Comments Thread For: DAZN Group Nears Deal To Help Fund Future Acquisitions

[SchoolTheseCats]

Without any of the 4 major sports exclusive streaming on app dazn will never be big in USA and will be hard to buy rights to any of them when you have Netflix,Hulu,amazon who already stream 3-4 nfl games a year, and espn+ with way more subscribers. It’s good in other countries because the content they offer is big there but cricket and soccer not big over here

[MC Hammer]

This article has to do with DAZN as a whole not just the US.

No it doesn't. It's about the US version because they have those live sports in their international platforms. PBC, NFL, NBA are all viewable elsewhere on DAZN, just not the US

[_Maxi]

Yea man. The same fans who stream $75 fights and chip in on $75 fights have $100 just laying around. Ok.

If they get 6 to 10 quality ppv fights per year then yes. They will.

[Deus]

No it doesn't. It's about the US version because they have those live sports in their international platforms. PBC, NFL, NBA are all viewable elsewhere on DAZN, just not the US

There is no 'US version'. DAZN is a single entity and thus profits and losses are shared across every single one of it's regions as it is with any multinational corporation.

It's undoubted that 'DAZN USA' as it's liked to be called here is losing money at this stage, but that is going to be offset by the profits DAZN are making in other nations/regions.

Thus them selling off other assets is nothing more than an attempt to expand. Likelihood is they're raising additional capital in order to help acquire the big sports in the US to try and make more of a splash there.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Until HBO quit boxing, DAZN was unable to get a single fighter Americans cared about. Unless Sky quits boxing, how exactly is DAZN going to get a foothold in the UK?

Hearn is not ******. He wouldn't leave Sky for DAZN in the UK.

[bigdunny1]

Dumbazzz motorcity saying they hemorrhaging money even though the article he posted doesn't say that or even insuate that. Meanwhile this morning DAZN just inked a massive deal in Canada winning the rights for Premeir League. By the way this sale of Perform was reported in the works back in Oct.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbymcmahon/2019/04/03/dazn-win-exclusive-canadian-rights-to-the-premier-league-for-the-next-three-seasons/amp/

DAZN Win Exclusive Canadian Rights To The Premier League For The Next Three Seasons

Bobby McMahonContributor
SportsMoney
Wed April 3rd

It is official.

Starting in August 2019, and for three seasons, DAZN will make available all 380 Premier League matches live to Canadians on one streaming platform.

The Premier League is broadcast in 189 countries around the world and the League estimates that it is available to a potential billion viewers.

Over the last number of seasons, the Premier League rights in Canada have been held jointly by TSN and Rogers Sportsnet with a fixture of live, delayed and streamed action on cable and through the internet.

NBC and Telemundo hold the respective language rights in the USA to the end of the 2021/22 season.

The Premier League announcement is the latest in a number of impressive acquisitions made by DAZN since it launched in Canada in the summer of 2017.

First, there was NFL but other sports followed in rapid succession. Soccer programming was made a priority and the UEFA Champions League, the Europa League, Serie A, La Liga, Ligue 1, MLS and the English Championship are all currently available on DAZN Canada.

There is also a myriad of other sports available including Tennis, Cricket, Rugby Union, Darts, Gymnastics, MMA, Boxing, Hockey (Russian League), Cycling, Snooker, Basketball, and action from the MLB Network.

The addition of the Premier League will give Canadian fans access to some of the world’s best clubs, and cements DAZN’s position as the home of European soccer in Canada. Joseph Markowski, DAZN EVP, North America

DAZN Canada programming is only available in Canada. The cost is $20 per month after a one month trial or $150 for an annual subscription. DAZN can be streamed through connected devices such as smart TVs, smartphones, tablets, games consoles, and PCs.

Global DAZN

DAZN was launched in 2016 with service being offered in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Japan. Canada, USA, and Italy have since been added to the stable. The offerings and pricing in each country vary depending on held rights.

DAZN is owned by the Perform Group with former ESPN president John Skipper executive chairman. Perform Group, in turn, is owned by Len Blavatnik’s US-based privately-held multi-national industrial group, Access Industries. Forbes places Blavatnik’s wealth at $18B.

My Forbes colleague, Steve McCaskill wrote about a restructuring of DAZN and Perform last month and in October Steve published an article that suggested that a partial sale of the Perform Group (non-DAZN) was being explored. Vista Equity Partners has been reported as possible buyers.

[Motorcity Cobra]

u must not be good at math.

I used to pay $120 a year. Now I only pay $100 a year.

Simple math tells you they cut the cost $20 a year.

That's not cutting costs dumbass. That's raising the price. Cutting costs would be cuts in operations. Raising the price on dumbasses like you is not cutting costd

[miked85]

I’m not paying for DAZN, no thanks

[Mammoth]

Can they buy some blue rings at least?

[Thuglife Nelo]

Robbie Barrett ain’t here to challenge this comedy.. hmmm..