The last time a Serie A match was broadcast free-to-air was on April 13, 1996, Juventus-Sampdoria. From then on, only pay TV between satellite, digital terrestrial and for a few years streaming. Now Dazn marks a new turning point in the broadcasting of the championship: on Tuesday, October 29, at 8:45 p.m., it will broadcast Milan-Napoli of the tenth day, the only midweek round of the season , immediately after Cagliari-Bologna (visible on Dazn and Sky) and Lecce-Verona which will be played at 6:30 p.m.
An opportunity that is part of the "Try and buy" package of TV rights acquired by the sports live streaming platform for the broadcast of Serie A until 2029, which allows for the broadcast of a limited number of matches (up to 5 matches out of 380) free-to-air and for free, for each season .
After entering their email address, fans will be able to follow the match in live streaming, both via the desktop/mobile site and from Smart TV . Viewing Milan-Napoli by free accounts without a Dazn subscription will be possible up to a maximum of approximately 2 million users.
The Dazn team lined up to tell this event will see Pierluigi Pardo and Andrea Stramaccioni in commentary, together with Diletta Leotta connected from the field starting at 7:45 pm for pre-match analysis and post-match interviews. In addition, Dazn Serie A Show will exceptionally light up in the post-match with Giorgia Rossi hosting together with the coach of the Italian National Basketball Team, Gianmarco Pozzecco, as a super guest in the studio, Massimo Ambrosini and Ciro Ferrara. Ferrara himself who on 13 April 1996 took to the field to play that Juventus-Sampdoria match, the last match played on free-to-air TV, closing a cycle in the history of Serie A on TV and who now, as a talent and technical voice of Dazn, will symbolically reopen another .
Stefano Azzi, CEO of DAZN Italia, comments: «Broadcasting a big match on free-to-air for the first time in almost 30 years marks a historic turning point, and it is even more so if we consider that it will be live and exclusively streamed on Dazn without the need to subscribe. ».
