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DAZN has named Eleven Group co-founder Marc Watson as its Chief Commercial Officer following the takeover of its rival sports streamer this month. Watson will replace Jacopo Tonoli, who has been CCO since the launch of DAZN in 2016. He is “embarking on new ventures,” according to DAZN. Tonoli, who…

DAZN Group has completed its acquisition of Eleven Group and social media creative agency Team Whistle. The deal for its rival Eleven gives sports streamer DAZN new local services and sports rights in several territories, including Belgium Portugal and Taiwan.  Eleven has a suite of sports…

More than 200 BT Sport staff who transferred to the company’s joint venture with Warner Bros Discovery in the UK and Ireland are at risk of redundancy. Their current roles have been dissolved and they can now apply for new positions or leave the business. The staff were informed through a Zoom…

EXCLUSIVE: Sports streamer DAZN is moving into the next phase of its restructuring, as it continues to scale back its London office and shift focus to bases in Europe and India. At the same time, Deadline can reveal DAZN Executive Vice Chairman John Gleasure is stepping down from his post and moving…

The transaction for Warner Bros Discovery and BT Sport’s joint UK and Ireland sports venture has closed successfully. The conglomerates announced they would combine a few months ago when a deal for Dazn to acquire BT Sports fell through, and BT Sport and its subsidiary Eurosport UK’s assets have now been transferred…

Global sports streamer DAZN has signed a BT marketing guru to head up marketing around the world. Pete Oliver has spent the last two decades launching, marketing and distributing BT’s consumer services, most recently leading on BT Sport and BT Fibre. In the newly-created role for London-headquartered DAZN, he will…

EXCLUSIVE: Global sports streaming outfit DAZN is to make around 50 redundancies in its London headquarters, Deadline can reveal. Staff in the Hammersmith, West London HQ have been told in the past couple of hours, Deadline understands, and a four-week redundancy process has been kickstarted, with around 50 roles set…

Richard E. Grant bags guest role in ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ retelling Withnail & I star Richard E. Grant has joined Disney+'s live-action drama Nautilus, with Muki Zubis (This is Going to Hurt) Benedict Hardie (The Luminaries), Jacob Collins Levy (Young Wallander) and Luke Arnold (Black Sails) also signing up…

Banijay Germany Launches Tech JV Banijay Germany has launched a JV with Austrian tech start-up influence.vision as it pushes further into the tech and influencer space. Influence.vision was founded in 2017 and said it has connected more than 1000 brands and content creators on a common platform during the past five…

Starzplay Acquires HBO’s Max’s Ken Watanabe Crime Thriller Series ‘Tokyo Vice’ HBO Max's upcoming crime thriller Tokyo Vice is headed to streaming service Starzplay in Europe. The Starz streamer has acquired rights in Austria, Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, Ireland and the U.K. and will debut with two episodes…

Professional boxing has produced some titanic rivalries over the decades: Ali vs. Frazier, Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya vs. Julio César Chávez. That latter clash of champions is the subject of La Guerra Civil, a documentary directed by Eva Longoria Bastón that just made its world premiere at…

What happens when you fight your hero? That’s just one of the questions addressed by La Guerra Civil, an engaging Sundance Film Festival documentary premiere from Eva Longoria Bastón. The debut director also produces this lively account of the rivalry between boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Julio César Chávez in the…