DAZN reaches multi-year, multi-territory broadcast deal with AEW

Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/01/26/dazn-reaches-multi-year-multi-territory-broadcast-deal-with-aew/

The two parties come to an agreement.  

A press release was issued to formally announce that All Elite Wrestling and DAZN have reached an agreement for a multi-year, multi-territory exclusive broadcast deal. 

DAZN is adding Dynamite, Rampage, Dark, Dark: Elevation, pay-per-views and Battle of the Belts to their schedule. Here is the complete press release: 

DAZN ANNOUNCES MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-TERRITORY EXCLUSIVE BROADCAST DEAL WITH ALL ELITE WRESTLING

January 26, 2023 – DAZN Group announced that it has secured exclusive broadcast rights to top American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in a multi-year agreement that will bring its premium matches and entertainment to DAZN subscribers in 42 markets across Europe and Asia.

AEW is the new professional wrestling league taking the world by storm with its meteoric rise, record-high ratings, world-class roster and highly entertaining product. AEW’s star-studded roster includes Chris Jericho, Bryan Danielson, MJF, Jon Moxley, Jamie Hayter, Saraya, Kenny Omega, Matt & Nick Jackson, Darby Allin, Sting, Orange Cassidy, Jade Cargill, Dr. Britt Baker, Claudio Castagnoli, Adam Cole, The Acclaimed, Jungle Boy, Samoa Joe, Athena, Toni Storm, Ricky Starks, Wardlow, and Powerhouse Hobbs. Further bolstering its global pop culture infiltration, AEW has launched impressive collections of video games, action figures, trading cards, merchandise and more.

Effective immediately, the red-hot promotion will add more than 200 events annually to DAZN’s ever-growing schedule, including:
• AEW: Dynamite – Every Wednesday
• AEW: Rampage – Every Friday
• AEW Battle of the Belts – 4x per year
• AEW PPVs – 4x per year
• AEW Dark Elevation – Every Monday
• AEW Dark – Every Tuesday

The introduction of AEW to DAZN’s schedule is another major addition to the breadth of multi-sport content available on the platform and further cements DAZN as a growing global home of combat sports.

AEW will be available on DAZN in the following countries:
Albania, Alderney, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Jan Mayen Islands, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Svalbard, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

It’s time for high-octane wrestling action 🔥
@AEW is here, LIVE on DAZN 💥 #AEWonDAZN pic.twitter.com/a3Bd3JzBFU

— DAZNWrestling (@DAZN_Wrestling) January 26, 2023

AEW is coming off the heels of their latest Dynamite episode and a review of that show can be watched here.

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This is good exposure for Europe & Asia & of course should mean extra money to spend. Do they have deals in South/Central America, or Africa, Australia/New Zealand? I know they still have the AEW plus package on FITE but I’m not sure how that works

In Australia it’s still FITE, but I got an email from FITE earlier saying they’re stopping the AEW plus yearly subscription and going forward they’ll only offer the monthly option. So I’m thinking that it’ll also move to DAZN in Australia sometime this year.

Has anyone ever gotten a subscriber count for AEW+ on Fite TV? I’ve never seen even a mooted figure, let alone hard numbers.

Hopefully that’s the case. Is DAZN available there?