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DAZN tops up mobile payment options in Japan in NTT Docomo tie-up
Over-the-top streaming platform DAZN has introduced another payment option in Japan through a tie-up with Bocu, the mobile payment and identity solutions provider, and NTT Docomo, one of the country’s m…
Serie A domestic rights deadlock persists at latest Serie A meeting
Italy’s Serie A clubs are to convene again next week after an assembly meeting today (Thursday) failed to provide a consensus on allocating the domestic broadcast rights for the 2021-24 cycle.
DAZN signs up Tsunoda and Scuderia AlphaTauri in Japanese F1 push
DAZN has signed up Japanese Formula 1 driver Yuki Tsunoda as a brand ambassador to promote the OTT subscription platform in Japan
Mayer named DAZN chairman as Skipper steps down
Kevin Mayer, a former leading executive at Walt Disney Co. and TikTok, has been appointed to the role of chairman at DAZN, the global sports subscription service and media company
No white smoke for Serie A rights award as nine clubs abstain
Domestic rights to Italian football’s Serie A for the 2021-24 cycle remain unawarded after a vote of clubs today during an assembly meeting of the league.
DAZN, Sky joust over market competition issue before crucial Serie A meeting
DAZN, the OTT subscription broadcaster, has defended the availability of its potential Serie A output during the 2021-24 cycle after rival bidder Sky Italia, the pay-television broadcaster, wrote to the…
Further details emerge of TIM’s support for DAZN bid, record audience for Milan derby
Telecom Italia (TIM) has clarified the nature of its support for DAZN’s bid for domestic Serie A rights as it emerged that the Italian telecoms operator would cover around 40 per cent of the proposed r…
Serie A delays domestic rights award with DAZN, Sky bids still on table
Italian football’s Lega Serie A has postponed a vote on the award of its domestic broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24 with bids from incumbent rights-holders DAZN and Sky Italia still under consideration.
CAA Eleven launches Uefa national teams rights tender in Austria
The CAA Eleven agency has launched its sales process in Austria for Uefa national team broadcast rights in its first tender of the year
Serie A to discuss domestic bids on Thursday, private equity delay sparks doubts
Italian football’s Lega Serie A is to hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss the award of its domestic broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24 after clubs decided against holding a vote last night.
DAZN, Deutsche Telekom extend distribution deal to 2025
Subscription sports streaming service DAZN and Deutsche Telekom have expanded and extended their distribution agreement which makes the former’s OTT platform available on the telco’s MagentaTV platform.
LFP rights bids from Amazon, DAZN and Discovery fall under reserve price
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has received bids for its domestic broadcast rights from online retail giant Amazon, subscription streaming operator DAZN and international broadcast group D…
Serie A’s Mena bid deadline pushed back, Mediapro among domestic bidders
The bid deadline for broadcast rights to Serie A in the Middle East and North Africa has been pushed back by two weeks and will now fall at 10am (CET) on February 15
Serie A to enter private negotiations over domestic rights
Italian football’s Lega Serie A is to engage in private negotiations with companies interested in domestic broadcast rights after the first-round bid deadline in its invitation to tender passed this m…
Bild to stream Club World Cup in Germany, Italian free-to-air coverage on Mediaset
Bild, the German newspaper and publisher owned by the Axel Springer group, is to stream live coverage of Bayern Munich’s matches at the forthcoming Fifa Club World Cup.
German broadcast blackout averted as DAZN nets Club World Cup rights
Subscription streaming operator DAZN has acquired broadcast rights in Germany to next month’s rescheduled Fifa Club World Cup, ending the prospect of a broadcast blackout for the tournament in one of E…
Former DAZN executive Peebles joins The Athletic in APAC role
Alex Peebles, the former senior vice-president, Southeast Asia at sports streaming operator DAZN, has joined The Athletic, the subscription-based sports website, in a commercial role focused on the Asia-Pacific…
Serie A pushes back deadline for domestic broadcast rights bids
Italian football’s Lega Serie A has pushed back the deadline for first-round bids in its domestic rights auction for the 2021-24 cycle.