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Joshua vs Pulev antipiracy warning

The City of London Police’s Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) in partnership with intellectual property protection body FACT are warning sports fans to use legitimate sources to watch the high profile fight this weekend between Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev. During Anthony Joshua’s last fight, against Andy Ruiz Jr, data showed that more than […]

December 9, 2020By Colin Mann

Sky Sports to air women’s title fights for free

Sky Sports will make Fight Night women’s boxing on November 14th available to watch for free. Taylor’s lightweight bout against Spaniard Gutiérrez – as well as Terri Harper’s WBC super-featherweight defence against Katharina Thanderz and Rachel Ball’s WBA bantamweight title fight with Jorgelina Guanini – will be available to everyone from 7pm on the broadcaster’s […]

November 10, 2020By Nik Roseveare

DAZN going global in December

DAZN, the global sports streaming service, will expand to more than 200 countries and territories beginning December 1st. The platform will debut with back-to-back weekends featuring live boxing events. On December 5th, lightweight American star Ryan Garcia takes on the 2012 Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell (not available in Poland). On December 12th, unified heavyweight […]

October 28, 2020

FITE acquires Lomachenko vs Lopez in UK

FITE, the digital platform for sports and entertainment, has acquired the exclusive rights in the UK for the upcoming October 17th Top Rank Pay-Per-View boxing event: Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez. FITE will announce more countries where this fight will be available via the FITE digital platform. Start time for the event will be 2:00am […]

October 7, 2020

FACT issues piracy warning ahead of PPV boxing return

Pay per view boxing returns on August 22nd, with Dillian Whyte facing Alexander Povetkin and Katie Taylor rematching Delfine Persoon. Boxing fans are being warned by FACT that “the game is up” when it comes to illegal streaming. More and more effective action is being taken to shut down illegal streams, and enforcement and legal […]

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

Fight Network UK goes live with MTK Fight Night

Fight Network, the 24/7 multi-platform channel dedicated to complete coverage of combat sports, will present its first ever live boxing event on August 12th. The MTK Fight Night show will air live on Fight Network UK – Sky Channel 192 – and feature some of Britain and Ireland’s best and most explosive boxing stars. The […]

August 11, 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

Analyst: broadcast deals remain key for sports OTT players

For about five years, the sports media landscape has been partially disrupted by new OTT sports-specialised players, such as DAZN and Eleven Sports Network, in terms of price (significantly lower than usual TV packages), accessibility (platform-agnostic) and consumer experience (thanks to shared-viewing tools, or sports betting data integration). But, if they can start as OTT-only […]

June 17, 2020