DAZN Group
DAZN unveils multi-faceted partnership with AutoTrader.ca in Canada
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has signed an exclusive partnership in Canada with automotive online marketplace AutoTrader.ca surrounding its Premier League coverage.
DAZN rolls out mobile billing in Germany and Switzerland
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has launched direct carrier billing in Germany and Switzerland through agreements with telecoms operators Telefónica and Swisscom.
Blanket UK coverage allows DAZN to offer all Premier League matches in Spain
International subscription streaming service DAZN will broadcast all remaining matches from the English Premier League this season in Spain
DAZN in talks to raise up to $125m from Goal.com sale
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, is in “final stage” negotiations to sell its Goal.com football website to US-based private equity firm TPG Capital, it has emerged.
DAZN acquires rights for Nippon Professional Baseball pre-season
Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Japan for Nippon Professional Baseball pre-season practice matches ahead of the 2020 season start on June 19
DAZN seeks investors amid Covid-19 downturn
Len Blavatnik, the Ukraine-born billionaire who owns DAZN, is looking for investors to help shore up the sports streaming service's finances during the Covid-19 downturn, according to the Financial Times
DAZN extends live Bundesliga rights until end of season
International streaming service DAZN has agreed an extension to its one-match Bundesliga broadcast rights deal with the German Football League (DFL) in Germany and Switzerland, covering the remainder of…
DFL in longer-term negotiations after Amazon nets one-match Bundesliga deal
Online retail giant Amazon acquired domestic broadcast rights to the most recent Monday-evening Bundesliga match between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen in a direct deal with the German Football League…
DFL agrees direct DAZN deal for Monday Bundesliga match, Sky nets record audience
The German Football League (DFL) has agreed a one-match media-rights deal with subscription streaming service DAZN for this evening’s Bundesliga match between Werder Bremen and Bayer Leverkusen.
Serie A earmarks June 13 return, maintains TV rights payment stance
Clubs from Italy’s top-tier Serie A today voted to resume the competition on June 13, pending government approval, as the league continued to adopt a tough stance on payments by rights-holding broadcasters.
Sky offers free Konferenz access as DFL continues talks with DAZN, Discovery
German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland will again make its ‘Konferenz’ coverage of Bundesliga and second-tier 2. Bu
Serie A set on finishing season as doubts persist over rights contracts
Clubs from Italy’s top-tier Serie A today reiterated their desire to finish the 2019-20 season at a league assembly meeting, but doubts remain over the fulfilment of the league’s domestic and international bro…
DFL ‘moves closer’ to compromise with domestic rights-holders
The German Football League (DFL) appears to have edged closer to an agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland over instalment payments for this season’s Bundesliga media rights.
DAZN acquires live rights to PDC Home Tour in nine markets
Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in each of its active markets to the recently-announced Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) Home Tour series
Cartel office drops anti-competitive Uefa rights case against Sky and DAZN
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, has dropped its proceedings against pay-television broadcaster Sky and international streaming service DAZN over suspected anti-competitive practices w…
Peebles to leave as DAZN readies Southeast Asia launch
One of DAZN’s most senior executives in Southeast Asia, senior vice-president Alex Peebles, is departing the business later this year.
The move comes as DAZN is finally set to launch in the region.
WWE seals pay-television deal with DAZN in German-speaking countries
Wrestling entertainment series WWE has secured a new pay-television rights deal with international streaming service DAZN in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
DAZN defers rights fee payments and furloughs staff
DAZN, the global sports subscription service, has begun to inform sports rights-holders that it will not make its next rights fee payments for any content that has yet to be delivered, SportBusiness understands