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Roku Sports adds National Women’s Soccer League Zone

Roku has launched the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Zone in the US – a new destination in the Roku Sports experience. The NWSL Zone will showcase live and upcoming games, programming and more from the premier professional women’s soccer league. This is Roku’s first women’s league-branded zone, arriving in time for the season which […]

March 14, 2025

Ofcom calls on tech firms to make online world safer for females

Ofcom has proposed “concrete measures” that tech firms should take to tackle online harms against women and girls, setting a new standard for their online safety. With insights from victims, survivors, women’s advocacy groups and safety experts, the new draft guidance sets out practical, ambitious but achievable measures that providers can implement to improve women’s and girls’ […]

February 25, 2025

Little Dot Sport, WPLL extend social media partnership

Content studio and digital media network, Little Dot Studios – an All3Media company – has announced the renewal of its social media partnership with Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL), under its sports-specialist label, Little Dot Sport. The two-year extension will continue to drive the growth of women’s football fandom and engagement across all digital platforms. […]

February 20, 2025

Women in Film and TV Launches 2025 Four Nations Mentoring Scheme

Women in Film and TV (UK) (WFTV) is stepping up its efforts to empower women in the screen industries with the launch of its 2025 Four Nations Mentoring Scheme. Designed for mid-career women working in film, television, and creative media, the scheme offers unparalleled opportunities to accelerate careers in an industry where women remain underrepresented […]

January 22, 2025

DAZN Women’s Football YouTube channel hits 1m followers

DAZN has announced that its Women’s Football YouTube channel is now followed by one million fans and has received 2.8 billion impressions since launch. DAZN Women’s Football acts as an effective marketing channel for DAZN’s free on-platform women’s football environment, enabling viewers to discover the game before transitioning to the DAZN platform for unrestricted access […]

November 25, 2024

DAZN partners with EuroLeague Women

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and FIBA Europe have announced DAZN as the global broadcast partner for action from EuroLeague Women this season. Europe’s top women’s basketball competition, EuroLeague Women, sees 16 clubs from across the continent compete across an autumn-spring league. The format for the competition was recently revamped ahead of the 2024-25 season, […]

November 19, 2024

WBD, TNT Sports launch Reframe the Game initiative

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) Access, the development programme for under-represented creatives, and TNT Sports have launched Reframe the Game, a new initiative created to give women filmmakers the opportunity to tell untold stories from across women’s sport. The programme invites women filmmakers and directors to share a short documentary concept in response to the prompt […]

November 6, 2024

WSL extends Sky, BBC deals

The Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL) has agreed the biggest broadcast partnership yet for women’s football in the UK & Ireland following a new rights agreement with Sky and BBC Sport. The new deal sees both broadcasters commit to the Barclays Women’s Super League (WSL) for a further five years in a deal worth a […]

October 30, 2024By Nik Roseveare

ITV extends Lionesses deal

ITV has agreed a new four-year record deal with The FA as they will continue to be the home of the Lionesses from 2025-2029. The deal will see the broadcaster air all of the England senior women’s teams qualifying fixtures for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 and UEFA Women’s Euro 2029, as well as […]

October 29, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Women’s sport pays off for advertisers

GroupM, the WPP buying agency, says it has “exceeded” its goal to double the annual media spend on women’s sports programming. It had announced its intention to double its spend in the area earlier this year, in connection to the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament, which drew record-breaking ratings. Now it says it past that […]

October 29, 2024