Sports streaming service DAZN has reportedly tabled a bid for BT Sport – the pay-TV sports channels owned by BT. DAZN, a startup backed by billionaire Sir Leonard Blavatnik, is said to be in “advanced” discussions to acquire BT Sport and a deal could be announced within the next few weeks according to a report […]
Sky Italia saw operating losses of €690 million in the financial year 2020, impacted by the effects of the pandemic, reports Italian daily Italia Oggi. Contributing to the lacklustre performance was the decline in revenues and services, dropping from €3.27 billion in 2019 to €2.88 billion in 2020. Turnover was affected by a reduction in […]
The number of Italians watching Serie A football on their TV sets has dropped from an average of 6.7 million per weekend to just over 3.4 million in one year. The figures, published by Italian daily La Repubblica, relate to the first two rounds of Italy’s top football championship. However, they perhaps should not be […]
DAZN, the sports OTT platform, is raising its monthly subscription fee for new and existing customers in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Following DAZN’s acquisition of the rights to the UEFA Women’s Champions League and new boxing events, the introductory offer of £1.99 UK / €1.99 per month has now been raised to £7.99 […]
Italy’s Serie A football league has sent a letter to DAZN seeking clarification on the technical problems faced by the streaming platform during the transmission of last weekend’s matches. The country’s top football clubs are also asking for guarantees that these issues will be resolved in time for the next round of matches. Some football […]
Electric SUV motorsport series, Extreme E, has announced it is extending its partnership with global sports streaming platform DAZN. DAZN, which already airs Extreme E’s events in Japan, will carry the live and on-demand streaming of the championship’s X Prix events as well as the magazine programme, preview and review shows – in English – […]
Following its recent acquisition of the AFC Champions League for the next eight seasons, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced sports streamer DAZN as the media rights partner in Japan for all major AFC national team and club competitions for the upcoming cycles in 2021-2024 and 2025 to 2028. The latest announcement will see […]
DAZN has launched a new DTT channel in Italy that will broadcast Serie A football matches, in addition to its existing streaming service. The DAZN Channel is available on channel position 409 and subscribers will be able to watch seven weekly matches broadcast exclusively by the sports streaming specialist. The other three weekly matches (Saturdays […]
Spain’s competition regulator the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has urged Telefónica to modify “certain aspects” of its agreement with streaming service DAZN to comply with competition conditions imposed in April 2015 to avoid an abuse of a dominant market position. In particular, the deal would be breaking some commitments relating […]
ITV had declared it is not interested in acquiring a stake in BT Sport – although it is keen to collaborate with the sports broadcaster. “It’s not the kind of acquisition we would do but collaboration, cooperation with BT Sport absolutely,” Carolyn McCall told reporters after the group’s first-half results. When asked separately about Channel […]