DAZN Group
DAZN signs three-year media rights deal with Brazil’s NBB
Subscription sports streaming service DAZN has agreed a three-season deal with the Brazilian Basketball League (LNB) to become the main rights partner of its top-tier club competition, the NBB
DAZN reaches North American distribution deal with Comcast
OTT programmer to be integrated into offerings for both Internet-only and traditional cable subscribers
Arena expands EHF coverage in Infront/DAZN deal
Pay-television broadcaster Arena Sport has acquired European Handball Federation club and national team events across the Balkan region in a new four-year deal
DAZN adds Inter TV to Italian offering
Subscription over-the-top platform DAZN has agreed a deal with Italian Serie A team Inter Milan for the club’s in-house television content to appear online.
DAZN adds Copa Libertadores Femenina to Brazilian rights portfolio
Sports streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Brazil to the Copa Libertadores Femenina club football competition
DAZN launches global virtual production facility
OTT sports streaming service DAZN has unveiled a new virtual production facility that it claims will allow it to localise its content and distribute it across multiple regions much more quickly
After Leoz’s death, South American football is still battling the ghosts of its corrupt past
The death of former Conmebol president Nicolás Leoz has brought South American football one step closer to closing the book on an era of corruption. As global agencies and investment funds are taking advantage of the power vacuum, Callum McCarthy examines the current landscape and asks if and when that book can be closed for good.
Events spend prompts CHF5.3m loss at Fiba, but commercial revenues strong
The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) generated revenues of CHF98.3m (€89.6m/$99.1m) in 2018, including commercial receipts of CHF75.4m, but reported a net loss of CHF5.3
US boxing deals promised a revolution, but it’s business-as-usual for the sweet science
Last year, broadcasters and promoters announced a series of big-money deals that promised much and have so far delivered very little. Callum McCarthy examines why boxing’s stakeholders aren’t yet on the same page.
STATS merger with Perform allows DAZN Group to prioritise OTT service
US-based sports, data and technology company STATS is to merge with Perform in a deal which could help fund the global expansion of the DAZN OTT sports platform
Simon Denyer | Chief executive, DAZN Group
Simon Denyer was among the 10 executives whose work in 2018 we believe indicates the direction of the sports business in 2019 and beyond.
Blavatnik plots break up of DAZN Group with sale of Perform Content
Sir Len Blavatnik, the majority shareholder of the DAZN Group, will split the sports media company in two and sell off half to focus on the DAZN sports streaming service.
Uefa: Fans will become ‘directors’ of sports coverage ‘within a few years’
Fans will become the directors of the sports coverage they receive on media platforms ‘within a few years’ as the media markets evolve faster than ever before, Guy-Laurent Epstein, marketing director of …
The OTT report | Chapter three: Barriers to growth
3: Clinging to the Cord: Barriers to OTT Growth