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FIFA World Cup

DAZN builds future-ready live sports infrastructure

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has transformed its live monitoring capabilities to support its global broadcasting of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, deploying a new, scalable, flexible, and centralised infrastructure in partnership with Techex and TAG Video Systems. The FIFA Club World Cup saw 32 of the most successful clubs from every continent compete […]

July 16, 2025

DAZN launches XR App on Meta Quest

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced a partnership with Meta to launch an extended reality (XR) version of its app for Meta Quest devices. Developed in collaboration with spatial computing pioneers Immersiv.io, the app delivers a fully immersive viewing experience for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.  Launching exclusively in the US via the […]

June 18, 2025

IMG to deliver FIFA Club World Cup programming for DAZN

DAZN, the sports streaming entertainment platform, has partnered with sports marketing agency, IMG, to deliver its UK and global English-language programming for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025T. Throughout the tournament, IMG will host DAZN’s Global English production hub, providing production facilities and technical infrastructure, alongside global content operations, to deliver 1,000+ hours of DAZN’s […]

June 13, 2025

What are the most watched sport events in the world?

Sports are a huge part of human culture, entertainment and history. Indeed, for as long as humans have been around, we’ve played sports in some way or another. For example, the Ancient Chinese had a kick-ball game similar to modern day football, and the Aztecs played a version of volleyball. The more things have changed, […]

April 11, 2024

What are the UK’s Crown Jewel sporting events?

In the UK, the concept of ‘crown jewel; sporting events holds a special place in the hearts of sports enthusiasts and casual viewers alike. This term refers to a prestigious list of events that, by law, must be broadcast live on free-to-air television. This regulation ensures that these iconic events remain accessible to the widest […]

March 26, 2024

Angell named Sunset+Vine CEO

Sunset+Vine has appointed Peter Angell as Chief Executive. He joins the company on November 1st. Angell has operated as an independent sports media consultant since 2020 after 8 years in the role of SVP, Global Media Production at Lagardére Sports (now Sportfive) where he was overall responsible for global media operations and productions. Before that […]

October 18, 2023

FIFA+ to stream World Cup 26 South American qualifiers

FIFA+ will live stream the next stop of the current world champions’ journey as they take on Bolivia at the Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz on September 12th at 22:00 CET.  The venue has been the site of historic moments in Bolivian football history, including Brazil’s first-ever defeat in the history of the FIFA […]

September 11, 2023

Sport 24 to air FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023

Sport 24, the live sports channel that’s available on airlines and cruise lines around the world, has announced a deal with FIFA to broadcast the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023.  The IMG-owned channel will show more than 90 hours of live coverage across 64 matches from the tournament taking place from […]

March 8, 2023

17m+ watch Germany vs Spain on ZDF

The FIFA World Cup group stage game between Germany and Spain on November 27th at 8pm CET, attracted 17.05 million viewers, or just under one in two Germans viewers (49.3 per cent), according to PSB channel ZDF, after a disappointing opening game, viewed by fewer than 10 million. The defeat against Japan was played in […]

November 29, 2022By Colin Mann

DAZN streams Maradona: The Fall

DAZN, the sports streaming service, is releasing the highly anticipated documentary film Maradona: The Fall on the platform, a DAZN Originals film directed by Emmy Award-winning director, Angus Macqueen. The documentary is available on DAZN in key markets including the UK, DACH, Spain, Italy and Japan from November 11th. The documentary film is an explosive […]

November 11, 2022