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 […]
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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 […]
Bellator ratings on Paramount from this weekend
Bellator MMA Live 239 drew 296,000 viewers on The Paramount Network Friday night according to Nielsen per ShowBuzz Daily. On Saturday, a tape-delayed show from Dublin, Ireland drew 310,000 viewers. On Friday from Thackervill, Oklahoma, the event featured Yaroslov Amasov defeating Ed Ruth to move to 23-0 professionally. Also, in the co-featured Timothy Johnson […]
Ruiz-Joshua 2 grows DAZN subs by 200K
The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger states that Ruiz-Joshua 2 drew around 1.8 million viewers on DAZN. He indicated that Saturday’s event drew approximately 200,000 new subscribers. The event featured the rematch between Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz with Joshua regaining his titles back from Ruiz. The location of Saudi Arabia was somewhat controversial and with the […]