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WFTV mames women taking part in 2023 4 Nations Mentoring Scheme

Women in Film and TV (UK) has announced the 41 women across the UK who are taking part in its 2023 Four Nations Mentoring Scheme. This year’s mentors include BBC’s Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore, STV Drama’s Creative Director Sarah Brown, Film Producer Iain Canning, Executive Producer and Head of Drama at Working Title TV Surian Fletcher-Jones, Founder of British […]

January 26, 2023

Viacom18 acquires WIPL rights

The BCCI had issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for media rights to the Women’s Indian Premier League (WIPL) seasons 2023 – 2027. Pursuant to the bidding process, has announced that Viacom18 Media is the successful bidder for the consolidated bid for the media rights (i.e., global televisions rights and global digital rights). Viacom18 Media […]

January 16, 2023

EBU scores Women’s World Cup rights

Eurovision Sport has announced a new agreement with FIFA to acquire comprehensive media rights to broadcast next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 covering 28 territories on behalf of 32 EBU Members, including four radio Members. The media rights acquired comprise transmission on TV, digital and radio. EBU Members are committing to providing more coverage […]

October 24, 2022

Nominees for BT Sport Action Woman of the Year Award 2022

BT Sport has announced the nominees for the tenth annual BT Sport Action Woman of the Year Award. In a historic year of achievement for women’s sport, the BT Sport Action Woman Award celebrates six of 2022’s outstanding performances. 2022 will be remembered as a year of victories on home soil. The Lionesses were crowned […]

October 19, 2022

Sky pulls record audience for women’s sport event

Over 2 million viewers tuned in to the historic night of women’s boxing on October 15th making it the most watched women’s professional boxing event in history, and the biggest audience for a live women’s sport event ever on Sky. The event, presented by Sky Sports and BOXXER from The O2, was headlined by Claressa […]

October 18, 2022By Nik Roseveare

BBC Cymru scores Wales Women’s football

The Football Association of Wales and BBC Cymru Wales have announced a new broadcast partnership deal which sees the BBC have the rights to broadcast Wales’s international Women’s Football games for the next five years. This includes the remaining qualifying games for the FIFA World Cup finals, hosted in Australia and New Zealand, the next […]

September 7, 2022

DAZN acquires women’s La Liga rights

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has acquired the exclusive rights of La Liga Profesional de Fútbol Femenino (LPFF) to broadcast the Primera División Femenina to both domestic fans and global audiences for the next five seasons (2022/23 – 2026/27). In Spain, DAZN will live stream every single championship match, with seven out of the eight […]

September 6, 2022

ITV to air England Women’s rugby warm ups

ITV will show live coverage of England Women’s Summer Nations Series matches against USA and Wales. Both matches will be shown on ITV4 and ITV Hub. The matches will provide an opportunity to see England Women in action in the lead up to ITV’s coverage of the Women’s Rugby World Cup, which kicks off on […]

September 1, 2022

DAZN to air Women’s Rugby World Cup warm up matches

DAZN, the sports streaming service, has agreed an exclusive deal with Pitch International to broadcast six Women’s Rugby World Cup warm up matches. The matches will be streamed exclusively on DAZN in Canada and most European markets* and will see some of the most successful teams in international women’s rugby compete, ahead of the Women’s […]

August 25, 2022

SWPL signs new TV deal with BBC

The Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL) has announced a new three-year deal with BBC ALBA and BBC Scotland for live matches and highlights of the league. The new agreement with both stations, which runs until the end of the 2024/25 season, is the biggest with the channels since they began covering the women’s game in […]

August 11, 2022