Italian watchdog opens inquiry into DAZN viewership data for live soccer matches

Italy’s communications watchdog AGCOM said on Wednesday it had opened an inquiry into viewership data methodology used by sport streaming service DAZN regarding live Serie A soccer matches.

DAZN, which secured the rights to screen Serie A matches in Italy for three seasons to 2024 in a 2.5 billion euro ($2.96 billion) deal, said it had recorded more than 4 million viewers for live Serie A games in the first two match days in August.

“The authority has opened an inquiry into the data viervership methodology,” AGCOM head Giacomo Lasorella told a parliamentary hearing.

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