Sky has announced a historic five-year partnership with the Women’s Professional League, securing the rights to broadcast almost 90 per cent of all Women’s Super League matches from the 2025/26 season.
Sky will be broadcasting 118 matches from the WSL per seasonmore than three times the number of games currently, back Exclusively featured 78 fixtures. With more than 75 per cent of first picks, plus all closing weekend matches exclusive to Sky, women’s football fans are guaranteed the best matches from England’s top flight week in, week out.
“This is an incredibly exciting and significant moment for women’s sports. The long-term partnership reflects our commitment to women’s football and provides a platform for us to continue to work with WPLL Sky CEO Dana Strong. fans, grow the game and create the most entertaining and competitive women’s soccer league in the world.
“As the home of sport, Sky is already the biggest investor in women’s sport in the UK and Ireland and this new partnership demonstrates our support for elite female athletes. We look forward to telling their stories and inspiring the next generation. fans.”
The new partnership enables Sky to show the matches Women’s Championship and: Women’s League Cupincluding the finale. This brings both competitions to Sky platforms for the first time.
By 2023, Sky Sports will broadcast more than 70 per cent of live women’s sport. Women’s football can be enjoyed alongside England Cricket, The Hundred, US Open Tennis, WTA Tour, Women’s Golf, England Netball, F1 Academy, WPL Cricket, Women’s Boxing, Women’s Super League (Rugby League) and more.
Football fans can enjoy this huge increase in women’s games from next season, at the same time as Sky’s record deal with the Premier League kicks off, including at least 215 matches – a 70 per cent increase exclusively live.
With over 1,000 EFL games every season, alongside the biggest games in the SPFL and SWPL, Sky is the unrivaled home of domestic football and is set to give fans of each team in these leagues more opportunities to watch their club than ever before. by choice and choice. value within their subscription. With the introduction of Sky Sports+ earlier this year, customers now have access to 50 per cent more sport at no extra cost.
Sky Sports will continue to invest marketing spend, production budget and promotion on its market leading platforms to increase viewing and fandom of the women’s game. This includes dedicated social media content on Sky Sports’ WSL TikTok and Snapchat accounts, making the WSL accessible to even more fans.
Instantly, contract-free access to all Sky Sports channels, Non-Sky subscribers can buy a NOW Sports Day or Month Pass.
Free-to-air highlights of every WSL game this season can also be seen on Sky Sports’ digital platforms, including the website, app and YouTube channels.
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