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Big news from Australia 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/23/news-corp-and-telstra-agree-sale-of-foxtel-to-sports-streaming-service-dazn-for-us22bn

In UK, got to be good chance that DAZN sell NRL direct (i think they will takeover Watch NRL). 

Very likely Sky keep NRL as now until 2027 (I think current agreement lasts until then, but may be break clause) 

Will give a more credible alternative to Sky come next rights auction in UK. 

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13 minutes ago, Rugbyleaguesupporter said:

Big news from Australia 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/23/news-corp-and-telstra-agree-sale-of-foxtel-to-sports-streaming-service-dazn-for-us22bn

In UK, got to be good chance that DAZN sell NRL direct (i think they will takeover Watch NRL). 

Very likely Sky keep NRL as now until 2027 (I think current agreement lasts until then, but may be break clause) 

Will give a more credible alternative to Sky come next rights auction in UK. 

Both the NRL and Super League will be looking for new broadcasting contracts from 2027.

Some interesting possibilities!

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If DAZN offer £30m for UK rights, but Sky £26m, I'd heavily advocate to stay with Sky (competitions that leave Sky often find themselves in trouble) 

However if NRL strategically partner with DAZN, they could be game changer 

In UK market, Comcast (Sky) have all key rights except European football up to around 2029 (Premier league, EFL, cricket, F1) 

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DAZN haven't broken through in the UK - but then, as a country, our sports streaming market has developed differently to most other places - but they do have a lot of rights and I do like that they also put things on YouTube and their own site for free to entice for the subscription offers.

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On 23/12/2024 at 14:06, gingerjon said:

DAZN haven't broken through in the UK - but then, as a country, our sports streaming market has developed differently to most other places - but they do have a lot of rights and I do like that they also put things on YouTube and their own site for free to entice for the subscription offers.

If they get SL I'd be ditching SKY and subscribing to DAZN ..... Not sure if the overall numbers add up though? 

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11 hours ago, Rugbyleaguesupporter said:

So I'm not normally a doom merchant, but DAZN posting another £1bn plus loss 

I don't think they'll be bidding that high for the NRL 

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Sir Leonard Blavatnik has injected a further US$827 million into DAZN, taking his total investment in the sports streaming service to more than US$6.7 billion, according to the Financial Times (FT).

The latest outlay from Blavatnik, the founder of DAZN’s principal shareholder Access Industries, comes as the streaming platform prepares to post its financial results at the UK’s Companies House next week, which will reportedly show more heavy losses for the company.

According to the FT, total group losses widened to US$1.4 billion, up from US$1.2 billion the year prior.

DAZN later disclosed to SportsPro that revenue increased 30 per cent year-over-year (YoY) to US$2.9 billion, driven by subscriber growth, increased average revenue per user (ARPU), new products and services and expanding advertising revenue. The company added that DAZN operating losses were reduced from US$1.1 billion to US$830 million.

DAZN chief executive Shay Segev told the FT that, although not reflected in the 2023 financial results, the company is now profitable in most of the top-ten markets in which it operates.

Segev added that he expects DAZN’s revenues to surpass US$6 billion in 2025, driven in part by additional income from its AUS$3.4 billion (US$2.2 billion) acquisition of Australian pay-TV giant Foxtel and reported US$1 billion deal for the rights to the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup.

DAZN has lined up a AUS$1.8 billion (US$1.1 billion) loan to finance its purchase of Foxtel, according to Bloomberg.

 

I don't think we should view DAZN like a regular broadcaster. The Saudis are about to buy a 10% stake. It's not a vehicle funded through traditional means. 

What is the point of buying Foxtel if you're not going to retain NRL and AFL? I don't know how high they'll be bidding but it will depend on the competition. The one thing we can say for certain is that they'll need to bid high enough to keep it. 

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