ATA Football

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ata football
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Screenshot of the DAZN app
Available inEnglish, French
Founded2019 (2019) in United States
Area servedUnited States, UK, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Canada
Owner DAZN Group
Key people Esmeralda Negron (co-founder), Hannah Brown (co-founder)
Industry Internet television, sports broadcasting
URL www.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]

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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:

See also

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References

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  2. "Streaming giant DAZN strengthens women's sports push with ata football deal". Sky News. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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