DAZN

DAZN
Logo
Screenshot
Screenshot of the app
Type of site
Subsidiary
Available inEnglish, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish
FoundedSeptember 2007; 17 years ago (2007-09) (as Perform Group)
8 July 2015; 9 years ago (2015-07-08) (as DAZN)
HeadquartersHammersmith, London, England
Area served200+ countries and territories[a][1]
OwnerAccess Industries
CEOShay Segev
Key peopleJohn Gleasure (Executive Vice Chairman)
Andrea Radrizzani
Darren Waterman (CFO)
Sandeep Tiku (CTO)
James Rushton (Co Founder)
Ed McCarthy (COO)
Veronica Diquattro (CCIO)
Ben Barlow (CLO)
Marc Watson (CCO)
Neil Colligan (CDDO)
Daisy Wells (CCO)
IndustryInternet television, sports broadcasting, sports journalism
Revenue£208.1 million (2013)[2]
Operating income£11.6 million (2013)[2]
Net income£4.6 million (2013)[2]
Employees2,600
SubsidiariesDAZN Bet
Team Whistle
URLwww.dazn.com
Launched10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)

DAZN (/dəˈzoʊn/; pronounced "da zone") is a British over-the-top sports streaming and entertainment platform.[3] Founded in 2007 as Perform Group via the merger of Premium TV Limited and Inform Group, it is owned by Access Industries, the investment group founded by Sir Len Blavatnik, and is headquartered in London, England.[4] Shay Segev is DAZN's CEO as of January 2021.[5] The non-executive directors are Lincoln Benet, John Gleasure and Guillaume D’Hauteville.[6]

The DAZN platform was founded in 2015 and broadcasts live and on-demand sport in over 200 countries worldwide with a strong domestic presence in Italy, Spain, Germany, Japan, France, Portugal, Belgium, Taiwan, the United States and Canada, where it has key domestic broadcast rights.[7] It is considered to be Europe's largest digital sports broadcaster with over 75 programming rights.[8][9][10][11] As of 2023, the service has 20 million paid subscribers globally.[7]

Outside of streaming, DAZN has since expanded into in-play betting, gaming, e-commerce, merchandise and ticketing with being originally involved in content distribution, subscription, advertising and sponsorship, and technology and production and also owns a significant minority stake in the leading football portal Goal after TPG's Integrated Media Company (IMC) acquired a majority stake in 2020.[7]


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  1. ^ "DAZN | Help | How can I pay for DAZN?". Copenhagen: DAZN Group.
  2. ^ a b c Preliminary results 2013
  3. ^ "Streaming service DAZN in advanced talks to buy BT Sport". www.ft.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  4. ^ McCaskill, Steve (3 August 2023). "DAZN integrates Fanatics ecommerce platform to drive in-app merch sales". SportsPro. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Team". DAZN. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Homepage". DAZN. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  8. ^ "DAZN Group has created 300 jobs in Leeds as it becomes largest sports broadcaster in Europe". Yorkshire Post. 2023.
  9. ^ Times, The Sunday (15 December 2023). "Sir Leonard Blavatnik net worth — Sunday Times Rich List 2023". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  10. ^ "DAZN: Annual Review 2022" (PDF). DAZN Group. December 2022.
  11. ^ Ziegler, Martyn (15 December 2023). "DAZN set to bid for future Premier League TV rights". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 December 2023.