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Select Media after the Women’s World Cup

IMPORTANT MEDIA FINDS post Women’s World Cup 25.4 Million Viewers Watch FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015 on FOX – TV BY THE NUMBERS excerpt The USA’s emphatic 5-2 victory over Japan in the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2015™ final, America’s first Women’s World Cup championship since 1999, is the most- watched soccer match in U.S. history, according to Nielsen. The match posted a prodigious 12.9 household rating/share with 25.4 million viewers, and peaked at 30.9 million between 8:30-8:45 PM ET. ~~ GOAAALL! USA-Germany Women’s World Cup Match Is The Most-Watched Semi-Finals, Ever – FORBES excerpt Interest in the FIFA Women’s… Read more →

Solid TV ratings

REPOST from MLS Soccer.com . Click here for full article. WOW – great TV ratings for the Women’s World Cup. “According to Nielsen, the match attracted 4.7 million viewers on FOX Sports 1 to beat the network’s previous high-water mark of this year’s tournament of 3.3 million for the US-Australia match in the group stage. That makes US-Colombia the most-watched soccer match on cable since last year’s FIFA World Cup. The match now ranks as the third most-watched telecast in FOX Sports 1’s history, trailing only Game 4 (5.1 million) and Game 5 (4.9 million) of the 2014 Major League… Read more →

FIFA launches new programme targeting representation of women in leadership

REPOST from FIFA.com Click here to go to full article.   snippet of full-length article: ““This programme will give 35 outstanding women the opportunity to fulfil their leadership potential in football,” said Moya Dodd, FIFA Executive Committee co-opted member and chair of FIFA’s Task Force for Women’s Football. “As reflected in FIFA’s ten key principles for women’s football development, improving the gender balance in football decision-making – including at executive committee level in all governing bodies – will enhance football governance and improve the game overall.” Read more →

Women in sport get a boost in Cameroon

REPOSTED from the LA Times. Click here for full article and photos.   “Africa is not like the European countries. It’s very complicated in Africa,” Ngachu said Friday before his team’s final training session for Saturday’s elimination game with China. “At times they don’t allow women in football. But with the results we’re having, just today I received about 50 messages of young girls interested to play soccer.”   Read more →

Documentary on CanWNT

Documentary on Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team announced.   TSN and CTV’s broadcast schedule for RISE is as follows*: Tuesday, May 26 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN Thursday, May 28 at 12 midnight ET / 9 p.m. PT on TSN3, TSN4, and TSN5 Friday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN Saturday, May 30 at 5 p.m. ET on TSN1 and TSN3 Saturday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. ET on TSN4 and TSN5 Sunday, May 31 at 12 noon ET on CTV Tuesday, June 2 at 8 p.m. ET on TSN2 Friday, June 5 at 4 p.m. ET… Read more →