DAZN buys Basket.TV to expand basketball reach in Latin America
What's the deal? DAZNDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has acquired Basket.TVDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, a basketball streaming service operating primarily across Latin America. The sports streaming platform announced the deal in October 2026. Financial terms were not disclosed.
What does Basket.TV do? Founded in 2020, it broadcasts around 4,900 matches each season across more than 300 teams, covering top-tier domestic leagues plus selected international club competitions. It serves hundreds of thousands of users across Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Uruguay.
What's the endgame? The acquisition extends DAZN's basketball rights portfolio and its push into Latin America. DAZN already carries NBA content, NCAA college basketball, Super League Basketball, LNB Élite, Liga Endesa, and Copa del Rey, plus a multi-year partnership with FIBA.
Why it matters: Basket.TV brings local domestic rights and regional expertise that are hard to build from scratch.
"Basket.TV has built a high-quality basketball platform with top-tier domestic rights, deep market expertise and an impressive technology operation," said Shay Segev, chief executive officer of DAZN GroupDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.
The signal: DAZN is buying its way deeper into live sports rights region by region, betting that owning local content is the fastest route to growth in emerging streaming markets.
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