Media venture studio FAST Studios has announced partnerships with four key leagues and sports organizations to expand the programming slate for the upcoming Women’s Sports Network, a free, ad-supported, 24/7 streaming destination dedicated exclusively to women’s sports. The Women’s Sports Network will welcome content from athlete-driven organization Athletes Unlimited, a network of player driven sports […]
Sky Ireland has today launched a brand-new campaign to celebrate their primary partnership with the Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team, as Vera Pauw and her squad prepare for their first World Cup Qualifier of 2022, against Sweden on April 12th. Sky Ireland’s campaign, titled ‘Outbelieve’, includes the very first dedicated Women’s National Team TV […]
Sky Sports will make the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup final between England and Australia on April 3rd available for the whole of the UK to watch on Sky Showcase, PICK and the Sky Sports YouTube channel. Following England’s victory over South Africa on march 31st, England Women are now one win away from defending […]
STARZ, in partnership with the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA, has published an international consumer survey examining consumer perceptions and demands for diverse, authentic and inclusive media representation. Among the top findings from the International Audiences Want to See More Diverse Representation On and Off Screen survey, results indicate that diversity on screen […]
beIN Media Group has announced that the remainder of the UEFA Women’s Champion’s League (UWCL) will be available as a free-to-air broadcast across all of beIN’s 24 markets in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), both on linear and via streaming. beIN’s announcement, on International Women’s Day, is the latest in a number of […]
No Woman No Try, a confronting documentary about the current status of gender, ethnicity and sexual equality within women’s rugby, will premiere exclusively on Prime Video worldwide, on March 25th. No Woman No Try explores gender inequality through the lens of rugby and the women and men championing change across the sporting community. Professional rugby […]
Sky Sports is extending its partnership with the Women’s Sport Collective, the networking group driving positive change for women in sport. The initial collaboration in 2021 was born from a shared desire to help shape the industry to become a more accepting and inclusive environment for women. This continued partnership and investment from Sky Sports […]
The 30th Women in Film and TV (UK) Awards have taken place at the Park Lane Hilton celebrating 2021’s inspiring women from the film and TV industry, with fourteen awards categories covering all aspects of the industry including directing, performance, producing, business and project management. Hosted for the first time by Mel Giedroyc, a previous […]
New app Call It! aims to help the TV & film industry stamp out bullying, harassment, and all forms of discrimination in the workplace. Designed to engender collective and individual accountability, Call It! seeks to empower everyone working in the film and TV industry to record incidents quickly and anonymously, providing easy access to companies […]
A report from the European Audiovisual Observatory reveals that women are still under-represented in the TV fiction industry in Europe. This report provides an assessment of the gender imbalance within six audiovisual professional categories in European TV fiction. Key highlights include: Women directors collaborated with other directors more often than their male counterparts, and quite […]