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Billionaire Blavatnik Wants a Piece of America's Biggest Sport

Lossmaking streaming service DAZN eyes NFL streaming rights
Company making a dash for scale by undercutting pay-TV rivals

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By David Hellier and Christopher Palmeri

July 8, 2019 at 10:33 AM UTC

Billionaire Len Blavatnik’s streaming company DAZN is eyeing a bid for rights to show live U.S. National Football League games, in a challenge to some of the world’s biggest media companies.

NFL authorities are thinking of ending AT&T Inc.’s 25-year grip on some Sunday afternoon broadcasts to accommodate companies that show content via “over-the-top” apps on internet-enabled televisions.