Encompass Digital Media has revealed details of its recent collaboration with DAZN.
As the exclusive global broadcast partner of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, DAZN is providing live and free coverage to fans around the world, a first for an international men’s club football tournament.
Supporting its coverage, Encompass is managing live playout of the competition’s 63 matches from its facility in Stamford, CT. The Encompass team handles workflows across three linear channels (North America, Rest of World, and Latin America), aiming to ensure the integration of graphics, advertising and late-breaking content while also meeting event-specific requirements.
Delivered continuously across the live window on each matchday, reactive playout services are transitioned to thematic operations overnight. A partnership with AI Media enables the integration of AI-generated captions into all feeds. OTT direct to consumer distribution is provided by Encompass’ Stream TV, architected to deliver 100 per cent availability via its Altitude Media Cloud. Channels are encoded, packaged and distributed directly to DAZN viewers.
Encompass is also providing IP distribution to seven international affiliates from its London facility via a fully internet-native approach, aiming to deliver high-quality output to licensees in regions such as Europe, Australia and the US. Satellite downlink capabilities from the UK and US provide DAZN with additional resilience, enabling access to be maintained in the event of IP or fibre disruption.
Marc Bruce, CEO of Encompass, said, “Delivering a project of this complexity on a global scale is exactly the kind of challenge we’re built for. Our ability to integrate playout, OTT and IP distribution with built-in resilience is central to the success of this tournament. We’re proud to support DAZN in delivering an exceptional experience for football fans around the world.”
James Pearce, SVP Broadcast and Streaming at DAZN, added, “Encompass has been a longstanding partner to DAZN. Their ability to rapidly implement a robust, multi-layered broadcast architecture for DAZN’s live and free broadcasting of the FIFA Club World Cup to football fans around the world is an important part of our operational success. Encompass are delivering a high-performance and reliable technical solution with the level of resilience required for an event of this significance and scale.”
