Media Delivery
DAZN and TikTok onside for National League live stream
DAZN confirmed to TVBEurope it will be delivering a 16:9 feed to TikTok, sending the match feed in its native format
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Media Consumption
UK ad-supported streaming hits record 23 million subscribers
Data from Worldpanel by Numerator's Q3 2025 Entertainment on Demand report showed an almost 50 per cent single month surge for DAZN and a...
Media Consumption
Opinion: factors driving change across the streaming marketplace
Craig Ferguson, director of regional sales, Europe at Evergent, outlines the key shifts in the streaming market and takes a look ahead at the...
IP Migration
DAZN builds new SMPTE ST 2110 MCR for FIFA Club World Cup
The streamer worked with Techex and TAG Video Systems on the MCR, which provided centralised control over more than 5,000 unique video sources and...
Live Production
Encompass onside with DAZN FIFA Club World Cup coverage
Encompass is delivering resilience across linear broadcast and OTT platforms, supporting live and on-demand viewing across multiple regions
Live Production
A team sport
Around 200 members of staff at IMG have been working on a project that came together in a “matter of weeks, not months". TVBEurope...
Media Management
Putting cloud at the heart of the action
M2A Media CEO Ciaran Doran discusses how the company has scaled the orchestration of its cloud distribution services to deliver this summer's FIFA Club...
Live Production
IMG’s Stockley Park facility set as global English production hub for FIFA Club World Cup 2025
IMG's facility will also host DAZN's central edit and graphics processes
Media Consumption
Kantar: Q1 boom in bundled streaming services with growth across multiple platforms
Analysis shows Netflix led the way with growth in new subscriptions and reduced churn
IP Migration
Setting OB free with Over Exposed’s IP-driven trucks
Fully adopting IP may be the factor that truly advances outside broadcast to the next level. TVBEurope meets Ed Tischler, director of Over Exposed,...
Media Delivery
Ampere: streamers to spend $12.5 billion on sports rights this year
Fuelled by increasing budgets, the streamer's combined will equal a fifth of global sports rights spend
Business
DAZN wants to be the ‘Spotify of sport’
According to reports, the streamer's executives want to develop the company into a $200 billion media group, that would offer subscribers the equivalent of...
Business
DAZN acquires Australia’s Foxtel in $2.2 billion deal
“We are committed to supporting and investing in Foxtel’s television and streaming services, across both sports and entertainment, using our world-leading technology," said DAZN...
Media Delivery
DAZN bets on LTN for automated linear channel creation
The collaboration enables DAZN to deliver a portfolio of 11 low latency, live streaming channel variants to around 1,000 betting locations in Germany
Media Delivery
DAZN scores worldwide rights to FIFA Club World Cup
DAZN's deal with FIFA includes the possibility of sublicensing to local free-to-air linear broadcast networks
Media Consumption
DAZN goes live with Sky UK
Sky customers in UK and Ireland can now access DAZN's live and VoD content
Virtual Production
Plazamedia launches latest virtual studio with DAZN’s Super Bowl coverage
DAZN broadcast live from the studio using Plazamedia's permanently connected TV control rooms, with all signals for the broadcast sent from Las Vegas via...
Media Consumption
How data ‘heartbeats’ are at the centre of DAZN’s customer experience
Stefan Kalcher, SVP data and analytics at DAZN, talks exclusively to TVBEurope about the streamer's use of data to enhance its customer experience
Media Delivery
Broadpeak’s Multicast ABR technology assists DAZN with streaming content
By collaborating with operators and utilising mABR on their networks, DAZN is able to reduce buffering, and eliminate live traffic peaks on ISP networks,...
Live Production
Delivering a game-changing event to 200 countries
Robert Shepherd talks to Lester Holcombe about Game4Ukraine, a ground-breaking global event fusing live football, music performances and cutting-edge technology for a noble cause...
Live Production
Plazamedia’s German studio plays perfect pass to Istanbul for DAZN’s Champions League Final coverage
The broadcast employed Plazamedia's German studio, which includes a 22m x 5m LED wall that was used to include guests at the Ataturk Stadium...
Business
DAZN ‘wants to end 3pm blackout and show all EFL games live’
DAZN’s coverage would include more behind-the-scenes footage, watchalongs, stats, in-play betting and better camera angles and production
Business
ITV ‘wins free-to-air IPL cricket rights’
Broadcaster is believed to have struck a sub-licencing deal with sports streamer DAZN which will show 58 matches
People
Former BT Sport exec joins DAZN
Marc Watson joins the sports streamer following the completion of its acquisition of Eleven Sports and Team Whistle
Business
DAZN set to bid for Premier League rights
"I am very, very confident that in the mid to long-term we can be a big player in the UK." DAZN CEO Shay Segev...
Media Delivery
Amazon, DAZN sign global distribution deal
DAZN is available through Prime Video Channels in Spain and Germany from today (19th January), and will continue to rollout globally throughout the year
Business
DAZN delays IPO following $1 billion losses
The company saw income rise to $1.6 billion in 2021, but reported costs of $2.9 billion, an increase of over 50 per cent compared...
Business
DAZN agrees deal to acquire rival ELEVEN Sports
The deal will see DAZN gain the rights to top-tier football in both Portugal and Belgium, as well as its existing rights deals in...
Business
DAZN ‘to share Serie A rights with Sky Italia’
DAZN is believed to have entered talks with pay-TV operator Sky Italia following a renegotiation of its deal with Telecom Italia
Business
Viaplay in talks to acquire Premier Sports
Acquiring Premier Sports would give the streaming service a linear option, as the company currently broadcasts a number of pay-TV channels in the UK...
Business
DAZN ‘in talks to acquire Eleven Sports’
Talks are said to be advanced but there's no guarantee the deal will happen
Media Delivery
DAZN to stream Bundesliga, Champions League matches in HD
Streaming service intends to upgrade matches to full HD quality (1080p) during the new season
Media Delivery
DAZN agrees deals with European broadcasters to sublicense UEFA Women’s Champions League final
DAZN will make the final available in at least 10 separate language commentary feeds across its streaming service, DAZN's YouTube channel and the local...
People
Sandeep Tiku joins DAZN as CTO
Joins the company from Entain, where he oversaw the technology and operations supporting a portfolio of brands in over 30 markets
Business
Telefonica rebuffs Vivendi’s approach for Movistar Plus TV unit
Meanwhile, Movistar agrees non-exclusive distribution deal with DAZN for LaLiga matches from the start of the 2022/23 season
Live Production
Vodafone, DAZN test 5G in Bundesliga broadcasts
Before kick-off and after the final whistle, analyst Claudio Pizarro was integrated into the live broadcast from Vodafone's Düsseldorf Campus via 5G from DAZN's...
Business
DAZN shareholders make $4.3 billion play for safety
Len Blavatnik agrees to recapitalisation of the streaming group
Business
Discovery/BT Sport tie-up could be ‘first tangible threat to Sky’
Analyst Conrad Wiacek suggests the UK may become the first battle ground in the battle to become the dominant European sports broadcaster
People
Aviv Giladi joins DAZN to lead broadcast partnerships
Giladi has been tasked with with overseeing the company's strategy to drive commercialisation of the business, including WTA Media, FIBA Media, and the European...
People
DAZN shakes up leadership again
Shay Segev takes over as sole CEO of the sports streaming company
Business
DAZN ‘set to pay £582 million for BT Sport’
According to reports, the deal could finally be agreed this month
Business
DAZN, Movistar score LaLiga domestic rights
New deal is a record for LaLiga and will run until 2027