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Sports streaming service DAZN said Monday it will expand into 200 countries and territories, a dramatic expansion from the nine it’s in currently, leading up to its first global live event this spring – Canelo Alvarez's Traditional Cinco De Mayo Weekend Fight on May 2. This first phase of DAZN's global expansion will…

Rising global sports outlet DAZN reported a 98% rise in total streaming hours in 2019, to 507 million from 256 million. The rematch in December between heavyweight fighters Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr. was the most-viewed event of the year, though DAZN did not break out viewership stats for any individual events…

Comcast’s Sky Deutschland has lost the rights to broadcast the UEFA Champions League in Germany for the first time in 20 years after being outbid by streaming service DAZN. Sky confirmed on Thursday morning that it had missed out on access to the European soccer competition, meaning it will no longer show matches once…

EXCLUSIVE: Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions has formed a partnership with rising sports streaming outlet DAZN, starting with a series of feature documentaries under the banner One Night. The pairing suits DAZN’s initial positioning in the U.S. as a home for boxing, though it’s a broad enough heading to…

EXCLUSIVE: Uninterrupted, the media company founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, is re-teaming with DAZN to produce a docuseries about boxers Canelo Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev. The new installment in DAZN’s 40 Days franchise showcases the fighters before their bout in Las Vegas. The first of the show’s three…

DAZN, the Europe-based sports streaming outfit led by former ESPN president John Skipper, has set a distribution deal with Comcast, its first such agreement with a major U.S. operator. The service will be available to Comcast customers on Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex. Comcast this week said it was making Flex available…

DAZN is expanding its behind-the-scenes series The Making Of, setting the unprecedented launch across all nine of its global streaming markets on August 9 of a new soccer-themed installment. The nine-part original series relives the significant games that helped define soccer’s — er, football's — greatest figures. Cris…

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Wahlberg's Unrealistic Ideas and Peter Berg's Film 45 have set a multi-series partnership with rising sports streaming outlet DAZN. The pair, both avid boxing fans, are beginning the venture by teaming for an edition of DAZN’s 40 Days that is pegged to Gennadiy "GGG" Golovkin's fight with Steve Rolls…

DAZN, the rising sports streaming operation headed by former ESPN chief John Skipper, has added a key exec from Skipper’s former regime, bringing in Jamie Horowitz as EVP of content for North America. Horowitz had been a consultant at DAZN since 2018. He was fired by Fox Sports in 2017 amid an investigation by the…

EXCLUSIVE: In the vein of HBO using Liev Schrieber as the voice of HBO Sports, rising sports streaming outlet DAZN has set Bobby Cannavale as the voice of 40 Days, a new documentary series co-produced with LeBron James and Maverick Carter. The plan is for him to recur as the series evolves into an umbrella for various…

For the first time in decades, John Skipper spearheaded a launch event for a sports network that has nothing to do with ESPN. The longtime former president at the Disney-owned sports mainstay took the stage today as executive chairman of Perform Group (see video below). Perform’s service, DAZN (pronounced “da zone”)…

Viacom's answer to UFC – the solidly rated Bellator Fighting Championships circuit – has set a new deal with international streaming service DAZN. Described as a nine-figure transaction, the new deal will see 15 fights simulcast on Viacom's Paramount Network as well as on DAZN. Seven more exclusive cards a year will…