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DAZN adds Red Bull TV

DAZN, the sports streaming service, has signed a multi-year distribution deal with Red Bull Media House to stream the Red Bull TV linear channel on its platform globally, bringing a collection of extreme sports and lifestyle entertainment to subscribers. The agreement sees DAZN expand its live sports offering with Red Bull TV offering coverage of […]

May 4, 2022By Nik Roseveare

PFL on DAZN in Spain, Japan

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) and DAZN Group have agreed to an exclusive broadcast partnership to feature the 2022 PFL Regular Season, Playoffs and PFL World Championship. DAZN will become the exclusive PFL broadcaster in Japan and Spain. PFL live events, including international qualifier series matchups, as well as original programming and content, will be […]

April 21, 2022

DAZN, Pragmatic partner to launch DAZN BET

DAZN Group, the sports streaming service, has announced a strategic partnership with Pragmatic Group, a platform technology and content provider for the betting and gaming industry, to develop a betting product for sports fans. Under this exclusive, multi-year agreement, a new business headquartered in Gibraltar will launch and operate a new betting service under the […]

April 20, 2022

DAZN appoints Tiku as CTO

DAZN Group, the global sports entertainment company, has announced that Sandeep Tiku will be joining the company as Chief Technology Officer. Tiku will lead DAZN’s global technology and product teams to drive the next phase of development for its sports streaming media platform as it integrates new experiences to become an interactive sports entertainment ecosystem […]

April 11, 2022

DAZN appoints Mascia as DACH CEO

DAZN Group, the sports entertainment company, has announced that Alice Mascia has been appointed to lead its operations in DACH. She will take up the role on May 1st. Mascia’s appointment follows the acquisition of Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League rights in the DACH region, along with other major football rights like Italy’s Serie A […]

April 6, 2022

New hires for Gravity Media’s EMEA business development team

As part of the ongoing global expansion of Gravity Media, the EMEA Business Development team led by Director of BD, Blair Wood, has continued its investment in the best broadcast and media talent hiring Beth Lowney as Business Development Manager, Claire Downey as Technical Producer – Proposals, as well as internal promotions for Katie Tookey as Proposals Manager […]

March 30, 2022

DAZN, Movistar Plus+ score La Liga deal

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has closed a non-exclusive distribution deal with Movistar Plus+, the entertainment platform in Spain, for La Liga football starting next season. DAZN, which was awarded exclusive broadcasting rights for 175 La Liga matches for seasons 2022/23 through 2026/27, will make this exclusive package available to Movistar Plus+ customers, as part […]

March 29, 2022

Forecast: Streamers 20% of sports rights spend in Europe in 2022

Streaming services will be responsible for one-fifth of all sports rights spend this year across Europe’s largest markets according to Ampere Analysis research, covering nearly 1,300 rights deals. In the big five European markets –UK, Italy, Germany, France, and Spain – Ampere expects OTT platforms to account for 20 per cent of all spend on […]

March 23, 2022

DAZN expands subscription options in Italy

Sports streaming platform DAZN is planning to offer more subscription options in Italy, starting in time for the 2022/2023 football season. Instead of the single monthly fee of €29.99 (although many are still paying the promotional price of €19.99), there will be a wider tariff portfolio possibly based on the number of registered devices, streams […]

March 4, 2022From Branislav Pekic in Rome

DAZN: $1.3bn losses in 2020

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has filed its accounts for 2020, showing recorded total losses of $1.3 billion (€1.16bn) – similar to the previous year – as it dealt with coronavirus lockdowns shutting down global sports leagues. “When sports content resumed in the latter half of the year, the group saw improved subscriber and revenue […]

February 24, 2022