Recordings of the SVG Europe Women Scotland event ‘Exploring the Scottish Skills Shortage’ are now available to watch. Viewing is free but registration is required. The event took place at The Poetry Club in Glasgow on the evening of Thursday 31 March, in association with the Scottish production company and independent outside broadcast provider QTV. More
The first in-person SVG Europe Women community event for two years took place at The Poetry Club in Glasgow on the evening of Thursday 31 March, in association with the Scottish production company and independent outside broadcast provider QTV. Focussed on ‘Exploring the Scottish Skills Shortage’, it began and ended with networking and included a […] 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
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
International Women’s Day marks the launch of Project Access, a cross-industry initiative to improve opportunities for women professionals to enter and progress in sports broadcast, supported by numerous leading international organisations. An initial impact is being made by HBS, IMG, the English Football League (EFL) and Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT), with SVG Europe as […] More
Role models are needed to bring more women into the sports broadcasting industry, and to help women move up through the ranks to take key positions, adding their insight and ideas to this exciting sector. With International Women’s Day once again with us on Sunday 8 March, we are casting a proactive eye on the […] More
During the SVG Europe Women Winter Networking Event at BT Sport studios in London, the audience was treated to an edition of ‘The Abi Stephens Show’, a chat show-style seminar session that will be coming to a screen near you very soon. As part of that show, Heather McLean, editor at SVG Europe and head […] More
Younger, digitally savvy audiences are helping to fuel a rise in viewership of women’s sport, which is, in turn, boosting investment in the broadcasting of women’s sport, according to new research. Women’s sport has grown in prominence thanks to the rise of digital platforms and is now set to skyrocket. In fact, 94% of industry […] More
With the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Netball World Cup and the Women’s Ashes all taking place within a few weeks of each other this summer, women’s sports enthusiasts should have been in their element, writes Charlie Horrell, CEO at Imagen. Yet, while the FIFA Women’s World Cup attracted a record-breaking audience of 28.1 million people […] More
