Sky’s German Soccer Defeat Shows Streamers Are Taking Over
- DAZN, Amazon will show UEFA Champions League games from 2021
- Surprise victory shows streamers now serious players in soccer
Kingsley Coman of FC Bayern Munich during the UEFA Champions League group B match.
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Comcast Corp.’s Sky dominated German coverage of Europe’s top club soccer competition for two decades. Now the streamers are taking over.
Billionaire Len Blavatnik’s DAZN and Amazon.com Inc. edged out Sky to secure exclusive rights to stream the UEFA Champions League to their German customers for three seasons from 2021.