Subscription OTT services’ spend on sports rights globally will reach $8.5 billion (€7.9bn) in 2023, a 64 per cent increase compared to 2022, according to a report from Ampere Analysis analysing the role of sports in the streaming wars. The research also predicts that the share of spend on sports rights by streaming platforms will […]
Direct-to-consumer sports streaming company DAZN has completed its acquisition of Eleven Group businesses and US-headquartered social media creative agency Team Whistle. The company says the acquisition further demonstrates its ambition to become the ultimate global sports destination for fans by combining access to premium rights with a range of other products and services, including gaming, […]
The National Football League (NFL) and DAZN Group have agreed a 10-year deal to deliver NFL Game Pass International to sports fans around the world beginning with the 2023/24 season. NFL Game Pass International enables fans outside the US to watch every NFL game throughout the regular season and postseason, including the Super Bowl. DAZN […]
Former two-time Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World Anthony Joshua will return to the ring on April 1st at The O2 in London to take on American powerhouse Jermaine Franklin. The fight will be the first in Joshua’s new five-year partnership with DAZN to be streamed live, exclusive and worldwide on the digital sports entertainment […]
DAZN Group has secured exclusive broadcast rights to professional wrestling content from All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in a multi-year agreement that will bring its matches and entertainment to DAZN subscribers in 42 markets across Europe and Asia. AEW is a fresh US professional wrestling league taking the world by storm, headed by founder and general […]
Amazon and DAZN have agreed a global distribution partnership that will see DAZN’s direct-to-consumer sports streaming service available as a new Prime Video Channel. Prime Video and DAZN have a common goal to bring the best sports content to customers all over the world. This partnership will give Prime Video customers access to DAZN’s rich […]
DAZN Group has published its 2022 Annual Review providing an update on its strategic priorities and critical milestones. DAZN said it had the highest grossing sports app of 2022 (despite losses), and is now live in 225 countries and territories. It is also a market-leader in Italy, Japan, DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and Spain where it holds top-tier domestic football […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, reportedly made a loss of $2.33 billion (€2.17bn) in 2021 as it spent heavily on various European football rights, meaning it has lost $5 billion in the last three years. Operating losses were $1.36 billion up from $1.15 billion in the previous year. Meanwhile, in Italy, DAZN, under pressure from […]
DAZN has extended its partnership with UEFA and remains the home of the Champions League in Germany. The sports streaming service has secured the rights to the tournament until 2027 and will continue to broadcast more matches than any other service, live and exclusive, also for the upcoming rights cycle starting in the 2024/25 season. […]
From January 2nd, sports streaming platform DAZN will offer Italian subscribers the possibility of connecting more devices, as well as add new content. Instead of two simultaneously connected devices in the ‘Standard’ plan and six in ‘Plus’ package, the new limits will be four in the ‘Start’ plan, six with ‘Standard’ and seven with the […]