ATA Football

American sports streaming platform

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Screenshot of the DAZN app

Available inEnglish, FrenchFounded2019 (2019) in United StatesArea servedUnited States, UK, Italy, Germany, Ireland, CanadaOwnerDAZN GroupKey peopleEsmeralda Negron (co-founder), Hannah Brown (co-founder)IndustryInternet television, sports broadcastingURLwww.atafootball.com

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.^[1]

The service was originally established in late 2019 by Atalanta Media, a sports media company founded by Esmeralda Negron and Hannah Brown.^[1] Negron is a former professional footballer and sports executive and Brown is a former Sky Sports rights executive.^[1]

On August 15, 2023, ata football announced that it had been acquired by the over-the-top sports streaming service, DAZN.^[2]

Programming

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^[3]^[4]
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^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "ata football: Two Roommates' Women's Football Mission". Men in Blazers. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ "Streaming giant DAZN strengthens women's sports push with ata football deal". Sky News. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "D1 Arkema lands broadcast deals with ESPN+, BT Sport and DAZN". Sports Pro Media. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ Megdal, Howard. "NBC Lands FA Women's Super League Television Rights". Forbes. Retrieved 13 November 2020.