NTF Webinar - TV rights: "Crisis favorable to the FAANGs; DAZN and IMG in difficulty" (Pierre Maes)

"The FAANGs have proved to be totally essential during this period. We can even say that the crisis was favorable to them, notably Amazon and Facebook. The OTT sports platforms, on the other hand, have been more touched. We think of the one that proclaimed itself 'Netflix for sports', DAZN, which is active in several countries around the world (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, United States, Italy, Spain and Brazil). We learned this weekend that another group of actors are in distress, the (broker) agencies, in particular IMG in the United States, which has enormous difficulties," stated Pierre Maes, consultant and author of the book "le business des droits TV du foot", during the Webinar "Crise sanitaire : quel impact sur le marché des droits TV ?" ("Health crisis: what impact on the TV rights market?"), organized by News Tank Football on 26/05/2020.

Pierre Maes participated in this webinar with Philippe Bailly, president of the consulting firm specializing in media NPA Conseil, and Arnaud Simon, managing director of In & Out Stories, a consulting company for…