned 6×30-minute documentary series, Champions, focusing on the world’s leading female footballers. The series centres on six current players, who travel to different countries to meet with long-time players and legends of the sport, as well as some of the […]
Wnited to live stream UEFA Women’s Champions League worldwide for free
The OTT platform will offer the tournament’s matches for free, live and on demand, through low latency streams in broadcast quality. Wnited, the global streaming service for women’s football, is live streaming UEFA Women’s Champions League worldwide for free this month. The service is being delivered on Red Bee Media’s OTT platform, with content provided […]
Dugout reveals 700% increase in interest in its women’s football content
The global increase in interest in women’s football is reflected in Dugout’s stats for the last 12 months. Football content provider Dugout has revealed it’s seen a 700% increase in ‘engagement’ in women’s football content over the last year. Dugout hosts footage from a range of women’s teams, including Arsenal Women Football Club; Manchester City […]
Gravity Media and Atalanta Media to co-create Women’s Football content
The partnership will create productions that will “enable women’s football to shine its brightest.” Production services specialist Gravity Media has teamed up with newly-formed women’s football company Atalanta Media to create a new women’s football offering. The new service brings together the best women’s football action from across Europe. The content is being overseen and […]
BT Sport and Insight TV team up for women’s football reality series
The six-parter, Ultimate Goal, will air later this year. BT Sport and 4K specialist Insight TV have teamed up to create six-part reality format, Ultimate Goal. The production follows 28 women as they compete to take part in a one-off match in front of scouts from women’s teams around the world. The series will be […]
BBC Alba to bring live football back to free-to-air TV from Saturday
The Scottish broadcaster is the first free-to-air channel to show live sports since lockdown. Scottish free-to-air channel BBC Alba is to air live coverage of German women’s Bundesliga. It becomes the first UK free-to-air broadcaster to show live sport since lockdown. Its exclusive live coverage of the games will start this Saturday (30 May). BBC […]
Viewpoint: Encouraging diversity in production
Words: Anna Ward, head of production for Premier League Productions, IMG Stockley Park is not only home to the much talked about VAR, it’s also the base for IMG’s Studios production outfit. We employ over 600 technical and production staff with a client and programming portfolio of many of the world’s top sports federations and […]
COVID-19’s effect on football: Spotlight on the Women’s Game
Rebecca Smith, global director of the women’s game, Copa90 gives her opinion on how the coronavirus crisis could impact the growth of women’s football. The effects of the coronavirus pandemic is being felt across the globe and the consequences for football and in particular women’s football are multifaceted and complex. The recent announcements that the […]
Fifa to release video archive on YouTube, Weibo, and website
The governing body is looking to give fans something to watch while matches are postponed Fifa has revealed it will release part of its video archive of matches from the World Cup and Women’s World Cup on its site, YouTube, and Weibo over the next six weeks. Matches will first be put on the governing […]
FA looks to monetise women’s football rights for first time
It has brought in media rights specialists, Women’s Sport Group The FA is looking to monetise women’s football rights for the first time. Since 2011, the BBC and BT Sport have shown the Women’s Super League (WSL), only covering production costs in return – reports The Telegraph. The FA also launched the FA Player – […]
DCMS plans greater diversity in ‘listed’ sports events for free-to-air TV
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) reveals plans for greater diversity in listed sports events. Talking at the Westminster Media Forum Sports Broadcasting event this morning, Alastair Jones, head of UK television policy at DCMS, revealed plans to add a number of women’s and disability sports to the list of ‘crown jewel’ […]
BT Sport to bolster women’s and disability football coverage
Plans revealed to increase content around women’s football and disability football and encourage more women to take up production roles BT Sport will increase its coverage of women’s football, put more focus on disability football, and provide more broadcast training to girls. The developments were announced during the launch of BT’s 4-3-3 strategy, which sees […]
Copa90 investigates darker side of women’s football
Facebook Watch doc examines sexual abuse scandal in the Afghan national women’s team Copa90 is investigating the darker side of women’s football in its Facebook Watch show The Other Half. Host Caspar Lee examines the sexual abuse scandal that engulfed the Afghanistan national women’s team – and the wider issues it raises for the women’s […]
Australia’s Optus Sport signs three-year Women’s Super League deal
Exclusive Barclays FA Women’s Super League deal starts this weekend Australia’s Optus Sport has picked up the exclusive live rights for the Barclays FA Women’s Super League, the top-tier of English women’s football. The deal is for the next three years and covers around 50 live matches a season. It begins the weekend (Sunday 17 […]
Red Bee launches women’s football streamer
OTT service will launch early next year Swedish sports rights agency Spring Media has partnered with Red Bee Media to launch the world’s first women’s football streaming service. The duo have formed Wnited, which will launch early next year with more than 300 live matches across its first 12 months, along with a range of […]
Copa90 launches dedicated women’s football show
That’s The Tea looks to build on momentum of Women’s World Cup Football platform Copa90 is launching its first show devoted to the women’s game, That’s The Tea. Sports presenter Nicole Holliday presents the first episode of That’s The Tea (TTT), hosting guests: DJ and former Chelsea player Monki; West Ham midfielder Julia Simic; and […]
COPA90 reveals exclusive content for Women’s Super League
Matchday previews and social media ‘takeovers’ make up COPA90’s content this weekend COPA90 has created a mixture of content to mark the kick off of the Barclays FA Women’s Super League this weekend. COPA90 has produced a matchday preview for the Manchester City vs Manchester United game, featuring City’s captain Steph Houghton, which is now […]