Sports streaming platform DAZN get plenty live action for front dis week, as di service dey carry di 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony, di return of NHL.TV hockey coverage, and one English lower-league football match between Southend and FC Halifax Town.
DAZN announce say di Ballon d’Or 2026 ceremony go dey available to watch live on di platform. Di announcement, wey DAZN publish on Saturday, 24 October 2026, show say subscribers fit follow di football awards ceremony straight from di streaming service.
Ice hockey fans no dey left out. For one notice wey dem publish on Thursday, 22 October 2026, DAZN confirm say NHL.TV dey return to di platform, so hockey followers go see live games again through di service.
Di same Saturday, DAZN go stream di match between Southend and FC Halifax Town, one fixture wey dem list for their live streaming schedule.
But di bigger business move come from di United States, where DIRECTV and DAZN announce one new multi-year distribution agreement. Di deal cover local telecasts of five NBA teams: Cleveland Cavaliers, Indiana Pacers, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs, inside each team own NBA home territory.
Under di agreement, DAZN telecasts go dey available to DIRECTV customers wey subscribe to di Choice package or higher, and to U-verse TV customers wey dey on di U200 package or higher. Each of DAZN team services go provide live pregame, postgame and in-game coverage for di team.
Di two companies talk say in di coming weeks, customers wey dey receive access to di teams through DIRECTV go fit login to di DAZN platform at no additional cost, using their DIRECTV login details. Di agreement still carry distribution rights for di five NBA teams to DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS, so sports bars, restaurants, fitness clubs and other commercial venues inside each team region go fit show di games.
DIRECTV tok say di company don secure regional or local rights to provide 76 of di 81 US-based NHL, NBA and MLB franchises to their local fans, including multi-year agreements for 28 of di 29 US-based basketball teams. Inside di announcement, dem state their goal: “Our goal is to bring together more of the live sports that local fans enjoy most, all in one place, with greater choice, flexibility, and control over how they watch.”
One report by Bring Me The News note say Timberwolves fans wey get DIRECTV go now fit watch di games without needing DAZN subscription of their own.
