Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship has found a home on DAZN starting in August according to The Athletic. The upstart promotion will present a special series of fights beginning in August. The events will be seen on DAZN’s service in the U.S. and Canada. Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, founded in April 2018 is based out of […]
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DAZN CEO Simon Denyer replaced by James Rushton
SportsBusiness.com reports that DAZN chief executive Simon Denyer is stepping down and is being replaced by James Rushton. The news comes as boxing returns to DAZN as it announced its return to the U.S. for live boxing on July 24th. Golden Boy Boxing will hold an event in Indio, California followed by Matchroom Boxing putting […]
DAZN furloughs employees as live-events go dark
The Athletic reports that DAZN has put a halt on its live-events team until early July due to the coronavirus pandemic. This also likely means the same impact on Bellator’s team as well. The furlough of employees of DAZN will include 50 percent pay and full medical benefits. Along with boxing events, the pause on […]
Report: DAZN withholding rights fees, will furlough employees
John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal reports that DAZN will be withholding rights fees for canceled sports content. Due to the global pandemic caused by COVID-19, sporting events have been postponed or canceled. As a result the streaming company announced the move. In addition, DAZN will be furloughing employees in the coming weeks. SBJ […]
DAZN announces expansion into 200 countries and territories worldwide
This past week, sport streaming service, DAZN announced that it would expand its service to 200 countries and territories worldwide. The expansion will begin with the May 2nd boxing event featuring Canelo Alvarez. This is a dramatic expansion as the service currently serves 9 countries. The global rollout will be of an English-language service focused […]