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Luke Littler’s run to the 2024 PDC World Championship final has created a lasting boost for UK darts audiences, putting Matchroom in a strong position ahead of renewal talks.

Joe Markowski is leaving his role as chief executive of DAZN in North America with IMG’s Michael Ridout to take on certain duties heading up the broadcaster’s combat sports activities, SportBusiness can reveal.

DAZN has extended its contract with the Mediaset-owned Digitalia 08 for advertising sales around the subscription broadcaster’s live coverage of Italian football’s Serie A.

DAZN has appointed former Canal Plus executive Brice Daumin to lead its French operation as it continues to target domestic rights to the country’s top football league.

Mauro Balata, president of Italy’s second football division, Serie B, has called on football’s governing bodies to be more aware of the negative impact their constant expansion of competitions has on the value of domestic leagues.

Uefa has decided to sell global commercial rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League over a five-year cycle, from 2025-26 to 2029-30, with sponsorship rights to women’s national team events over the…

DAZN is to drop its paywall for the bulk of its women’s football coverage worldwide to create what it describes as the “new global home for women’s football” in the broadcaster’s latest move to open u…

DAZN has retained exclusive Uefa club competition broadcast rights in Canada for another three seasons in a renewed commitment to the market by the subscription streaming broadcaster

The German Football League (DFL) has asked prospective bidders for domestic Bundesliga rights from 2025-26 to 2028-29 to register for the forthcoming invitation to tender

Global streaming service DAZN has acquired rights in Spain to the country’s second-tier football competition, the Segunda División.

DAZN has recruited Walker Jacobs from Twitch to the newly created position of global chief revenue officer and president of DAZN’s US operation.

Movistar Plus, the Spanish pay-television broadcaster operated by telco Telefónica, has renewed an agreement to carry content offered by OTT subscription broadcaster DAZN.

DAZN and Telecom Italia are thought to have renewed their Serie A distribution agreement, a key deal for the rollout of the subscription broadcaster’s live coverage of the Italian top flight.

A new commercial television channel is to launch in Germany at the start of 2024 offering sports output until now showcased by ServusTV and also on the back of a content agreement with DAZN

DAZN recorded an operating loss of $1.06bn (€969m) in 2022 on the back of increased rights fee commitments but higher direct-to-consumer revenues helped to reduce the figure by 22 per cent year-over-year, SportBusiness understands.

Global sports streaming service and media company DAZN has launched a free in-app offering for users in Germany, marking the first phase of what will be a wider global roll-out.

The NFL Game Pass direct-to-consumer service is to be made available as a Primetime Channel on YouTube in both Germany and the UK following a deal struck between DAZN and the Google-owned streaming giant

Pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports has sublicensed rights in the UK and Ireland to selected matches from the Uefa Women’s Champions League and the top-tier domestic women’s leagues of France, Spain and…