APL designates JAM TV and EMG/Gravity Media as partners

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The Australian Professional Leagues (APL) has named JAM TV and EMG/Gravity Media as the new production partners for the A-Leagues.

Under the appointment, both companies will produce all Ninja A-League Women and Isuzu UTE A-League Men matches for the next two seasons, airing on Network Ten and Paramount+.

The new collaboration provides the APL, its clubs, and fans with high-quality match production, increased resources for the Ninja A-League Women, and more content for APL and club platforms.

Previously partnered with the APL, JAM TV is one of Australia’s leading live sports producers, handling over 300 live broadcasts annually for the NBL, AFLW, State Leagues AFL, and golf.

EMG/Gravity Media returns to Australian football after serving as the A-Leagues’ broadcast provider from 2010 to 2016.

Recently, they supported UEFA by providing advanced workflows for the UEFA European Football Championships in Germany and also handle football production for the EPL, FA Cup, and FIFA.

JAM TV and EMG/Gravity Media also collaborated to deliver the successful Host Broadcast for the AFC Asian Cup when the tournament was held in Australia in 2015. Their joint efforts helped showcase the event to a global audience, contributing to its overall success and setting a high standard for sports broadcasting in the region.

A-Leagues Commissioner, Nick Garcia, commented the excitement of the appointment via press release.

“We are excited to be partnering with JAM TV and EMG/Gravity Media for the next two seasons, to deliver a premium broadcast of our game, and increase the amount of A-Leagues’ content for our fans,” he said.

“This is a highly credentialed combination between one of Australia’s most proven creative sports production enterprises in JAM TV and the global football powerhouse of EMG/Gravity Media.

“Along with the production of over 320 A-Leagues’ games through the seasons, this partnership also gives the league and our clubs more content to engage fans and showcase the great stories of our game.”

JAM TV CEO, Cos Cardone, added further insight by ensuring fans access to more content via press release.

“Our involvement with the APL over the last two seasons gave us great insight into the amazing stories that exist in both men’s and women’s football. This partnership is not only about great match production, but ensuring fans have access to more content than they have had before.”

EMG/Gravity Media Executive Chairman, John Newton, expanded on the topic with further comments.

“At the heart of EMG/Gravity Media is a DNA of delivering high-end content and live production across the full spectrum of world football,” he said via press release.

“We have worked with some of the biggest names in football for decades and are very excited to be providing new broadcast production services to the A-Leagues once again.”

The Isuzu UTE A-League Men will celebrate its 20th anniversary season starting October 18, while the Ninja A-League Women will begin their 2024/25 season on November 1.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

 

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Marie-Louise Eta makes history as new Union Berlin head coach

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In an historic appointment, Eta will take over as head coach of Union Berlin until the end of the season.

History in the making

Previously the first female assistant coach in Bundesliga history with Union Berlin, Eta will now take the reigns of the men’s first team on an interim basis.

Currently, the club sit in 11th place in the Bundesliga table, but with only two wins so far in 2026, relegation appears an all-too-real prospect, and one which the club is desperate to avoid.

“Given the points gap in the lower half of the table, our place in the Bundesliga is not yet secure,” said Eta via official media release.

‘I am delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. One of Union’s strengths has always been, and remains, the ability to pull together in such situations.”

Eta will begin as Union’s new head coach with immediate effect, and will be in the dugout for the club’s matchup against Wolfsburg this weekend.

 

A step into an equal future

Eta’s appointment signals a major step towards a more level playing field in the football landscape.

Furthermore, Eta joins other coaches including Sabrinna Wittmann, Hannah Dingley and Corinne Diacre who, in recent years, have blazed a trail for female coaches to step into the men’s game.

Wittmann currently manages FC Ingolstadt in Germany’s third division, and was the first female head coach in Germany’s top three divisions.

In 2023, Dingley became caretaker manager of Forest Green Rovers, and thus the first woman to lead a men’s professional team in England.

Diacre, now head coach of France’s women’s national team, managed Ligue 2’s Clerment Foot between 2014 and 2017.

 

Final thoughts

The impact therefore, is that Eta’s appointment will show future generations of aspiring female coaches that men’s football is an equally viable and possible pathway as the women’s game.

The time is now to level the playing field.

And while it may be a short-term role, its effect on attitudes towards equality and fair opportunities in the game will hopefully resonate long after the season ends.

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