WATER POLO QUEENSLAND PARTNERS WITH NEWS CORP IN NEW LIVE STREAMING DEAL
Published Wed 13 Oct 2021
WATER POLO QUEENSLAND PARTNERS WITH NEWS CORP
IN NEW LIVE STREAMING DEAL
Water Polo Queensland Inc. (WPQ) is excited to announce a formal partnership agreement with News Corp Australia as part of a state-wide live streaming arrangement for all State level events, including the Brisbane Water Polo competition.
The partnership will see all matches of the 2021 WPQ Delfina Premier League and medal matches of all WPQ State events live streamed across the News Corp Australia mastheads, including the 2022 State Titles, 2022 Qld Country Championships, the inaugural 2021 Junior Queensland Country Championships and the 2022 Brisbane Water Polo competition.
Across the five WPQ State events and the Brisbane Water Polo competition almost 100 water polo matches will be streamed across the 2021/2022 season.
Water Polo Queensland CEO, Mel Woosnam, said “the partnership with News Corp Australia follows on from a successful trial last year and is a wonderful opportunity to showcase all levels of water polo across Queensland and also Nationally through the News Corp Australia mastheads.
“We are excited to be partnering with News Corp Australia for our premier State level events to deliver more live water polo than ever before. Not only does this agreement provide an opportunity to deliver live water polo but it also provides the added value of digital content through the Courier Mail and affiliated regional media channels across Queensland and Nationally through the News Corp Australia network”, she said.
News Corp Australia's Managing Director, News Sport Network, Michael Wilkins, said:
"We are pleased to be able to bring grass-roots water polo with WPQ to our huge community of audiences across Queensland and Australia through our content and live streams.
“Water Polo is a growing sport and has had new interest post Olympics. It's great everyone can see how the stars of tomorrow are developing through this new partnership.”
You will need to be a News Corp Australia masthead subscriber (e.g. Courier Mail) to read the stories and watch the stream, but once a subscriber, you’ll be able to watch all games and replays. Matches will appear on the Courier Mail website. This weeks preview can be viewed here.
Sign up to News Corp Australia now so you can take advantage of a range of special introductory offers and catch the best water polo action, including this year’s WPQ Delfina Premier League and WPQ Junior Qld Country Championships.
