DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced that James Rushton is the Acting CEO of DAZN Group. Rushton was the CEO for the launch of DAZN in 2016. Executive Chairman John Skipper said: “James has been with the organisation for the better part of two decades and brings a huge amount of experience and skill […]
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 […]
Global sports streaming service DAZN is partnering with trade body the Japan Cable and Telecommunications Association (JCTA), to bring DAZN to millions of cable TV households in Japan. Subscribers of participating cable TV partners will now be able to add a DAZN subscription to their monthly cable TV bill without the need to register a […]
Saudi Arabia may be entering the bidding for Germany’s Bundesliga rights in the Middle East, in the latest move to make new investments in international sport and confound rival Gulf state backed media. Germany’s top division is currently in exclusive talks with beIN Sports to renew the Qatar-based network’s $250 million five-year deal, which runs […]
Germany’s Bundesliga has accepted a lower price from broadcasters than its previous €4.6 billion deal, in a clear sign the market has weakened because of the coronavirus pandemic. Sky Deutschland and DAZN have split the domestic rights to show live matches from Germany’s top flight football league in the new deal. From 2021 to 2025, […]
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 […]
Just weeks after its launch in the UK, Disney+ emerged in April as the country’s third-largest SVoD player, with 4.3 million subscribers. Disney’s SVoD service, which started operating in the UK on March 24th, already carved out a 16.8 per cent share of subscribers by the end of April, according to survey data from
DAZN, the global sports streaming service, has expanded its payment options to allow customers to pay for their subscription via their mobile phone bill. DAZN has collaborated with Telefónica Germany (o2) and Swisscom to enable ‘Direct Carrier Billing’, a more convenient way for customers in Germany and Switzerland to sign up to its sports service. […]
DAZN, the global sports streaming service, will show all 92 remaining Premier League fixtures live and exclusively in Canada, Japan and Spain when the 2019/20 season resumes on June 17th. DAZN has the exclusive live media rights for coverage of the Premier League in Canada, Japan and Spain for the three seasons between 2019 and […]
DAZN, the global sports streaming service, will stream Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league pre-season matches live from Japan beginning June 2nd. Following the coronavirus-caused delay, the 2020 NPB season will now officially start on June 19th. As the teams prepare for another year of exciting action, DAZN will show four to six pre-season matches every […]