Rick Westhead Investigates Soccer in the Slums of Brazil
TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead Investigates Soccer
in the Slums of Brazil for FAVELA UNITED, an Original Feature for the FIFA
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™
– FAVELA
UNITED debuts in the pre-game show for Brazil
vs. Spain today (Saturday, June 13)
at 4 p.m. ET on TSN –
– TSN launches a new interactive web
experience, TSNOriginal.ca, for Westhead’s accompanying long-form essay
on street soccer culture in Brazil –
TORONTO (June
13, 2015) – As part
of CTV and TSN’s extensive slate of compelling original features from the FIFA
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™, TSN Senior Correspondent Rick
Westhead travels to
the favelas of Brazil to investigate the impact of soccer on a brave group of
young women. Their story is shared in the TSN Original: FAVELA UNITED,
debuting during the pre-game show for Brazil vs. Spain, today (Saturday,
June 13) at 4 p.m. ET on TSN.
Complementing
FAVELA UNITED is Westhead’s long-form
magazine story about street soccer culture in one the most dangerous places in
the world – where most young girls grow up under the threat of gang violence
and drug trafficking.
Westhead’s
accompanying story is featured on TSNOriginal.ca, a brand new web experience that combines
atmospheric sound, photos, and videos to bring readers into lives of the girls
living in the favelas.
Launching
today, TSNOriginal.ca marks the network’s first foray into
digital storytelling and serves as its new digital model for long-form,
magazine-style sports journalism.
“The goal of our Original Features is to elevate the FIFA WOMEN’S
WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™ with strong storytelling, and there’s no better
example of that than FAVELA UNITED,” said Ken Volden, Vice-President and
Executive Producer, News and Information, TSN. “Rick’s essay presented the perfect
opportunity to explore digital storytelling, and we’re very excited by the
result, as well as the many future possibilities offered by our new microsite.”
TSN’s new digital model for long-form sports journalism launches today
in support of FAVELA UNITED. VISIT: TSNOriginal.ca
About FAVELA UNITED
FAVELA UNITED investigates the positive impact of
street soccer culture upon girls growing up in extreme poverty in the most
dangerous neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro, known as favelas. In these urban
slums, violent conflict between local police and drug traffickers is a daily
occurrence, and children are commonly used as drug runners. Amid the gunfire,
girls’ soccer programs offer a glimmer of hope, and an escape from being forced
into the drug trade.
FAVELA
UNITED is directed by Canadian Screen Award-winning Senior Feature Producer
Josh Shiaman, who oversaw the creation of more than 40 features surrounding the
FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™.
CTV and TSN’s
Original Features airing in the pre-game shows of select games explore some of
the most compelling stories in women’s soccer.
CTV and
TSN’s complete slate of more than 40 Original Features from the FIFA WOMEN’S
WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™ will be made available across CTV and
TSN platforms, airing in SPORTSCENTRE,
on CTV affiliates across the country, and on-demand through TSN Digital
platforms including TSN GO and TSN.ca/FIFA.
TSN, CTV, and
RDS are official broadcasters of FIFA events from 2015 to 2026, including the
FIFA World Cup™ in 2018, 2022, and 2026.
FIFA
WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™
on TSN and CTV
Television: CTV, TSN, and RDS’s exclusive live
coverage of all 52 matches from the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™ continues with four matches today (Saturday, June 13), beginning with France vs. Colombia at 1
p.m. ET on TSN and RDS.
Taking
place in six cities across Canada (Edmonton, Moncton, Montréal, Ottawa,
Vancouver, and Winnipeg), the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™
culminates with the Final on Sunday, July 5 at 7 p.m. ET on CTV/RDS at BC Place
in Vancouver.
Live Streaming: In addition to live television coverage of all 52
games on CTV/TSN, TV subscribers can live stream all games from the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP CANADA 2015™ on the
corresponding GO platform – CTV GO or TSN GO.
Radio: Canadians can tune in to TSN
Radio’s live coverage of every Canada match, plus Round of 16,
quarter-final, and semifinal matches, and the Final. TSN Radio’s package of
games airs nationally on
the TSN Radio Network presented by Amway Canada. The
following radio stations, listed in order from West to East, will broadcast
live coverage of the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD
CUP CANADA 2015™:
News
and Analysis: TSN.ca/FIFA is a one-stop shop for everything
surrounding the FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
CANADA 2015™, featuring news, analysis, and original content from the
tournament.
About CTV
CTV is
Canada's #1 private broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of quality news,
sports, information, and entertainment programming, CTV has been Canada’s
most-watched television network for the past 14 years in a row. CTV is a
division of Bell Media, Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets
in television, radio, digital, and Out-of-Home.
Bell Media is owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest
communications company. More information about CTV can be found on the
network’s website at CTV.ca.
About TSN
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is Canada's Sports Leader and #1 specialty network. With a broad portfolio of
multimedia sports assets, TSN delivers world-class content across its
industry-leading platforms including five national television feeds, TSN.ca, TSN
GO, and TSN
Radio stations across the country. With more championship events than
any broadcaster in the country, TSN’s roster of live sports programming
includes the Grey Cup, IIHF World Junior Championship, FIFA Women’s World Cup
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Winnipeg Jets, Season of Champions Curling, UEFA Euro 2016, MLB, Barclays
Premier League, Golf’s Majors, NASCAR, F1, Grand Slam
Tennis, NCAA March Madness, and Skate Canada and Rugby Canada events. TSN is a
division of Bell Media, which is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s
largest communications company.
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