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. This is an extraordinary opportunity that we strongly desired and that will allow us to bring the emotions of great Italian football to an even greater number of fans ».

(Unioneonline/r.sp.)

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