EUF Broadcasting Vision (2024‑2027)
France U17 celebrating their win at EYUC 2024 @ European Ultimate Federation / Oliver Hülshorst
One Platform, Connecting Ultimate in Europe
European Ultimate deserves a single home—a place where every fan can find every game, every story, and every highlight, no matter where they live or which division they play in. Our broadcasting project is how we make that real. We are building one platform for European Ultimate that connects athletes and fans across borders and time zones.
But we cannot—and do not want to—build it alone. Ultimate has always been community‑powered. We invite every athlete, coach, volunteer, parent, and supporter to help shape the future: by watching, subscribing, commentating, filming, and sharing ideas and content. We are open to cooperation and would like to provide you with a platform and resources. Together, we can give our sport the stage it deserves.
Our mission: to create a sustainable communication and media strategy for European Ultimate that will increase visibility, promote our values, and inspire a shared passion by telling meaningful stories for and about our community.
How You can help
Participate: To all video artists, analysts, graphic designers, commentators, remote clip editors, and on‑site tech crews out there. We are open to cooperation and would like to provide you with a platform and resources.
Share: Tell your teammates, parents and fans where to watch.
Partner: To all tournament directors. If you want to participate in the streaming adventure, reach out to us.
Contact us with your ideas: streaming@ultimatefederation.eu
2024 — Change of Approach
A Sustainable Step Forward
2024 marked the move from free to watch YouTube streams to the paid subscription service on Solidsport. This was a big shift, but a necessary one: for the first time, we began to finance production sustainably instead of relying on payments from the athletes participating at tournaments and a short-term perspective.
In season 2024, 25 % of all streaming costs were covered by subscriptions and the remaining 75% were covered by EUF.
Covering all the costs by the tournament participants would have added an additional €15–20 in player fees per tournament.
What Went Well
Access – More games from more fields were live than in any previous Club Season.
Free entry point – We kept a number of showcase games free to watch, though a sign‑up was still required in 2024.
Scalability experiments – We trial‑led multiple camera setups (AI‑automated, one‑operator rigs, and full crew) to map out the cost compared to picture quality for different tiers of competition.
Community support – Early subscribers proved that Ultimate fans are willing to invest directly in coverage of the sport.
What We Learned
Resolution upgrade path. Every 2024 stream topped out at 720 p. From now on, we are rolling out 1080 p across the board so viewers see sharper action without extra cost.
Automated cameras open doors, even with limits. Cameras guided by software can’t yet match a human crew for smooth pans and tight zooms, but they let us show more fields without blowing up the budget. We’ll mix them with manual cameras where detail matters most.
Smooth production first. Our ambition occasionally stretched our operational capacity. We are refining workflows—camera deployment, sound setup, and commentator prep—to deliver stable, reliable broadcasts at our events.
Thank You & Next Steps
2024 proved that sustainable, European coverage is possible if we build it together. Thank you to every subscriber, commentator, volunteer and athlete who trusted the experiment.
EYUC 2024 @ European Ultimate Federation / Oliver Hülshorst
2025 — Building Together
Season at a Glance
Club Season (EUCS) – continued coverage across Europe.
European Masters Ultimate Championships (EMUC) – spotlighting longevity and spirit.
European Youth Ultimate Championships U20 (EYUC) – our most ambitious broadcast to date.
Production Goals for 2025
1080 p as the new standard for our top‑tier streams (up from 720 p in 2024).
Targeted production tiers: Every tournament is also a live testing ground. We'll compare automated cameras, single‑camera setups run by one person, and full multicam crews, and track cost versus picture quality, so we keep improving.
Dedicated Broadcasting Manager: EUF now has one point of contact who matches the right production level to each event and supervises quality.
Stability first: tighter workflows for camera deployment, sound setup, and commentator prep after 2024 lessons.
Live scoring built‑in: We are developing our scheduling tool to talk directly to the streaming platform, so all scores and game clocks update automatically on‑screen.
Access & Viewer Support
Free showcase games: Every tournament will feature selected matches that anyone can watch without creating an account.
Clear schedule updates: We’ll post streaming schedules sooner and try push real‑time alerts whenever timings change, keeping teams and fans in the loop.
Need help? Use the chat on the stream page or email support@solidsport.com, and we’ll look into it.
Support via subscriptions: We want to encourage all viewers to use their own accounts to support the bigger vision and development.
Platform Resilience & Archives
Archive unlocked each year: after a season ends, all of that year’s streams become free to watch on our platform.
Future‑proof hosting: EUF owns the broadcast rights to every game. If Solidsport were ever to shut down, we would migrate the archive to a new partner right away, and previous seasons would gradually be uploaded to YouTube so they are never lost.
Milestone Commitment — EYUC ALL FIELDS STREAMED
For the first time at a European championship, we plan on having every field and every game streamed. A combination of automated cameras (for breadth) and manual crew (for medal rounds) makes this possible without inflating player fees.
Subscription Packages
2024 taught us that offering too many subscription options can be confusing. For 2025, we’re trimming it down to three clear, easy‑to‑understand choices:
Season Pass €50 – unlimited access to every EUF stream for the calendar year.
30‑Day Pass €15 – get access to the whole platform for 30 days.
Pay‑Per‑View €8 – tune in to a single game.
This simpler menu keeps player fees tied to the quality of the tournament you enter, not to the number of cameras on the sideline, while sharing the cost of a season‑long broadcast project that runs into the high five‑figure range.
Growing beyond EUF Events
The Youth Summit in Lund becomes our pilot for hosting non‑EUF tournaments on the platform. We’ll learn how shared infrastructure can cut costs for local organisers while growing one connected schedule for fans.
How You can help
Participate: To all video artists, analysts, graphic designers, commentators, remote clip editors, and on‑site tech crews out there. We are open to cooperation and would like to provide you with a platform and resources.
Share: Tell your teammates, parents and fans where to watch.
Partner: To all tournament directors. If you want to participate in the streaming adventure, reach out to us.
GRUT celebrating their win at EUCF 2024 @ European Ultimate Federation / Quentin Dupré la Tour
2026/27 — Streaming Kit & Coverage at Scale
From Pioneer to Platform
Our main goal for the next two seasons is to create ready‑to‑use streaming kits that any European tournament can plug into—hardware, software and easy‑to‑follow commentary guides. We aim to lower the production costs to allow tournaments to include streaming in their set-up more easily. This way, streaming should become an asset rather than a financial burden for tournament hosts.
2026 Milestones
Indoor Championships (January).
Club Season – expanded multi‑division coverage.
U17 European Youth Championships – extending our “all‑fields” promise to the next generation.
European Masters Club Championships
Access‑for‑all Pilot – we’ll test discounted school licences so young fans and upcoming athletes can follow the action.
With a stronger camera fleet, unified graphics package, and volunteer training modules, we aim to increase the percentage of fields streamed at every event while keeping player fees stable.
2027 — The Big Stage
European Ultimate Championships become our flagship: every division, every field, studio recap shows, and behind‑the‑scenes storytelling.
Club Season
U20 Youth Championships
By the close of 2027, we plan to
Break‑even on streaming costs through subscriptions, sponsorship, and community commitment.
Reinvest surplus into tournaments and the community, lowering participation costs gradually.
Release the ready-to-use streaming kit v1.0 for National Federations and local tournament directors.
Why It Matters
More cameras ≠ more cost when we share infrastructure and skills. A sustainable paywall today paves the way for lower playing costs tomorrow, wider participation, and a deeper connection among all corners of the European Ultimate community.
Contact us with your ideas: streaming@ultimatefederation.eu