NEW YORK (AFP) - Online sports platform DAZN is to embark on an aggressive expansion that will see it become the world's first global live sports streaming service. The first fight available across DAZN's markets on May 2 will feature Alvarez, a world champion in four different weight categories, against a yet-to-be announced opponent. Regarded as one of the major growth drivers in streaming, live sports at an international level has faced two major pitfalls so far. The first concerns streaming rights, which are usually sold country by country instead of globally. Multiple platforms have already experienced failures during the football World Cup - notably the US televised sports giant ESPN and the BBC.

Source: BBC March 04, 2020 08:58 UTC