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5 partners with DAZN to air FIFA Club World Cup

5 and DAZN have announced a partnership deal that will see 5 broadcast live coverage of 23 of the 63 matches from this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup free-to-air to UK viewers. The remaining 40 games will be available (also for free) on DAZN in the UK. The FIFA Club World Cup takes place from […]

April 23, 2025

DAZN launches Scores stats engine

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced the launch of Scores – a new stats engine that is tailored to each user’s preferences, providing in-depth insights and real-time scores. Scores covers football matches around the world, allowing DAZN’s registered users to follow their favourite clubs and competitions for free. Available globally and in multiple languages, […]

April 22, 2025

Data: Consumer media usage grew 2.4% in 2024

Global consumer media usage, including digital and traditional media channels, increased 2.4 per cent in 2024 to an average of 57.2 hours per week, following a sharp deceleration in time spent with media growth in 2023, according to a market intelligence report from media econometrics specialist PQ Media. Growth in consumer media usage, including all […]

April 17, 2025

NBA, FIBA exploring new pro basketball league in Europe

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have announced their joint exploration of a new professional men’s basketball league in Europe that would bring the sport to more European fans and accelerate the game’s growth across the continent.  The NBA and FIBA will continue discussions that began more than a year […]

March 27, 2025

Spain: RTVE scores World Cup 2026 rights

Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has acquired the TV rights to the Football World Cup 2026 for €55 million, according to El Mundo, after offering the highest bid to FIFA, ahead of private TV operators. RTVE will share football matches from the World Cup with TV group Mediapro that will be able to launch its own […]

March 18, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

DAZN, TNT Sports partner across FIFA Club World Cup in US

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced a multi-faceted partnership with TNT Sports in the US across the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 (CWC). Kicking off on June 14th in Miami, through to the final in New Jersey on July 13th, the CWC tournament will bring together 32 of the best football clubs from around […]

March 5, 2025

FIFA+ on Netgem

Netgem has announced a collaboration with FIFA+, the official streaming platform of FIFA. The partnership brings access to free football content to Netgem TV viewers across Europe via their telcos’ TV services, starting with the UK and Ireland this February, followed by France and other regions in the near future. Netgem users in the UK […]

February 19, 2025

Saudi invests $1bn in DAZN

Saudi Arabia is to invest $1 billion (€0.95bn) in DAZN and a forming new JV with the sports streaming service owned by Sir Leonard Blavatnik, as the country doubles up its bet on the global sports market. Surj Sports Investment, the sporting arm of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), will acquire a “single-digit” minority […]

February 17, 2025

DAZN, TelevisaUnivision partner for FIFA Club World Cup in US

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has entered into a wide-ranging partnership with TelevisaUnivision, the Spanish-language media company, for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 in the US. Under the terms of the partnership, 18 matches of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will be available for fans to watch in Spanish on TelevisaUnivision’s US networks: […]

February 14, 2025

DAZN targets 1bn users

DAZN has provided a company update, which offers an overview of the sports streaming service’s strategy as well as the milestones and financial performance for the prior year. In 2024, DAZN reports that it streamed over 90,000 live events across more than 200 markets. “The scale that an audience of over 300 million regular viewers […]

January 24, 2025