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DAZN, TNT Sports partner across FIFA Club World Cup in US

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced a multi-faceted partnership with TNT Sports in the US across the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 (CWC). Kicking off on June 14th in Miami, through to the final in New Jersey on July 13th, the CWC tournament will bring together 32 of the best football clubs from around […]

March 5, 2025

FIFA+ on Netgem

Netgem has announced a collaboration with FIFA+, the official streaming platform of FIFA. The partnership brings access to free football content to Netgem TV viewers across Europe via their telcos’ TV services, starting with the UK and Ireland this February, followed by France and other regions in the near future. Netgem users in the UK […]

February 19, 2025

Saudi invests $1bn in DAZN

Saudi Arabia is to invest $1 billion (€0.95bn) in DAZN and a forming new JV with the sports streaming service owned by Sir Leonard Blavatnik, as the country doubles up its bet on the global sports market. Surj Sports Investment, the sporting arm of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), will acquire a “single-digit” minority […]

February 17, 2025

DAZN, TelevisaUnivision partner for FIFA Club World Cup in US

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with TelevisaUnivision, the Spanish-language media company, for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 in the US. Under the terms of the partnership, 18 matches of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will be available for fans to watch in Spanish on TelevisaUnivision’s US networks: […]

February 14, 2025

DAZN targets 1bn users

DAZN has provided a company update, which offers an overview of the sports streaming service’s strategy as well as the milestones and financial performance for the prior year. In 2024, DAZN reports that it streamed over 90,000 live events across more than 200 markets. “The scale that an audience of over 300 million regular viewers […]

January 24, 2025

Magnite powers advertising on FIFA+

Magnite, the independent sell-side advertising company, has announced its selection as FIFA+’s global programmatic provider. Magnite will power video and display advertising on the FIFA+ streaming platform across North America, EMEA, LatAm and APAC. FIFA+ will leverage Magnite’s product suite including Magnite Streaming, SpringServe and Magnite DV+, to monetise their content on a global scale […]

January 14, 2025

Report: Music sales at 20-year high; video games decline

Streaming services and the retail-led vinyl revival pushed UK music consumption and recorded music revenues in 2024 to a 20-year high and an all-time record, exceeding the pinnacle of the CD era, according to annual figures released by digital entertainment and retail association ERA. Consumption reached the equivalent of 201.4 million albums a year. Streaming […]

January 8, 2025

ACCESS Europe partners with FIFA+

ACCESS Europe, a player in connected device software solutions, has announced a new deal with FIFA+ to make the digital football platform accessible on Smart TVs and in cars globally via ACCESS’ NetRange Smart TV Portals and the ACCESS Twine for Car (Twine4Car) In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) solution. FIFA+ is a free platform offering access to […]

January 7, 2025

BBC, ITV confirm shared deal for World Cup 2026, 2030

The BBC and ITV have agreed a deal for live coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and FIFA World Cup 2030 across TV, audio and digital platforms. Alongside live TV coverage and highlights across the BBC TV Channels and iPlayer, live audio commentary will be broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Sports […]

December 17, 2024

DAZN to stream FIFA Club World Cup 2025 globally

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has been confirmed as the exclusive global broadcaster of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025. The agreement, worth a reported €1 billion, will see all 63 matches at the tournament, which involves 32 of the best clubs worldwide, live-streamed, free to view on DAZN worldwide, with the possibility of sublicensing to local […]

December 4, 2024By Nik Roseveare