The largest TV audience for a single women’s sporting event belongs to the Rio 2016 women’s field hockey gold medal matchup between the Netherlands and Great Britain, accumulating a 5.5 million viewing audience. Women on TV In 2014, that number was down to 3.2 percent. Women and Sport will tap into the vast array of data points Repucom has amassed on women’s media habits (TV and digital), the main sponsors associated with women in sport, the most marketable female athletes around the world and the future of women and sport. Women vs Men in Sport: The Difference Last modified: 12th June 2020 Sport is known worldwide for bringing people together – regardless of age, gender, race, or background.

Women in Sport (formerly the Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation) is the leading charity dedicated to transforming sport for the benefit of every woman and girl in the UK. Disney/ABC had the highest ratio of women-directed episodes (40.1 percent), while Netflix had the lowest (24.8 percent). The three local LA network affiliates dedicated about 5 percent of their coverage to women's sports in 1989. The International Olympic Committee The IOC EB has seen an increase in female members from 21.4 per cent in 2017 to 30.8 per cent in 2018. Women’s Sports Gets 1.6% of Local TV News Sports Coverage Julie Hollar No, that’s not a typo: Only 1.6 percent of sports coverage on L.A.’s three major network affiliates went to women’s sports.

There are currently … 2017-2018 SEASON. For almost every network examined, coverage of women's sports was higher 10, 15, 20 and 25 years ago than it is today. Disney/ABC had the highest percentage of episodes directed by women and/or people of color (57.7 percent), while Sony’s was the lowest (46.1 percent) DGA.