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DAZN launches 2 global FAST channels

DAZN Group has launched two new FAST channels globally: DAZN Combat and DAZN Women’s Football. DAZN Combat gives fans front row seats to action across boxing and MMA, including live events, highlights, legendary archive fights, documentaries and more. The channel will show live boxing events as well as reruns and documentaries that celebrate the talents […]

May 2, 2023

Airspeeder signs content deal with DAZN

Airspeeder, the Flying Car Racing series, has partnered with DAZN, the sports streaming platform, to bring content from the Airspeeder EXA series race to audiences worldwide. This one-year non-exclusive content partnership will feature highlights from the first Airspeeder EXA Series Race in South Australia, as well as the Road to Flying Car Racing, Finding Extreme […]

April 25, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Italy: Number of TV channels drops

Italian households had the potential of receiving 343 TV channels on DTT and satellite in 2022, down from 413 in 2021, distributed by over 100 broadcasters, of which 80 based in Italy. The annual survey by Confindustria Radio Televisioni (CRTV), shows that 292 channels were owned by broadcasters based in Italy, of which 106 distributed […]

April 21, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

UWCL semi-finals free on DAZN YouTube

DAZN, the sports streaming service, has announced the return of the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) for the semi-finals, featuring the top teams in Europe: FC Barcelona, Arsenal WFC, Chelsea FC Women and VfL Wolfsburg. The first leg of the semi-finals is scheduled to take place on April 22nd and 23rd, with the second leg […]

April 21, 2023

LG Channels triples European users

LG Electronics’ free streaming service, LG Channels, has tripled its user base in Europe over the last year. The service was first launched in 2016 in the US and in 2019 in select European countries. According to LG data, as of January 2023, the number of LG Channels users in the 16 European markets where […]

April 17, 2023

DAZN, J.League extend rights deal

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and J.League, the Japanese professional football league have extended their broadcast partnership until 2023. The deal is based on similar profit-sharing model to DAZN’s recently announced NFL partnership. DAZN Group CEO, Shay Segev – who flew to Tokyo to sign the deal – commented: “Launched as our first market in […]

March 31, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Women’s National Football Conference on DAZN

The Women’s National Football Conference (WNFC) has announced the launch of wSCORE, a direct-to-consumer streaming service going live to air all games for the upcoming 2023 season. Additionally, the WNFC has announced a streaming deal with DAZN, the global sports entertainment platform, securing additional access to live WNFC matches for audiences around the world. “Creating […]

March 31, 2023

VeriCall/MAS boosts DAZN Sky launch

Business process outsourcing specialist VeriCall Ltd/MAS has agreed a partnership with sports streaming service DAZN. The launch of DAZN 1 HD, on Sky channel 429, is powered by VeriCall’s MAS technology, with the MAS subscriber management platform specifically built for the pay-TV sector. DAZN Group launched DAZN 1 HD in the UK and Ireland on […]

March 30, 2023

DAZN opens Network Operation Centre in Italy

DAZN Italia has opened a Network Operation Centre (NOC) in Cologno Monzese (Milan) to monitor network performance and streaming quality. Before the setting up of the Italian NOC, these tasks were carried out by DAZN’s Network Operation Centre Global, which is located in Leeds, UK. Before a football match, the NOC controls the allocation of […]

March 29, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Virgin Media, DAZN distribution deal

Virgin Media O2 and DAZN have announced a distribution deal which will see a selection of DAZN boxing and combat sports available to Virgin TV customers as PPV. The partnership starts with former two-time Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua’s bout against American powerhouse Jermaine Franklin on April 1st. As part of the newly agreed distribution deal, […]

March 28, 2023By Nik Roseveare