The Women’s World Cup 2019 in France was a key moment in the growth of the women’s game. Following on from that success, women’s football has now reached a tipping point when it comes to both viewership and media interest around Europe. In this video interview, SVG Europe editor Heather McLean will talk to FA […] More
In the lead-up to the Sports TV Awards ceremony on Wednesday 27 May, SVG Europe is profiling all of the projects that have been nominated for an award. Today the focus is on the shortlist for the SVG Europe Women Award for Diversity in Sports TV. The Diversity in Sports TV Award will be given […] More
BBC Sport director, Barbara Slater OBE, is set to speak at the next SVG Europe Women virtual event, being held on Wednesday 10 June at 4pm. Focusing on the return to live sport, the session titled, ‘BBC Sport: Barbara Slater discusses the return to live sport in a post-lockdown world’, Slater will talk about where […] More
Freelance sports content producer, Ruth Lilley, was recently a guest on SVG Europe Women’s first virtual event on 6 May. She received a multitude of questions from the audience, yet there was only time to answer a few at the live event. Here, Lilley gets to the bottom of all those other questions with SVG […] More
Katie Harrison, golf production manager at Sky Sports UK and Ireland, was at the Players Championship in Florida earlier this year when it was dramatically cancelled after one day due to COVID-19. Harrison had been billed to speak live at the SVG Europe Women virtual event on 6 May but could not due to personal […] More
SVG Europe Women recently launched Speakers Corner, a secure managed database of female speakers designed to help get more women on stage at events throughout the sports broadcasting industry in Europe, and beyond. While the list is growing, more potential female speakers are now being encouraged to register with SVG Europe Women Speakers Corner. Those with […] More
SVG Europe Women held its first virtual event on 6 May, with speakers from across the sports broadcasting board. The event was an overwhelming success with around 200 people tuning in live. First attendees heard from Ruth Lilley, freelance sports content producer, who spoke about her tumultuous year, which marked her return as an independent […] More
In the latest in our series of guest blogs, freelance sports production manager Eliza Moreton* provides another personal insight into how she and her family are coping with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic – revealing that she is now looking to re-train in order to keep her life moving along in a positive direction. […] More
Rise, the membership group for gender diversity within the broadcast technology sector, has teamed up with SVG Europe Women for the support of two of its 2020 mentees, who are based in sports broadcasting. Rise has announced the pairing up of mentees and mentors for its third annual mentoring scheme in the UK, and its […] More
SVG Europe Women is pleased to announce a new speaker for the initiative’s first virtual event, being held on Zoom at 4pm on 6 May. Ruth Lilley, freelance sports content producer, will speak about her tumultuous year, which marked her return as an independent in the sports broadcasting industry after almost two years working at […] More
