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Wildling Pictures options Woman on the Edge

Toronto-based film and television production company Wildling Pictures has optioned the international best-selling novel Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey with coproducers, Toronto-based Little Mama Media for a series adaptation. The psychological thriller adaptation represents Wildling’s growing slate of high-end scripted TV series, following the launch of its TV division last year. In […]

July 12, 2024

Bolt+ lands WBSC’s 2024 WBCS’s Women’s Finals

Bolt+, the interactive streaming platform, has secured the global live streaming rights for WBSC’s 2024 Women’s Softball World Cup Finals in Italy and WBSC’s 2024 Women’s Baseball World Cup Finals in Canada. Through a partnership with The Dooya Media Group, Bolt+ will be the streaming home for these events in most territories around the world. […]

June 24, 2024

Study: Gender gap narrowing in Gen Z sports engagement

The gap between female and male engagement in sport is narrowing, with Gen Z adult female engagement figures on the rise, according to the EY Sports Engagement Index. The EY survey of over 4,000 UK adults uses comparative data to identify engagement levels across a range of sports by measuring the number of adults actively […]

June 3, 2024

Meet the 2024 Manchester City Women’s Team: Stars of the Pitch

As the 2024 season kicks off, the Manchester City Women’s Team is ready to impress fans with their top-notch performances. They’ve built a strong reputation in women’s football through their impressive plays in recent years. This season, the team is making some important changes by adding new talented players and adjusting their strategies to aim […]

May 7, 2024By Brian Blewis

Northern Ireland’s Women’s Premiership on DAZN

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and the Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL), have announced DAZN as the new home of live action from Sports Direct Women’s Premiership. In a first commercial broadcast rights agreement for football in Northern Ireland, the top division of female football in the NI Football League will exclusively partner with DAZN […]

May 3, 2024

Data: Women leading Oscars addressable audiences

Female-fronted movies are proving most popular in the UK ahead of The Oscars ceremony, according to data from advertising technology firm Quantcast. However, Oppenheimer is widely expected to scoop the big prize, pointing at a disparity between what captures the imagination and the critics’ choice. The insight shows that if The Oscars were based on […]

March 7, 2024

Virgin Media TV adds DAZN Women’s Football channel

Virgin Media TV customers can now access DAZN Women’s Football channel at no extra cost. The company becomes the first UK pay-TV provider to carry the dedicated FAST channel. Available to Virgin TV customers directly via their set-top-box, DAZN’s FAST channel offers viewers live football coverage of the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL), which features […]

March 1, 2024

DAZN proposes ‘The New Deal’ for women’s football

Brands, broadcasters and clubs are being invited to support a campaign to ensure a commercially robust future for women’s football. Sports streaming platform DAZN, one of the leading investors in women’s football, has already attracted commercial support, including from EA Sports and Adidas as global sponsors of UEFA Women’s Champions League coverage. The New Deal […]

January 17, 2024

TNT Sports to air England Women’s cricket tour of India

TNT Sports will broadcast exclusive coverage of the England Women’s cricket tour of India live from Mumbai. Fans cans tune into the action as the Indian side host an England team captained by Heather Knight in three T20Is at the Wankhede Stadium, followed by a four-day Test at DY Patil Stadium. England Women last toured […]

December 5, 2023

Research: Interest in Women’s football grows

Research from Ampere Analysis reveals the increasing global appetite for women’s football competitions. The research reveals that 7 per cent of consumers globally reported interest in international women’s football competitions in Q3 2023, up 29 per cent on figures reported at the beginning of the year, with South Africa, Brazil and Sweden seeing the highest […]

December 1, 2023