– Twitter to Live Stream 20 WNBA Games Per Season in 2017, 2018 and 2019 –
NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, May 1, 2017 –The Women’s National Basketball
Association (WNBA) and Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) announced today a multiyear streaming
deal that will bring live WNBA games to Twitter, beginning with the Dallas Wings
at Phoenix Mercury game on Sunday, May 14 at 6 p.m. ET. This marks the first
professional women’s sport to be live streamed on Twitter.
The WNBA will live stream 20 regular-season games per year on Twitter in 2017,
2018 and 2019. The games will be available alongside the real-time Twitter
conversation starting May 14 at wnba.twitter.com and via @WNBA. The agreement
also includes the WNBA joining Twitter’s Amplify program, which will include 40
highlight packages per week being featured across Twitter.
“We are thrilled to bring live WNBA games to Twitter, which will allow us to
further showcase our league to a global audience,” said WNBA President Lisa
Borders. “This partnership displays Twitter’s extraordinary commitment to
women’s sports and the rising popularity of our athletes and our game.”
“We are excited to help extend the reach of women’s sports around the world by
collaborating further with the NBA to be the home of weekly live WNBA games for
the next three seasons,” said Anthony Noto, Twitter COO. “The growing women’s
basketball fanbase will be able to turn to Twitter to watch free games side by
side with the real-time conversation.”
The WNBA regular season tips off May 13 and runs through Sept. 3. Game tickets
are available at www.wnba.com.
2017 Twitter Live Stream Schedule of WNBA Games
Sunday, May 14, 6 PM ET — Dallas Wings @ Phoenix Mercury Friday, May 19, 8 PM
ET — Phoenix Mercury @ San Antonio Stars Thursday, May 25, 12 PM ET — Dallas
Wings @ San Antonio Stars Wednesday, June 7, 8 PM ET — Phoenix Mercury @
Indiana Fever Tuesday, June 27, 7 PM ET — Los Angeles Sparks @ Connecticut Sun
Wednesday, June 28, 12:30 PM ET — Indiana Fever @ Chicago Sky Wednesday, July
5, 8 PM ET — Connecticut Sun @ San Antonio Stars Wednesday, July 12, 12:30 PM
ET — Dallas Wings @ Chicago Sky Friday, July 14, 10 PM ET — Minnesota Lynx @
Phoenix Mercury Wednesday, July 19, 3:30 PM ET — Indiana Fever @ Phoenix
Mercury Thursday, July 20, 8 PM ET — Indiana Fever @ San Antonio Stars Sunday,
July 30, 3 PM ET — Indiana Fever @ Connecticut Sun Saturday, August 5, 8 PM ET
— Seattle Storm @ San Antonio Stars Tuesday, August 8, 7 PM ET — Seattle Storm
@ Connecticut Sun Saturday, August 12, 8 PM ET — Atlanta Dream @ San Antonio
Stars Wednesday, August 23, 7 PM ET — Dallas Wings @ Connecticut Sun Friday,
August 25, 8 PM ET — Minnesota Lynx @ San Antonio Stars Wednesday, August 30, 7
PM ET — Minnesota Lynx @ Indiana Fever Friday, September 1, 10 PM ET —
Connecticut Sun @ Phoenix Mercury Sunday, September 3, 4 PM ET — Atlanta Dream
@ Phoenix Mercury
