Callum McCarthy

SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the past, present and future of DAZN, starting with the platform's creation and initial years of activity.

DAZN Group made an overall loss of $2.33bn (€2.17bn) in 2021, bringing the company's total losses over the past three reported financial years to $5bn, SportBusiness can reveal.

Inside this issue: FOOTBALL: Globo’s World Cup renegotiation sends Casimiro’s star soaring in Brazil FOOTBALL: In Focus: Fifa World Cup FOO

Globo’s loss of exclusive digital rights to the 2022 Fifa World Cup unleashed the potential of alternative broadcasts in Brazil, as Brazilian influencer Casimiro’s streams of World Cup matches broke the country’s YouTube and Twitch’s live viewership records.

SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the numbers driving the Fifa World Cup's commercial success.

Inside this issue: FOOTBALL: Fifa media rights income trebles since 2002, despite ‘web of corruption’ FOOTBALL: Infront’s Asia windfall: Why Fifa took World Cup rights in house FOOTB

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Media groups across Latin America are spending just under half a billion dollars on top-tier European club football rights in the current 2022-23 season, almost all of which is driven by the Premier League, LaLiga and Uefa club competitions.

DAZN's strategy to improve key metrics, while attempting to minimise cash expenditure and smarten up its balance sheet, is characterised well by its acquisition of Eleven Group in September.

Inside this issue: MULTIPLE SPORTS: Verow: Investor interest in beIN Media Group “a huge compliment” MULTIPLE SPORTS: Viacom18 pays big increase to beat Sony to 2024 Olympic Games FOO