Streaming television platform DAZN was criticised by the Italian government on Monday after technical problems caused subscribers to miss chunks of the opening weekend of the Serie A football season. On Monday Italy’s sports undersecretary Valentina Vezzali said on Twitter that she would head an “urgent meeting" with Serie A, the country’s economy ministry and communication industry regulator AGCOM “given …
An attempt by Britain’s richest man, Sir Leonard Blavatnik, to conquer the sports TV market has racked up another year of heavy losses to reach an accumulated deficit of more than $3.7bn. In delayed accounts filed at Companies House, the streaming operator Dazn reported a pre-tax loss of $1.3bn for 2020 as the pandemic tore up sporting schedules around the …
The US media powerhouse Discovery is attempting to gatecrash BT’s sale of its sports broadcasting arm and derail months of talks with Dazn, the streaming challenger bankrolled by the billionaire Sir Leonard Blavatnik. As talks between BT and Dazn towards a £600m sale of BT Sport have become bogged down by wrangling over commercial details, City sources said Discovery has …
Dazn, the sports streaming app lavishly funded by the billionaire Sir Leonard Blavatnik, is targeting a stock market debut within months to help fund further expansion. The British company, which has spent billions of pounds of Sir Leonard’s fortune buying up football rights around the world, aims to list in autumn if market conditions allow, according to City sources. The …
Italy's Serie A called an emergency board meeting on Sunday to discuss a newspaper report saying broadcaster DAZN is involved in new plans for a breakaway European Super League, a league source told Reuters. The source told Reuters that the league had recently become aware of the plans for a breakaway project and the potential involvement of DAZN. Corriere dello …