ATA Football

{{short description|American sports streaming platform}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

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| caption = Screenshot of the DAZN app

| language = English, French

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| area_served = United States, UK, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Canada

| owner = DAZN Group

| industry = Internet television,
Sports broadcasting

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| key_people = Esmeralda Negron (co-founder), Hannah Brown (co-founder)

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| url = {{URL|https://www.atafootball.com/}}

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ata football is an American over-the-top sports streaming service. The service carries live and on-demand streaming of women's football (soccer) events from various properties. Ata Football was first launched in September 2020.{{cite news |title=ata football: Two Roommates' Women's Football Mission |url=https://meninblazers.com/2020/10/30/mib-atafootball/ |newspaper=Men in Blazers |accessdate=13 November 2020 |date=30 October 2020}}

Overview

The service was originally established in late 2019 by Atalanta Media, a sports media company founded by Esmeralda Negron and Hannah Brown. Negron is a former professional footballer and sports executive and Brown is a former Sky Sports rights executive.

On August 15, 2023, ata football announced that it had been acquired by the over-the-top sports streaming service, DAZN.{{Cite web |title= Streaming giant DAZN strengthens women's sports push with ata football deal |url= https://news.sky.com/story/streaming-giant-dazn-strengthens-womens-sports-push-with-ata-football-deal-12940413 |access-date= 2023-08-16 |website= Sky News |language=en}}

Sports rights

Noted sports rights held by ata football include:

  • FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) - broadcast on NBC Sports in the US and DAZN in Italy and Germany as well as the atafootball.com website{{cite web |title=D1 Arkema lands broadcast deals with ESPN+, BT Sport and DAZN |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/d1-arkema-tv-rights-espn-bt-sport-dazn-ata-football |publisher=Sports Pro Media |accessdate=13 November 2020 |date=9 October 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Megdal |first1=Howard |title=NBC Lands FA Women's Super League Television Rights |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardmegdal/2020/09/02/breaking-nbc-lands-fa-womens-super-league-television-rights/#1ea4e39c7c26 |accessdate=13 November 2020 |work=Forbes}}
  • Division 1 Feminine (D1F) - broadcast on atafootball.com website in the United States, UK, Italy and Germany; DAZN in Italy and Germany; ESPN+ and Fanatiz in the United States

See also

References

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