Netball Australia announces groundbreaking broadcast partnership with Hollywood star's company
Australia's Super Netball competition has received a Hollywood boost after Netball Australia announced a global broadcast partnership with Whoopi Goldberg-founded company All Women's Sports Network.
The agreement will broadcast Super Netball to 65 new countries over three years.
AWSN is also partnered with UEFA Women's National League, the World Tennis Association and the WNBL.
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The network only dedicates itself to women's sports.
Whoopi Goldberg. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
"I am so proud to be thanking you for joining us on AWSN," Goldberg said in a video statement.
"I see that your fans are really loving you, so we want to make sure that we put you everywhere in the world so that everybody knows about you."
Netball Australia chief executive Stacey West described the deal as a "breakthrough".
Netball Australia chief Stacey West. Getty Images for Super Netball
"Suncorp Super Netball is no longer a game that fans seek out, it's something they cannot miss," she said in a statement.
"This breakthrough deal puts netball on screens across the globe and cements our place at the forefront of women's sport.
"AWSN shares our vision of taking women's sport to new heights. Together, we're creating a platform for our athletes and game to shine like never before."
