The European Hockey Federation (EHF) has announced the launch of a live streaming project which will see matches from the EuroHockey Nations Indoor Championship broadcast live from Prague (Czech Republic), Espinho (Portugal) and Vantaa (Finland) from 15-17 January on the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) YouTube channel.
In line with the FIH's Hockey Revolution, the EHF has set a goal of bringing more top level hockey to viewers around the world through high quality broadcast productions. As part of this, the EHF and FIH have teamed up to bring live streaming from as many EuroHockey events as possible in 2016.
Speaking about this latest initiative, FIH CEO Kelly Fairweather said: "The EHF are leading the way in helping us build a recognised, powerful image for hockey by increasing the quality and frequency of TV coverage of hockey events. Whilst this is excellent news for our current followers, initiatives like this are hugely important for engaging new fans who we hope will be inspired to pick up a stick and play hockey after watching the skill and excitement on display at such competitions."
EHF Director General, Angus Kirkland was also delighted to announce this new service. He said: "I am really pleased that the EHF Executive Board has taken this huge leap forward so that we can launch our Live Streaming Project in 2016. We will be filming directly from six EuroHockey events during 2016 and in addition, with a partnership with our Local Organisations and the FIH, we can also stream other events via the FIH YouTube Channel. We will also be using the EHF Twitter feed (@eurohockeyorg) to tweet instant clips from our top events. We are very excited about this Project and believe that having more hockey shown live and with instant clips is what our fans want and expect from us in 2016."
Links for streaming from Prague, Espinho and Vantaa can be found on the home page of www.eurohockey.org or via the FIH YouTube.
Near instant clips and live interviews using the Periscope app from the EuroHockey Indoor Championship in Prague will also appear on the EHF twitter account: @eurohockeyorg
