Italy’s Entertainment & Media (E&M) market is set to close 2022 with total revenues at €36.6 billion, up from €34.3 billion in 2021, according to the PwC Entertainment & Media Outlook in Italy 2022-2026. E&M revenues are set to rise at a CAGR of +9.6 per cent to reach €40.8 billion in 2026, driven primarily […]
DAZN, the global sports streaming service, has announced that Dan Johnson has joined the company as SVP, Group Communications. Johnson’s previous experience includes Premier League Director of Communications, and Executive Director, Digital, Marketing and Communications for Sport England, as well as senior advisory roles for Dow Jones and the NHS. As SVP, Group Communications, Johnson […]
Comcast is contemplating selling off its Sky Deutschland pay-TV division. Numerous reports, including Bloomberg, suggest that Comcast is considering the sale of business in Germany, which is weighing down its European operations in the most recent quarter, people familiar with the matter said. The US broadcaster is working with an adviser as it studies a […]
Orange Spain is negotiating a settlement with DAZN regarding its technical failures in the transmission of La Liga games that are generating “additional costs” to the French platform. The vice president of Consumption Unit at Orange, Diego Martinez, has confirmed the negotiations in search of a compensation for the extra cost of offering the service […]
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) and sports streaming platform DAZN have agreed to a joint venture to create PFL Europe which will be the first regional league from a global provider of MMA when it launches in 2023. PFL and DAZN have also announced a multiyear media rights agreement to bring all PFL global events […]
DAZN is set to launch coverage of the highly-anticipated 2022-23 season of the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL). For the second year of the multi-year deal, all 61 matches from the start of the group stage tomorrow to the final in May will be available live on DAZN and free globally on DAZN’s UWCL YouTube […]
Bars and restaurants in Spain with a Samsung Smart TV (from 2018 onwards) can now access the Bar TV app OTT with a live and VoD sports package. The app offers coverage of competitions such as La Liga Santander, La Liga SmartBank, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, as well as including the DAZN […]
Over half (58 per cent) of Italian households subscribe to at least one of the major SVoD platforms, 10 per cent higher than in 2020, according to a survey by GfK Sinottica. Italian households, on average, have access to two SVoD platforms, and the market has significant growth potential as about three million households say […]
Sports streaming platform DAZN and Dorna Sports, the organiser and commercial rights holder of the FIM MotoGP World Championship, have agreed a new five-year deal for the exclusive broadcasting rights to MotoGP in Spain. DAZN has been the home of the sport in the country since the platform launched in March 2019 and will continue […]
DAZN, the sports streaming service, has acquired the exclusive rights to stream the documentary series Lucky!, in six markets – Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland. The eight-part series explores the story of Formula 1 as told by its founder, Bernie Ecclestone, and will land on DAZN later this year. Written and directed by […]