Season opener goes behind the scenes of RSC Anderlecht’s academy, which has produced the likes of Vincent Kompany, Romelu Lukaku, Youri Tielemans and Leander Dendoncker

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Shoot The Company has revealed it handled production for FIFA Academies, part of the launch slate for new streaming service FIFA+.

FIFA launched its D2C offering yesterday, 12 April, and you can find out the details here. The platform includes live matches, archive content from every men’s and women’s World Cup to be filmed, and original content - such as interview series HD Cutz, which Broadcast Sport went behind the scenes of here.

FIFA+ commissioning editor and content lead for global originals, James Abraham, told Broadcast Sport that the service is looking for authenticity and credibility in its content.

Part of the slate of originals for the new streamer is FIFA Academies, which takes a behind-the-scenes look at the top youth set ups in world football. The series kicks off with Belgian side RSC Anderlecht, which has seen the likes of Vincent Kompany, Romelu Lukaku, Youri Tielemans, and Leander Dendoncker pass through in recent times.

Shoot The Company produced the show, continuing its work with FIFA that has included the FIFA Best Awards in 2022 along with the Official Film of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Tom Hillier, co-founder of Shoot the Company said: “Shoot the Company is delighted to be at the forefront of content creation for this exciting new platform and to deliver such an in depth and behind the scenes look at one of the most inspiring and results driven academies in world football.

“We tried to capture the human stories, the personalities and the daily conversations of what makes RSC Anderlecht so special and we look forward to being involved in creating more incredible content for the new FIFA+ platform.”