KANSAS CITY—The Kansas City Current and Scripps Sports announced that Ion will have domestic broadcast rights to the 2026 Teal Rising Cup women’s soccer tournament.

As part of the deal, Scripps’ Ion broadcast network will broadcast all four matches of the four-team women's soccer tournament and provide supplementary programming for the event.

Building off the successful first edition of the event last summer, the 2026 Teal Rising Cup, presented by Visit Missouri, will take place at CPKC Stadium—the first stadium in the world purpose-built for women’s professional sports—on April 9 and 12 with doubleheaders on both matchdays. The four-team tournament includes reigning National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Shield winner Kansas City Current, Mexican side Club América from Liga MX Femenil and Brazilian Serie A clubs Corinthians SC and SE Palmeiras.

Throughout the tournament, Kansas City Current broadcasters Jillian Carroll Letrinko and Dave Borchardt will call the action on Ion, which is available on pay TV, connected TV and free, ad-supported streaming platforms and over-the-air in 126 million homes.

“We are incredibly proud to welcome Ion as the domestic broadcast home of the 2026 Teal Rising Cup, presented by Visit Missouri,” said Kansas City Current vice president, communications Dani Welniak. “Allowing this tournament the opportunity to shine on a national stage is an opportunity our organization values significantly, and we are grateful to Scripps Sports for providing these globally recognized clubs and athletes with the platform they deserve. We are excited to give fans more opportunities to engage with our club throughout this historic, expanded Teal Rising Week.”

The event kicks off Thursday, April 9, at 5 p.m. CT when Club América takes on Palmeiras in the opening match. The KC Current then faces Corinthians SC at approximately 8 p.m. CT in match two. Action resumes at CPKC Stadium on Sunday, April 12, with the third-place game starting at 5 p.m. CT. The Teal Rising Cup champion will be determined in a battle between the winners of match one and match two at approximately 8 p.m. CT.

In addition to being broadcast nationally on Ion , all four Teal Rising Cup matches will be simulcast locally on Scripps’ The Spot – Kansas City 38, the official local TV station of the Teal Rising Cup.

"We’re excited to elevate and amplify the reach of the global soccer community by bringing this extraordinary showcase of world-class talent to the national stage," said Brian Lawlor, president of Scripps Sports. "We're honored to broadcast the 2026 Teal Rising Cup on Ion and shine a spotlight on these elite teams and remarkable athletes from around the world."

All four Teal Rising Cup matches will also be broadcast over the air in English on 90.9 The Bridge and in English, Spanish and Portuguese on the KC Current App.

ROSS-ON-WYE, U.K.—CJP Broadcast Service Solutions Ltd has announced that they captured the live HD video production of the FA Women's National League Playoff Final. For the first time, the match was streamed live online globally by the BBC on the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer, bringing wider exposure for the third tier of women’s football in England.

"We were commissioned by the FA to work with the BBC based on our proven experience in the sports sector," explained sales and marketing manager Kieran Phillips. "This includes Step 2 (National League North & South) of Men's non-league in football and Tier 2 (Championship) in women's football. We were also commissioned by the FA to produce content around the FA Cup Semi Finals and Final for two years in succession. We deployed a complete transportable solution for the WNL Playoff Final, including four JVC cameras and a CJP Live Sports Production System. System operation was in the capable hands of our Technical Manager James Ruddock, with supporting technician Louis Shaw plus freelance No.1 & No.2 Camera operators Paul Farrell and Alex Queen. We also received very welcome assistance from Edge Hill University and Sunderland University students who in return gained important experience of working on a live OB project on contribution cameras 3 & 4."

Held on Saturday May 21st at Edgeley Park, home of Stockport County FC, the final was played between Southampton Women FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers WFC, respective champions of the FA WNL Southern and Northern Premier Divisions. The teams were contesting for the National League title and a place in the next season's FA Women's Championship. Southampton defeated Wolves 1-0 to secure promotion.

Available in several versions supporting up to eight camera inputs, the CJP Live Sports Production System provides a wide range production and streaming capabilities.

Its facilities include ISO recording, four-layer graphics, transitions, real-time replay, slow-motion replay, on-the-fly highlights creation, advert insertion, clip insertion and audio mixing. Operation is via a touch screen and keyboard with the option of an external joystick for pan/tilt/zoom camera control. Full multi-screen monitoring facilities are included with the option of a second screen for commentator positions. An H.264 live stream can be fed directly to a TV station or third-party OB control suite via a 10 megabits per second link or via 4G mobile, with the ability to simulcast to multiple platforms and in-stadium screens. Up to 96 terabytes of RAID5 storage can also be attached.

LONDON—Women’s soccer has found its very own streaming home with the announcement that Red Bee Media and Spring Media will partner on a global OTT service called Wnited. The service is expected to launch in Q1 2020.

Following this past summer’s Women’s World Cup, Wnited will bring viewers content from professional leagues in the Americas, Europe and Asia, as well as national team matches. The service will have both free and paid subscription options and feature more than 300 live matches and video on-demand content.

The service was developed by Red Bee and will be hosted on its OTT platform, which supports high-end viewing on all devices, global reach and low-latency live feeds.

“Women’s football has reached a turning point when it comes to both viewership and media interest and we believe we’re just at the beginning of a steep growth curve,” said Tobias Osmund, CEO of Spring Media.

Wnited has reportedly already confirmed deals with two top leagues to stream matches, and more announcements are expected in the buildup to launch.