Fz Sports was launched today, with an innovative business model, state-of-the-art technology, and a focus on optimizing the value chain of the sports business, generating a new way for how rightsholders, trademarks, and audiences connect with each other. The global company will serve as the main destination for monetization, digital interaction, and enjoyment of the best sports content live and on-demand.
“In a market such as the sports world, where both brands and rightsholders face limited alternatives of establishing a closer and more effective connection with consumers, Fz Sports stands out for its ability to link and add value to all members of the sports distribution ecosystem: investors, rights holders, brands, leagues, federations, and fans. We are very happy to be able to offer a comprehensive, robust, and differentiating alternative to the international market," said Matías Rivera, CEO and co-founder of Fz Sports, alongside David Belmar and Raul Rivera, executives with a broad international corporate track record in the media, technology, and sports business management industry.
Based in Miami, with an international footprint covering more than 100 markets, and a multicultural team of more than 85 professionals in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia, Fz Sports offers a robust value proposition that integrates the essentials of the sports ecosystem through its three businesses:
- Fanatiz, one of the sports content streaming platforms with the fastest and most growth worldwide, bringing together the best of world sports to be enjoyed live and on-demand from any device.
- 1190 Sports, a company dedicated to the management and marketing of sports rights—transmission, image, and distribution—whose value proposition allows leagues, federations, and brands to strengthen their connection with consumers.
- Nunchee, a company dedicated to providing technology and know-how for the creation and operation of streaming services, direct to consumers, with a focus on sports content.
Thus, through a collaborative model that seeks long-term partnerships with leagues, federations, clubs, and associations, Fz Sports makes it possible to complement traditional content distribution with its own direct-to-consumer OTT platform, and/or integrated with Fanatiz, capable of broadcasting sporting events to the whole world; maximize revenue, both through innovative commercial management of rights, sponsorships, and monetization of traditionally undeveloped assets.
Fz Sports operates under an associative business model that maximizes the potential for value and reduces financial risks, generating growing benefits for all parties. Over the past year, the aggregated results of Fz Sports’ businesses have already recorded a 5-time sales increase compared to the same period of the previous year.
Currently, Fz Sports’ consolidated portfolio allows millions of fans around the world to enjoy more than 30 competitions including La Liga, Copa Conmebol Libertadores, Liga Profesional de Fútbol Argentina, Series A & B of Brasileirao, the leagues of Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, Ligue 1 of France, and the British Basketball League, among others while bringing the brands closer to the national soccer ("La Roja") and rugby teams ("Condors") of Chile and Selknam. It also already has more than 100 OTT streaming projects developed and distribution partnerships in over 100 territories.
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