DAZN pounces for Uefa club competition rights in Canada

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired exclusive rights in Canada for football’s Uefa Champions League and Europa League.

The three-year deal will run from 2018-19 to 2020-21.

During the 2018-19 campaign, DAZN will stream live coverage of all 138 Champions League matches and all 205 Europa League matches, as well as the Super Cup early-season curtain-raiser.

Subscribers will be able to watch in real time and on-demand.

DAZN offers monthly and annual subscriptions, with one month free. Subscriptions are available at C$20 (€13/$15) per month or C$150 per year.

The news is likely to represent a setback to telco Bell, which was regarded as the favourite when Uefa’s partner agency, Team Marketing, launched the sales process back in October. Bell, which operates pay-television broadcasters RDS and TSN, has invested heavily in football rights since being dislodged as the NHL ice hockey league’s rights partner by rival Rogers from the 2014-15 season.

In the three-year cycle that will conclude with tomorrow’s Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Kiev, Bell has shared rights to the Champions League and Europa League with pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports.