A round up of recent international sport content news
German FA to launch DFB.TV+
The German Football Assocation will launch DFB.TV+, a 24/7 pay-TV channel, on 22 May.
It is supported by Deltatre's Vesper streaming product, and will be available across a range of supported phones, tablets, smart TVs, and streaming devices. It has been delivered from project start to go-live in under two months, to be ready in time for this summer's World Cup.
DFB.TV will be offered in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland for an annual subscription, and will cover the men’s and women’s senior national teams across training camps, international matches, and tournaments. The platform also includes live broadcasts of youth national teams, the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga, as well as a broad range of competitions – from the Finaltag der Amateure to futsal, beach soccer, and eFootball.
DAZN renews Faster Football
DAZN has renewed its global distribution deal with Singapore seven-a-side football tournament Faster Football.
Launches as Soccer7Series in 2025, the tournament will take place from 24-26 of July at Our Tampines Hub Stadium in Singapore. The 30-hours of live broadcast will feature 95 matches across Men's, Women's, and Masters competitions, with teams from iconic clubs including AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Corinthians, Vasco da Gama, Yokohama F. Marinos, Leicester City, QPR, Coventry City, Hashtag United, Sydney FC, Persib and Shanghai Shenhua.
Faster Football will be included on DAZN's free tier globally.
LaLiga fights piracy with Fastly
LaLiga has partnered with Fastly in its ongoing battle against piracy.
Fastly has developed a targeted, intelligent detection system that leverages AI and proprietary content signals to identify illegal streams of LaLiga matches in real time. This hopes to reduce the window of opportunity for piracy, cutting down an issue that LaLiga says costs its clubs €600-€700 million-a-year.
“At LaLiga, we have succeeded in reducing piracy of our streams in Spain by 60% during the 2024/25 season through a comprehensive, end-to-end strategy focused on legal, educational, institutional, and technological measures,” said Javier Tebas, president at LaLiga.
“This success is due in large part to our ecosystem of partners like Fastly, enabling us to continue exploring new and more effective ways to tackle piracy at its root. LaLiga remains firmly committed to putting an end to piracy, and achieving this goal requires the collaboration of all stakeholders working together.”
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