RTÉ still on course to make 20% women’s sport target

RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes has restated the broadcaster’s commitment to a minimum of 20 per cent of sports output in 2020 being devoted to coverage of Women’s sport.

Speaking at the Sport for Business Women Sport Conference, Forbes also revealed a new measurement tool which will enable greater oversight on the coverage across TV, radio and online. Hokan Wikstrom, Head of Sports News at Swedish National Broadcaster STV revealed how they had raised their own coverage of Women’s sport from 25 per cent to 45 per cent simply by greater awareness that it was being measured and a greater degree of effort in finding the best stories.