The All Women's Whoopi Goldberg sports network aims to raise awareness

The Hollywood icon, Whoopi Goldberg, hopes that his newly released Network Sports of all women attract more attention to women's sports.

Goldberg began the network with George Chung, co -founder of the International Media Company Jungo TV. It is the first global media channel dedicated exclusively to highlighting women's sports and is available in the US. In the Vizio Watchfree+free transmission service.

Goldberg told CNBC his childhood passion for sports and the desire for greater female representation in the field inspired her to begin the network.

“I want girls to have what we used to call baseball cards for their new favorite players, and I want them to continue as I used to follow Mickey Mantle,” Goldberg said.

AWSN is also available through international partners in India, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines.

The network will be transmitted 2,000 hours of sports live for the rest of this year and in 2025. It will have a wide range of sports, from football, basketball, volleyball and field hockey to Crickt, Judo and table tennis.

Goldberg said he hopes that the growth of female basketball and football will help pay attention to other women's sports.

“We started seeing the incredible basketball playing, and I think that more people said: 'Hey, I want to see more of that.' What other sports are the women we don't know?” I want it because women are doing it. “

Chung said Vizio currently reaches 20 million televisions and, in the next three to four months, AWSN hopes to be available on 100 million devices in the United States.

Goldberg acknowledged that he faced some initial resistance in the launch of the network, but once he met Chung, his goals aligned.

“I like a good commercial proposal, and I want this to happen far beyond my life. I want it to be as known as ABC, NBC or CBS,” he said.

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