Subject – Changing the way the world sees sport
Speaker – Marcus Parnwell, Director of Product, New Markets & Strategic Initiative, DAZN
Marcus Parnwell of DAZN was a welcome speaker at the International Sports Convention 2018. Mr Parnell is the Director of New Product, New Markets and Strategic Initiative.
He told the audience about the company, which has been broadcasting for only two years:
- Enter DAZN, the world’s first, pure sport live and on-demand streaming service.
- Live in 7 markets, US, Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria
- 150+ million hours, 20,000 live events
- Low-cost subscription, first month free, no contract, cancel anytime
DAZN are a FANS FIRST business, meaning that they: ‘Give Fans What You Want, Where You Want, When You Want’.
Mr Parnwell talked about the sports they stream, across the globe and about their growth, with the best and biggest sports being screened live and on-demand, on every device anywhere.
The aim is to be affordable and accessibly flexible with a flat low-cost monthly fee.
Questions from the audience centred on the coverage in Switzerland and the number of subscribers currently in Japan, which was described as ‘a successful market – with subscribers in the millions’.
The presentation brought the mornings conferences to a close.