FIFA Club World Cup: DAZN & Iris Media enter agreement to market rights in sub-Saharan Africa

Iris Sport Media has entered into an agreement with the OTT platform DAZN to market broadcasting rights to the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 in sub-Saharan Africa, announced the UK media rights agency on 27/02/2025.

"Our agreement covers both free-to-air and pay TV media rights all across Sub-Saharan Africa. To ensure maximum reach and impact, we are thrilled to be working alongside partners Marketing & Media Solutions (MMS) and PC Plus Group Holding, who have strong expertise across the African continent," explained Iris.

DAZN acquired exclusive worldwide broadcasting rights to the Club World Cup 2025 from FIFA on 04/12/2024. The 63 matches of the competition will be broadcast free of charge on the streaming service. DAZN obtained these rights for $1bn (€952m, as of 04/12/2024), according to the Financial Times.

The platform has signed several sub-licensing agreements for broadcasting the competition, notably in the United States, where the Spanish-language pay and free-TV group TelevisaUnivision obtained the TV rights to 18 matches on 13/02/2025.

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