DAZN Lands Premier League Rights In Spain
The live sport and on-demand streaming service DAZN has confirmed it is to launch in Spain in 2019, with the streaming rights for both the English Premier League and MotoGP among its first content to be made available on the platform.
The Premier League has awarded the fast-growing OTT platform exclusive broadcast rights in the territory for all games from 2019/20 until 2021/22, equating to 235 lives games per season.
Commenting on the announcement, Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore said: “Football supporters in Spain are known around the world for their passion for the game. We are very pleased to be working with DAZN over the next three seasons to make the best Premier League coverage available to fans across the country.”
CEO of DAZN Group, Simon Denyer, added: “We’re expanding at an incredible pace with our unique approach, breathing new life into sports with long and distinguished heritages and growing audiences.
“We give fans what they want; affordable and flexible access to the sport they love. We’re delighted to partner with these progressive rights holders to launch another big European market and look forward to unveiling more first-class sport before we go live in 2019.”
As part of its Spanish launch, DAZN has also acquired exclusive broadcast rights in the territory for every session of MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 and MotoE, from FP1 qualifying to the race, until 2022.
The deal, which is hoped to grow the audience of MotoGP, covers live and on-demand streaming and will also see some live and highlights coverage made available to free-to-air television.
“We are sure that DAZN, with their incredible vision and experience, will be the perfect partner for MotoGP™,” said Manel Arroyo, managing director of Dorna Sports.
“The combination of world-leading streaming, OnDemand content and free-to-air coverage will reconceptualise how our Spanish audience can access with and enjoy MotoGP™; getting each fan closer to the sport and allowing us to grow and enlarge our audience in Spain like never before.”
The news is the latest example of DAZN’s ambitious expansion – the platform’s ninth market launch in just two years. It follows launches earlier this year in Italy and the US.
