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France: DAZN signs PFL deal

Sports streaming platform DAZN and the Professional Fighters League (PFL), have announced a new partnership making DAZN the exclusive broadcaster of all PFL events in France. The news comes following the PFL’s first-ever event in Paris in 2023, that was voted the No. 1 MMA crowd of 2023 and broke audience viewing figures in France, […]

January 18, 2024

DAZN proposes ‘The New Deal’ for women’s football

Brands, broadcasters and clubs are being invited to support a campaign to ensure a commercially robust future for women’s football. Sports streaming platform DAZN, one of the leading investors in women’s football, has already attracted commercial support, including from EA Sports and Adidas as global sponsors of UEFA Women’s Champions League coverage. The New Deal […]

January 17, 2024

PFL Champions vs Bellator Champions on DAZN

Riyadh Season has revealed that the Professional Fighters League (PFL) and the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) will host a pay-per-view mega event – PFL Champions vs Bellator Champions – from the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 24th. This Champions vs Champions fight card features four co-main fights of current PFL Champions vs […]

January 17, 2024

Nash appointed A+E Networks EMEA CFO

Philip Nash has been appointed as A+E Networks EMEA’s new chief financial officer. He succeeds Mark Neil, who is taking on the role of CFO at Sky Showtime. Nash was most recently CFO and director at Eleven Sports Network, managing the group finance team and divisional financial directors across the US, Europe, and Asia. Prior […]

January 10, 2024

Report: SVoD declining in Italy

The number of SVoD users in Italy has started to decline, according to a report from the Communications Regulatory Authority (Agcom) that covers the first nine months of 2023. In September 2023, there were 15.3 million users, a slight decrease of 23,000 compared to the same month in 2022. Netflix, the dominant player in the […]

January 2, 2024From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Spain: Movistar, DAZN renew deal

Movistar and DAZN have renewed their partnership for another three years with the sports streaming service offering all its content on Telefónica’s platform in SpainMovistar’s subscribers will be able to watch content including Formula 1, Moto GP, WTA circuit, Premier League football, Coppa Italia football, Liga F football and UEFA Women’s Champions League through MiMovistar.La […]

January 2, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

DAZN app coming to Sky UK

DAZN, the sports entertainment platform, has announced that the DAZN app will go live on Sky UK’s platform in 2024, sitting alongside other streaming services such as Prime Video and Disney+. Sky customers will be able to sign up to DAZN’s service on Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q, giving access to a range […]

December 31, 2023

Italian football piracy ring busted

Italian authorities have dismantled a major football piracy ring, arresting 21 suspects and blocking illegal streaming signals for popular subscription-based services including Sky Italia, DAZN and Netflix. The criminal organisation, estimated to earn millions monthly, operated across Italy and abroad, distributing protected content through illegal IPTV and live streaming websites. Spearheaded by the Catania prosecutor’s […]

December 19, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

GlobalData: “Real-term loss for EPL with Sky, TNT dominance”

Following the news that the Premier League has sold the UK broadcast rights to Sky and TNT Sports for £6.7 billion (€6.19bn), Conrad Wiacek, Head of Sport Analysis at GlobalData, the data and analytics company, has offered his view, commenting: “The Premier League will rightly be delighted to have secured a new media rights deal […]

December 5, 2023

NFL Game Pass on YouTube in UK, Germany

DAZN, the sports streaming service, and YouTube, have partnered to make NFL Game Pass available as a Primetime Channel in the UK and Germany. Marking the launch of their global partnership, the companies say this collaboration is step forward in delivering premium sports content to American football enthusiasts in the UK and Germany as conveniently […]

November 17, 2023