Dorna Sports , promoter of the motorcycling world championship, and DAZN , the sports streaming platform, have closed a new five-year agreement for the exclusive broadcast rights of MotoGP in Spain, it was announced in a statement.
Since the launch of the platform in March 2019, DAZN has made a strong commitment to MotoGP and will continue to broadcast all the practices, classifications and races of the three categories until the end of 2027, creating one of the longest-term sports collaborations.
Although the platform’s audience figures have never been made public, the note issued by the championship ensures that “DAZN has achieved incredible growth in its audience, since the number of unique users who follow this sport has increased by 62, 1% from March 2019 to date.”
An increase that affects the three categories of the championship, but above all in the premier class, where the “increase is 71.4%, 49.9% for Moto2 and 57.6% for Moto3”.
“Dorna is delighted to announce this renewal for five more seasons with DAZN,” explains Manel Arroyo , commercial director of Dorna Sports.
“With DAZN we begin our mission to bring this sport closer to Spanish fans through an OTT service in search of new audiences, whose success is reflected in the results. We will continue working with DAZN to further expand our fan base, which can already enjoy MotoGP in an easy, simple and affordable way”, adds the executive.
“MotoGP is one of the most followed and consolidated series among sports fans in Spain, and it is a great satisfaction for DAZN to extend our agreement with Dorna Sports for five more seasons. The remarkable growth in DAZN audiences for the Championship shows that we are on the right path”, comments, for his part, Bosco Aranguren , General Director of DAZN Spain.
The note also confirms that, next season, a large part of the current commentators will follow,
“Analysis and commentary from DAZN’s incredible team of experts will continue to be a key part of the coverage as well. Directed by Ernest Riveras and drawing on the expertise of Jorge Lorenzo, Alex Crivillé, Carlos Checa , Izaskun Ruiz , Natacha Alfageme and others, The Voices of Sport on DAZN will continue to provide fans with in-depth coverage and behind-the-scenes details on the drivers, machinery, tracks and life in the paddock.”
