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LFP Media, the commercial arm of the French Professional Football League (LFP), has issued an invitation to tender which would help it define the level of production taken in house for its new direct-to-consumer subscription offering.

Talks between the French Professional Football League (LFP) and DAZN regarding a co-operation over a league channel from 2025-26 onwards have been extended

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has agreed a sublicensing deal with DAZN for the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup in 11 Central and Eastern European markets, SportBusiness understands.

Media group DAZN has secured rights to LaLiga’s free-to-air match from next season, adding to the pay-TV rights of the league it already holds.

DAZN has retained rights in Germany and Austria to LaLiga until the end of the 2030-31 season, while bringing it back to its screens in Switzerland to round out its DACH offering. 

DAZN and the French Professional Football League (LFP) have ended their legal dispute and reached agreement over scheduled rights payments as they weigh up working together on a league channel.

Australian media group Foxtel has made about 100 staff redundant, as it restructures following its acquisition by DAZN.

Turki Alalshikh has transformed boxing with unprecedented levels of investment. But there are signs that Saudi Arabia's billion-dollar matchmaker might want to slow his spending.

Ligue 1 club presidents have voted to end a domestic deal with DAZN at the end of this season but no agreement has been reached with the broadcaster through mediation in order to facilitate such a termination.

Centralised sponsorship revenue from the Uefa Women’s Champions League reached nearly €9.8m ($10.8m) last season but the competition still relied on €10m of “cross-financing” from the men’s clubs competitions.

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) and DAZN, its main domestic rights broadcaster, are to extend their period of mediation until April 10 in a bid to settle their differences, it has been reported.

DAZN’s streaming deal with equestrian sport’s Global Champions unveiled last week could be the precursor to another rights-holder’s subscription owned-and-operated OTT service joining the broadcaster’s app.

CazéTV has secured non-exclusive rights to the Fifa Club World Cup in Brazil, a major market for the competition given the presence of four teams from the country in this year's edition.

DAZN and LIV Golf have announced that the golf league’s OTT service will be carried globally on DAZN’s platforms on a free-to-view basis as the broadcaster solidifies ties with Saudi-backed properties and widens its customer base.

DAZN has continued its Fifa Club World Cup sublicensing spree, appointing the Iris Sport Media agency to distribute the tournament across sub-Saharan Africa.

The media rights crisis threatening French football has eased after LFP dropped legal action against its domestic broadcaster DAZN after the latter paid an outstanding fee.