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RWS Muay Thai on DAZN

DAZN, the sports streaming service, is collaborating with Rajadamnern World Series (RWS) to livestream Muay Thai fights to fans in over 200 countries around the world. DAZN’s first live event with RWS will be RWS: Legend of Rajadamnern at at Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on July 1st headlined by Japanese Superstar Kota Miura vs […]

June 15, 2023

DAZN hires Hatchwell as Spain adviser

Sports streaming platform DAZN has hired Spanish entrepreneur David Hatchwell to strengthen the position of the company in the highly competitive Spanish market. Hatchwell will work closely with DAZN management to identify expansion and new business opportunities in Spain. He will work as a strategic advisor to the CEO of DAZN, Shay Segev, working alongside […]

June 1, 2023From David Del Valle in Madrid

DAZN, Videocites team for anti-piracy fight

Sports streaming service DAZN Group and Videocites, a technology company specialising in automated content detection solutions over social media, are partnering to intensify DAZN’s battle against intellectual property (IP) theft and illegal social media streams of its live sports content. The collaboration reflects their shared commitment to combating online piracy and promoting legitimate live sports […]

May 24, 2023By Colin Mann

Arqiva appoints Wedgwood as CTO

Communications infrastructure and media services company, Arqiva, has announced the appointment of Dom Wedgwood as Chief Technology Officer.  Wedgwood joins on June 1st and is appointed to Arqiva’s Executive Committee, reporting to CEO Shuja Khan.   Before joining Arqiva, Wedgwood was Senior Vice President for Broadcast Technology and OTT Playback Experience at DAZN Group, the […]

May 24, 2023

DAZN boosts women’s football awareness with YouTube

DAZN, the sports streaming service, has published a study that shows its UWCL YouTube Channel has stimulated significant growth not only in UEFA’s premier women’s football competition but across all aspects of the women’s game. The Value and Impact Report, undertaken by industry specialists Crux Sports, used extensive data analysis combined with interviews from stakeholders […]

May 23, 2023

Big Zuu Watch Party hits 20% engagement during KSI vs Fournier

Big Zuu hosted the KSI vs Joe Fournier DAZN Watch Party on May 13th bringing consumers closer to the action. Over 20 per cent of the overall UK viewership of this most recent X-Series fight tuned in to interact with each other using Dazn’s latest innovative chat feature. Fans who tuned in to the fight […]

May 17, 2023

Analysis: DAZN Spain’s 10th most-used SVoD

DAZN’s media rights strategy has fuelled continued growth and seen it soar to the tenth most-watched streaming video service in Spain for the first time, according to Consumer research from Ampere Analysis. It is also in eleventh place in Italy, where it holds exclusive rights to the majority of games for the flagship football league, […]

May 11, 2023

Team Whistle, DAZN launch No Days Off starring KSI

Team Whistle, the social first publisher and agency and its parent company, DAZN Group, the sports streaming service, have launched an original episode of No Days Off, featuring KSI and his rigorous training regime, timed to his upcoming DAZN:X Series 007 Fight on May 13th. No Days Off is Whistle’s flagship series that follows athletes […]

May 10, 2023

ACE launches sports piracy task force

Live-sports streaming service DAZN, has joined anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) to tackle the piracy operations that threaten the sports broadcasting and streaming industry. In welcoming DAZN, the coalition is launching the ACE Sports Piracy Task Force. The task force will further enhance and coordinate ACE’s efforts to target sports piracy […]

May 9, 2023By Colin Mann

Movistar, DAZN F1 deal under fire

Spanish regulatory body CNMC has opened a disciplinary file against Movistar for the Formula 1 deal signed with DAZN in 2021 for three seasons (2021-2023) over a possible breach of competition rules. The CNMC states that, with the deal, Movistar would have failed to abide by the deal limits imposed on the company for the […]

May 4, 2023From David Del Valle in Madrid