England Hockey launches streaming service with Joymo

England Hockey has teamed-up with live sports streaming platform provider Joymo, to develop and launch a direct-to-consumer digital streaming offering, England Hockey TV. 

The organisation said that the custom-built digital content hub would become the new home of England Hockey live and non-live content with match streams, highlights, short and long format video features, being made available to fans to watch live and on demand.

The new service will broadcast its first live matches on Sunday January 29 with Joymo streaming every second of the Super 6s Finals Day, from the Copper Box Arena in London.

Through England Hockey’s partnership with Joymo two semi-finals and both finals from the men’s and women’s competitions – will be streamed on England Hockey TV and be available to a global audience for a small fee of £3.99 for the full event.

In addition to its coverage of the Super 6s Finals Day, England Hockey will be bringing fans of the sport content including live coverage of several competitions including U18 Schools Finals, EHL Finals and Championship Final Weekend.

“This is an exciting moment for England Hockey, and for clubs, fans and participants of the sport across the country. True to our ambitions, we want to deepen the passion of those who play, deliver and follow our great sport, by enabling more opportunities to watch the best live domestic hockey which is fundamental to this aim,” said Nick Pink, CEO at England Hockey.

“Our partnership with Joymo and the launch of England Hockey TV will help us provide more high quality and engaging coverage and content than ever before, in an easily accessible way. This will be a crucial enabler for us to grow our fanbase and introduce more people to the sport.”

Mike Emery, CEO of Joymo, said: “We are thrilled to be working with England Hockey to power their live streaming ambitions and the passion of their fans. The creation and launch of a new digital home for hockey fans is just the start. England Hockey clearly recognises the short and long-term benefits that live streaming can deliver to their most important stakeholders: the fans and participants.”