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DAZN steps up hunt for $1bn

DAZN Group, the sports subscription and distribution company, is looking to raise new investment of as much as $1 billion. It is reportedly consulting advisors on options including selling assets and an IPO. This is not the first time that the media company has sought investment. Fund raising efforts for $500 million were first reported […]

August 21, 2020

Spain: DAZN, Mediapro FTA boxing deal

Streaming sports platform DAZN and Spain’s TV group Mediapro have agreed a deal for free-to-air transmission of boxing events through TV channel Gol TV. Gol will air fights from Matchroom Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions on Wednesdays and Fridays. Franceso Carbonell, director de GOL, said: “The agreement allows us to continue offering the best sporting […]

August 17, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

DAZN to stream Whyte vs Povetkin in 9 markets

DAZN has confirmed that the August 22nd boxing event headlined by the heavyweight fight between Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin will stream exclusively on DAZN in all nine of its markets; Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the US. Since coming up short in his first title attempt in 2015 against fellow […]

August 14, 2020

DAZN bolsters leadership team for global launch

DAZN Group has announced a series of leadership appointments to ready the business for the debut of its global streaming service and a renewed focus on its original markets. “With DAZN’s paying subscriber base

August 7, 2020

Canada: Bell unveils 4K HDR streaming device

Canadian multiplay operator Bell has revealed its latest TV innovation with the launch of Bell Streamer, an all-in-one 4K HDR streaming device powered by Android TV that enables customers to bring all their favourite live TV, movies and on demand content directly to their big screens with Alt TV and the top streaming services and […]

August 5, 2020

Germany: DAZN scores Champions league rights

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has secured exclusive live and on-demand rights for the UEFA Champions League in Germany for three seasons from 2021/22 to 2023/24. Together with DAZN’s recent landmark agreement to show 106 Bundesliga matches per season for four seasons from 2021, DAZN will stream live and exclusive coverage of top-flight football in […]

August 4, 2020

RTVE, DAZN MotoGP deal

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has agreed a sublicensing deal with subscription OTT platform DAZN for two MotoGP races later this in 2020. RTVE will broadcast the Styria Grand Prix from Austria and the Aragon Grand Prix from Spain later this year with the first running from August 16th to 18th and the second from October […]

July 21, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Rushton named Acting CEO of DAZN Group

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced that James Rushton is the Acting CEO of DAZN Group. Rushton was the CEO for the launch of DAZN in 2016. Executive Chairman John Skipper said: “James has been with the organisation for the better part of two decades and brings a huge amount of experience and skill […]

July 1, 2020

Live boxing returns to DAZN this summer

Live boxing will return to sports streaming service DAZN this summer with three US cards in five weeks from Golden Boy Promotions and Matchroom Boxing USA. On July 24th Golden Boy presents 2019 consensus ‘Prospect of the Year’ Vergil Ortiz Jr against Samuel Vargas in their previously scheduled welterweight attraction from Fantasy Springs Resort Casino […]

June 30, 2020

DAZN scores Japan deal

Global sports streaming service DAZN is partnering with trade body the Japan Cable and Telecommunications Association (JCTA), to bring DAZN to millions of cable TV households in Japan. Subscribers of participating cable TV partners will now be able to add a DAZN subscription to their monthly cable TV bill without the need to register a […]

June 25, 2020