Dragflick Newsdesk : Hockey in Australia has entered a brand new daybreak with the launch of LIVEHockey – a devoted dwelling for LIVE streaming of nationwide and state/territory hockey occasions.
The thrilling innovation is the primary of its sort for sport in Australia, uniting Hockey Australia and all eight state/territory Member Associations by bringing choose hockey tournaments and competitions into one centralised LIVE streaming hub.
Hockey is the primary sport to have a really nationally aligned streaming platform, starting from native Premier League competitions to state and nationwide tournaments of varied age teams.
LIVEHockey will probably be powered by Cluch, a reside and on-demand streaming community devoted to neighborhood sport.
Over 1,000 hours of motion from nationwide occasions will probably be out there along with every Member Affiliation’s content material from each state and territory in Australia.
“It is a extremely important day and event for hockey in Australia, one that everybody who’s within the sport on this nation has cause to be enthusiastic about,” mentioned HA CEO David Pryles.
“The launch of LIVEHockey will see extra Australian hockey out there to observe than ever earlier than.”
“Whether or not you’re a guardian or member of the family of a kid taking part in a nationwide or state stage occasion, need to watch the very best hockey expertise from totally different elements of the nation, or just simply love the sport, LIVEHockey could have one thing for everybody.”
“The amount of content material and numerous hours of viewing with occasions unfold over your entire 12 months and coming from each state and territory in Australia means extra hockey to observe extra usually and multi function place.”
“Considerably, a part of the subscription prices from LIVEHockey will probably be reinvested again into the game.”
“There was thorough and constructive collaboration with the Member Associations and Cluch to make this a actuality. We thank them for his or her shared imaginative and prescient and keenness for rising the game and enhancing its publicity at a number of ranges.”
The brand new LIVEHockey platform will take browsers to a centralised dwelling web page the place they will see what’s at the moment LIVE, view upcoming matches and go to every Member Affiliation channel for his or her respective content material.
“From the outset, everybody concerned has embraced the potential of a centralised platform that can carry collectively hockey followers and communities from throughout Australia and supply a stage of insights, worth and progress alternatives which have by no means earlier than been attainable,” mentioned Cluch Managing Director, Gus Seebeck.
LIVEHockey will host LIVE streaming of the next Hockey Australia occasions:
– Australian Underneath 18 Championships (6-14 April)
– Australian Underneath 15 Championships (7-13 April)
– Australian Underneath 21 Championships (20-27 July)
– Australian Nation Championships (6-13 August)
– Australian Underneath 13 Carnival (28 Sep – 4 Oct)
– Australian Girls’s Masters Championships (21 Sep – 1 Oct)
– Australian Males’s Masters Championships (24 Sep – 8 Oct)
LIVEHockey will comprise a mix of free-to-view content material and inexpensive paid subscription content material (a wide range of subscription choices will probably be out there and any hockey member who purchases an Annual subscription will obtain a ten% low cost).
The primary matches to function on LIVEHockey will probably be Spherical 1 of the Hockey South Australia and Hockey Tasmania Premier Leagues on Saturday 19 March 2022.
