Red Bee and Spring Media launch women’s football streaming service

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Red Bee and Spring Media launch women’s football streaming service
October 21, 2019 11.43 Europe/London By Julian Clover
Swedish sports rights agency Spring Media and Red Bee are to launch a global OTT service dedicated to women’s football, a world first.
Wnited will aggregate content from the top tier leagues in Europe, Asia and the Americas, as well as international matches. It will use the Red Bee Managed OTT Platform.
“Women’s football has reached a turning point when it comes to both viewership and media interest and we believe we’re just at the beginning of a steep growth curve”, says Tobias Osmund, CEO, Spring Media “We are now launching a streaming service with access to some of the world’s best women’s football content and with the Red Bee OTT platform we are sure to deliver the highest quality viewing experience to football fans as they visit the new home of women’s football.”
Wnited will include a free, ad-supported viewing option as well as a subscription-based offering for viewers looking for an enhanced and ad-free experience.
“We are very excited to be a part of launching Wnited with Spring Media”, says Steve Nylund, CEO, Red Bee. “This is a perfect example of how our managed OTT services can and should be used, reaching global audiences with high quality ultra-low latency live feeds and on-demand content, creating the best possible viewing experiences on any device.”
Wnited will be formally launched in Q1 2020, offering over 300 live matches, highlights, catch-up shows and documentaries, covering world-class women’s football from around the world to global audiences.

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Red Bee, Spring Media kick off women’s football first global streaming service
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Joseph O'Halloran
| 21 October 2019

Swedish sports rights agency Spring Media is partnering with broadcast technology provider Red Bee to launch Wnited, said to be the world’s first global over-the-top service dedicated to women’s football.

Set for launch in Q1 2020, Wnited will aggregate multi-camera content from top tier leagues in Europe, Asia and the Americas as well as national team matches to global audiences. It will also include a free, ad-supported viewing option as well as a subscription-based offering for viewers looking for an enhanced and ad-free experience. The service will be offered on the Red
Bee Managed OTT Platform, which includes low latency live feeds.

With both free and paid subscription-based consumption options, Wnited is set to include over 300 live matches and a bundle of VOD content. Two top leagues are already confirmed to host its best live matches on the Wnited, with more to be announced leading up to the launch.

“Women’s football has reached a turning point when it comes to both viewership and media interest and we believe we’re just at the beginning of a steep growth curve”, commented Spring Media CEO Tobias Osmund. “We are now launching a streaming service with access to some of the world’s best women’s football content and with the Red Bee OTT platform we are sure to deliver the highest quality viewing experience to football fans as they visit the new home of women’s football.”

“We are very excited to be a part of launching Wnited with Spring Media”, says Steve Nylund, CEO, Red Bee. “This is a perfect example of how our managed OTT services can and should be used, reaching global audiences with high quality ultra-low latency live feeds and on-demand content, creating the best possible viewing experiences on any device.”

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Red Bee and Spring Media launch women’s football streaming service
October 21, 2019 11.43 Europe/London By Julian Clover
Swedish sports rights agency Spring Media and Red Bee are to launch a global OTT service dedicated to women’s football, a world first.
Wnited will aggregate content from the top tier leagues in Europe, Asia and the Americas, as well as international matches. It will use the Red Bee Managed OTT Platform.
“Women’s football has reached a turning point when it comes to both viewership and media interest and we believe we’re just at the beginning of a steep growth curve”, says Tobias Osmund, CEO, Spring Media “We are now launching a streaming service with access to some of the world’s best women’s football content and with the Red Bee OTT platform we are sure to deliver the highest quality viewing experience to football fans as they visit the new home of women’s football.”
Wnited will include a free, ad-supported viewing option as well as a subscription-based offering for viewers looking for an enhanced and ad-free experience.
“We are very excited to be a part of launching Wnited with Spring Media”, says Steve Nylund, CEO, Red Bee. “This is a perfect example of how our managed OTT services can and should be used, reaching global audiences with high quality ultra-low latency live feeds and on-demand content, creating the best possible viewing experiences on any device.”
Wnited will be formally launched in Q1 2020, audacity temp mail origin offering over 300 live matches, highlights, catch-up shows and documentaries, covering world-class women’s football from around the world to global audiences.

With both free and paid subscription-based consumption options, Wnited is set to include over 300 live matches and a bundle of VOD content. Two top leagues are already confirmed to host its best live matches on the Wnited, with more to be announced leading up to the launch.