Sky and Dazn, all the balls between Tim, Open Fiber and Fastweb
Tim supports Dazn in the Serie A football rights match: up to 340 million to wage war on Sky (which has formed alliances with Open Fiber and Fastweb). All the details
Tim also takes the field in the Seria A rights match. Better is on the bench, with Dazn wearing the striker's shirt. The telecommunications company, led by Luigi Gubitosi, supports Dazn in the tender called by the Lega Calcio for the assignment of TV rights.
A move against Sky which, thanks also to Open Fiber and Fastweb, has decided to debut in the ultra-broadband market. All the details.
THE COMPETITION OF TV RIGHTS
Let's start from the beginning. In recent weeks Sky and Dazn are battling to obtain the rights to broadcast the Serie A football matches for the three-year period 2021-2024.
Dazn seems to be, at the moment, the favorite, with an offer higher (840 million a year) than that of Sky, owner of the rights, at least partially, in the last 18 years.
TIM SITUATES DAZN
The two pay TVs, however, are not the only protagonists in this race. Dazn has a new ally: Tim. The company led by Gubitosi has formalized the agreement with Dazn.
With "the award of the tender to Dazn", Tim "would qualify as a reference telephone and Pay TV operator, as well as for the technological partnership", reads a note from the telephone group.
WHAT TIM WILL DO
In practice, Tim could have the exclusive of the Dazn app on TimVision, as anticipated by Il Sole 24 Ore , and in addition it will make its band available for transmission, as a technological partner.
ECONOMIC SUPPORT
And not only. According to a letter, dated February 8, and viewed by Bloomberg , Tim would also support Dazn economically. With 340 million euros a year to be precise, reports Il Sole 24 Ore .
Dazn, in a letter sent to Lega Serie A, reassured "that there are no reasons why Lega Serie A can harbor any doubts whatsoever about Dazn's financial reliability", who is also from "a partner who is a leader from a technological point of view which will undoubtedly provide Dazn with further support (also from a financial point of view) ”.
The partner, Tim, therefore, “has undertaken to pay an annual guaranteed minimum equal on average to more than 40% of the annual fee” with payments “in six annual installments”.
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE REPUBLIC
Is Tim's a counter move to Sky? Probably. "And Sky, Dazn's main competitor for the assignment of rights, of which it has always been the owner at least partially in the last 18 years, has for some months been heavily involved in the field of telecommunications, with its own network, Sky WiFi, an ultra broadband service (ie broadband) that travels on fiber, thanks to Open Fiber and Fastweb. In fact, invading Tim's market. Which now "attacks" the main Sky market, that of TV rights, through which it would have been easier for satellite TV to distribute its ultra-fast network ", writes Repubblica .
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/sky-e-dazn-tutte-le-pallonate-fra-tim-open-fiber-e-fastweb/ on Tue, 23 Feb 2021 12:26:14 +0000.