Sky competitor: Dazn streams football games in full HD and probably increases the prices

Since February 1st, new customers and repeat Dazn subscribers have had to pay EUR 29.99 per month instead of EUR 14.99 if they want to have the option of canceling the subscription monthly. If you decide on a 1-year subscription, you have to pay 24.99 euros per month or 275 euros once a year. Only existing customers who had completed a Dazn subscription by January 31 will still receive a subscription until July 31. the old, cheaper prices. Now the competitor from Sky explains that the new Soccer Bundesliga season show more and more games in full HD becomes.

Dazn is as expensive as Sky

So far, Dazn only broadcasts its content in 720p. With this resolution, the sports streaming service had a lower resolution than its competitor Sky with Wow, which will even have 4k UHD content in the future. In the announcement, Dazn only speaks of football broadcasts that are to be broadcast in full HD. Although there are other sports at Dazn, it is unclear whether these will also – finally – be shown in Full HD. A maximum of Dazn content may be used in parallel on two end devices per user account. Parallel use on two devices is also possible with Sky, and for an additional charge of five euros per month, five devices per user account can watch Sky at the same time.

Dazn remains silent about how expensive future membership will be for current customers. As early as this week, those responsible would like to announce how much existing customers will have to pay each month in the future. The monthly price may also increase to EUR 29.99 here. According to the official website, Dazn wants to give all subscribers at least 30 days’ notice of any price changes. The Dazn monthly subscription is just as expensive as that Monthly membership to Wow Live Sport from Sky. Anyone who not only wants to have the sports subscription with all football matches of the DFB Cup and Formula 1 on Sky, but also the Bundesliga, pays EUR 32.50 per month including Sky-Q receiver or the Sky-Q IPTV box. However, the price of Sky Q also includes a Netflix subscription worth seven euros per month. There is currently a 1-year subscription to Sky Q with sports broadcasts for just EUR 23.50 per month. In contrast to Wow on Sky, you always have to commit to the service for one year with Sky Q and can only cancel after one year.

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Collection to Dazn and the offered quality:

• Sports streaming service Dazn will stream football games in Full HD instead of 720p this season. The provider still leaves open what the other sports will look like.
• The monthly subscription currently costs just under 30 euros. Only existing customers who took out a membership before February 1, 2022 can still subscribe until July 31. Use Dazn at a lower monthly price. The price for existing customers may also increase in August.
• At around 30 euros, Dazn costs just as much as Wow Live Sport on Sky. If you pay 32.50 euros a month, you can get a Netflix subscription from Sky Q in addition to sports including the Bundesliga.

Sources: dazn, Sky (1), Sky (2)