Top flight Italian football will remain available to TimVision customers following a new agreement between the Telecom Italia platform and DAZN.
Under the new non-exclusive distribution agreement ten weekly matches will be available for the next five seasons until 2029.
“Thanks to this agreement with DAZN we are further strengthening TimVision’s position as the most comprehensive streaming platform on the Italian market, the only one that brings together all the major global content brands, composing an extraordinary catalogue of films, TV series, cartoons and shows for the whole family, as well as the best sports content,” says Andrea Rossini, Chief Consumer, Small & Medium and Mobile Wholesale Market Officer at TIM. “This agreement is part of our Group’s broader strategy to create the first Italian ‘customer platform’ of quality services and content for our customers, leveraging the strength of our brand and our sales channels.”
As part of the agreement, TimVision customers will also be able to experience the excitement of some of Europe’s top competitions such as La Liga Portugal Betclic and the UEFA Women’s Champions League. In addition to football, they will also have access to the American National Football League (NFL), basketball Serie A, the best BCL matches and FIBA events, boxing, UFC and the best of international combat sports.
Eurosport 1HD and 2HD are also available.
“We are delighted with the mutually satisfactory agreement signed with TIM, which confirms itself as one of our strategic partners on the technological and distribution level. The agreement, which sees a renewed approach to the market and represents a change of pace in the segment of premium content related to live sporting events, is aimed at supporting the development of the business with the objective of expanding the marketing capacity of our service to reach the largest number of fans,” commented Stefano Azzi, CEO of DAZN Italia.
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