Ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand, research has revealed the extent to which interest in women’s football has grown in the four years since the 2019 tournament in France. The worldwide study commissioned by WSC Sports – a provider of AI-driven sports content – surveyed over 14,000 people spanning five […]
The Women’s World Cup is set to begin on July 20th with the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) playing Vietnam the next day. A Seton Hall Sports Poll found that 30 per cent of Americans surveyed will watch or follow FIFA’s 32-nation soccer tournament – a number that grows to 46 per cent among sports […]
FIFA has announced the release of its new FIFA+ Original series, All Roads Lead Down Under, a six-part documentary that provides an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrayal of the extraordinary journey undertaken by over 170 national women’s football teams to qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023. The series captures the essence of the upcoming historic […]
Rakuten TV, the streaming platform, is launching a new football FAST channel, FIFA+, in time for the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which kicks off on July 20th. The FIFA+ Fast channel will be available in Europe, in markets such as the UK, Spain, France, Germany and Italy and includes hundreds of hours of content with […]
IMG, a specialist in sports, events and media, will produce the BBC’s coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, taking place in Australia and New Zealand from July 20th. Under the agreement, IMG will manage the incoming live match feed, studio presentation and highlight programming for the BBC’s 33 fixtures throughout the tournament, including the […]
Spanish TV group Mediapro has reported an 18 per cent rise in profit in 2022 to €189 million, improving its forecast by €50 million This strong result has been achieved in spite of flat revenues standing at €1.2 billion. Historic debt has also been reduced to €435 million. Large audiences for the Qatar football World […]
With the Women’s Football World Cup set to kick off in Australia and New Zealand on July 20th, Kantar has looked at which consumer groups are most likely to follow the tournament. Kantar TGI data reveals nearly one in four British men plan to follow the Women’s World Cup; 24 per cent (6.3 million) say […]
The BBC and ITV will share live television coverage of the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Both broadcasters have now revealed their schedule and proposed picks for the tournament ahead. The tournament kicks-off on the BBC, with live coverage of host nation New Zealand facing Norway in Auckland at […]
South African broadcasting giant MultiChoice Group has reported its annual profit rose 2 per cent in its financial year to March 31st. It said it had enjoyed strong overall subscriber growth and profit elsewhere in Africa which helped offset poor market conditions in South Africa itself. For the year to March 31st, core headline earnings […]
One For All, a four-part docuseries from Neo Studios on Belgian football stars Thibaut Courtois, Romelu Lukaku and Axel Witsel, will be available exclusively on Prime Video in the UK & Ireland, Benelux, Spain and Italy from May 25th. Incorporating six months of filming, the four x 30’ series tracks the players across multiple continents […]