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DAZN 3.0: The long, hard road to maturity
SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the past, present and future of DAZN, finishing the series with the company's consolidation and its goal of sustainability by 2024.
DAZN 2.0: Counting the costs of a global empire
SportBusiness Media takes a deep dive into the past, present and future of DAZN, continuing with the company's rapid global expansion in 2018 and 2019.
Infront reveals details of bookmaker network for new betting division
Infront Bettor, the new betting-focused division of the Infront agency, has revealed details of deals it has signed with a number of new betting operator clients since launching in September
Sky Italia stalwart Zappia to leave broadcaster
Andrea Zappia, who helped launch Sky Italia in 2003, is to leave the pan-European pay-television broadcaster after two decades
DAZN 1.0: The mission to create the Spotify of sport
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.
Young returns to Nine in newly created digital role
Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment has appointed Nick Young as its commercial director of digital, a newly created role
Spain becomes latest DAZN market to adopt new pricing strategy
Spain has become the latest core market in which subscription sports broadcaster DAZN has altered its pricing strategy
Greenfly enlists Hutton’s expertise to drive growth
US digital media company Greenfly has become the latest organisation to enlist the services of sports broadcasting and technology veteran Peter Hutton
Sky NZ raises sports subscription fees for second time in a year
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand is raising the cost of its Sky Sport package by NZ$3 ($1.92/€1.77) per month and its streaming service Sky Sport Now by NZ$5 per month.
IMG appoints Warner Bros. Discovery’s long-serving Horta to DACH role
Alberto Horta has joined the IMG agency as its senior vice-president and managing director for the DACH markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, following a lengthy tenure at media group Warner Bros
Sporttotal chooses Vicente to chair new advisory board
Luis Vicente, the former chief executive at subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports, has been appointed as chairman of the new advisory board at Germany-based technology and live streaming company Sporttotal
TSN launches TSN+, acquires rights to PGA Tour Live
Canadian broadcaster TSN has announced its own streaming platform TSN+ along with the acquisition of the rights to PGA Tour Live
Netflix orders 2022 World Cup and Six Nations Rugby docuseries
Streaming giant Netflix is continuing to grow its presence in the sports industry, ordering a pair of new docuseries on the 2022 men's Fifa World Cup and Six Nations Rugby
Biswas joins Web3 platform Virtualness after leaving Meta
Web3-focused platform Virtualness has hired experienced media executive Joyee Biswas as a founding team member, heading sports and media partnerships for the fledgling Singapore-based company
Next League to buy services, product businesses from Infront X
Deal brings a full-circle moment for former Omnigon founders
DAZN reports $1.36bn operating loss in 2021, revenues reach $2.3bn in 2022
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.
Fort joins Hutton on Sporttotal’s advisory board
German technology and live streaming company Sporttotal has appointed Brazilian sports marketing expert Ricardo Fort as the latest member of its newly established advisory board
VTVcab, VNPT combine to launch ON Plus sports streaming app
Vietnamese pay-television broadcaster VTVcab has teamed up with telco VNPT to launch a new sports content app that will carry live sports video and other sports content