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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.
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 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
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.
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
DFL and Sky negotiating Bundesliga media-rights payments
The German Football League (DFL) is in ongoing discussions with its domestic broadcast rights-holders as it seeks to reach a consensus with pay-television broadcaster Sky over the final instalment of this…
DFL presses ahead with Bundesliga domestic rights tender
The Bundesliga’s domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender process is to carry on despite the spread of the coronavirus pandemic across Germany and elsewhere in Europe.
DAZN retains MotoGP rights in German-speaking markets
International sports streaming service DAZN has renewed an agreement for MotoGP rights in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
DAZN’s Markowski: Global boxing platform to inform future launches
Following the announcement that DAZN will launch a boxing-focussed global platform in May, Joseph Markowski, executive vice-president North America, told delegates here at Sportel Miami that the move will…
DAZN’s boxing-focused global platform to launch in May
International sports streaming service DAZN has announced that its new global service, which will initially be focused on boxing, will launch in over 200 countries in time for Saul 'Canelo' Álvarez’s su…
Sport1 picks up non-exclusive Coupe de France rights
German sports broadcaster Sport1 has secured rights to French football’s Coupe de France in a deal running until the end of the 2021-22 tournament.
WTA nets additional Canadian exposure in TSN deal
Canadian pay-television broadcaster TSN has strengthened its tennis portfolio with the addition of rights to the WTA Tour and season-ending WTA Finals
DAZN Media launches comprehensive football ad package
DAZN Media, the advertising division of sports media company DAZN Group, has launched a new football package that will give a brand partner the chance to reach over 40 markets through its OTT, digital,…
Thai FA re-elects Somyot, declares media rights award
The Football Association of Thailand yesterday re-elected Somyot Poompanmuang as its president and said its global media rights for the 2021-28 period had been awarded, although did not reveal the winners
Rights buyer DAZN: Transparency is key in EHF sales process
DAZN Group has reiterated its intention to ensure transparency in its joint 10-year European Handball Federation rights agreement with the Infront agency given the digital sports media company is also…
DAZN adds Amazon’s Skeels as VP of product acquisition
Subscription OTT sports platform DAZN has appointed Julian Skeels as vice-president of product acquisition, retention and payments
DAZN: Over 500m hours streamed in 2019 as Joshua-Ruiz tops ratings
Anthony Joshua’s reclaiming of his world heavyweight boxing belts was DAZN’s most-streamed event internationally in 2019, with the subscription OTT sports platform reporting that its consumption levels nea…
IOC’s Ryan becomes Fiba Media managing director
Fiba Media, the joint venture between sports media company DAZN Group and Fiba, basketball’s international federation, has a new managing director with Andrew Ryan leaving his role at the International O…
DAZN seeks to raise ‘at least $500m’ for expansion and rights push
International sports streaming service DAZN is seeking to raise at least $500m (€450m) from investors in order to support its expansion efforts and pursuit of new broadcast rights.
Walker assumes DAZN global rights partnerships role after leaving beIN
Digital sports media company DAZN Group has named Stewart Walker as its executive vice-president of global rights partnerships
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 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
DAZN hires Sky Deutschland exec to drive commercial growth
OTT streaming platform DAZN has appointed Paul Sexton-Chadwick as senior vice-president of commercial propositions, a role in which he will help to drive its strategy and execution for commercial premises…
DAZN to carry Eurosport in four markets, adds Bundesliga rights
OTT streaming platform DAZN has agreed a carriage deal in four markets with US media company Discovery for its international sports broadcaster Eurosport, along with an exclusive sublicensing agreement…