DAZN, the global sports streaming company, announced on October 12, 2026 that it had acquired Basket.TV, a basketball streaming service that operates mainly in Latin America.
Financial terms were not disclosed. DAZN did not say whether the deal had already closed, whether Basket.TV will keep its own brand and app, or what happens to the people who run it.
Basket.TV was founded in 2020 and serves users in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay. DAZN said the service has hundreds of thousands of users and streams around 4,900 matches each season involving more than 300 teams.
What Basket.TV built
Basket.TV is a specialist service: it carries only basketball. Its catalogue covers top-tier domestic leagues in the countries where it operates, plus a selection of international club competitions.
DAZN CEO Shay Segev pointed to three things the service brings: domestic rights, knowledge of its local markets and its own technology operation. The volume of games, close to 5,000 a season, means much of what it streams is lower-profile club basketball that rarely reaches traditional television.
The announcement did not name Basket.TV's founders, owners or investors, where the company is headquartered, or how many people it employs. No outside funding rounds have been reported.
“Basket.TV has built a high-quality basketball platform with top-tier domestic rights, deep market expertise and an impressive technology operation. This acquisition significantly strengthens our global basketball proposition and supports our broader growth ambitions across Latin America.”
Why DAZN is buying
Segev said the acquisition strengthens DAZN's global basketball offer and supports its wider growth plans in Latin America. Sportcal reported that Latin America is a priority growth market for DAZN, which has so far been active at significant scale only in Brazil and is now looking to expand beyond it.
Buying an existing service gives DAZN a catalogue of local league rights and a subscriber base in several of those countries at once, rather than bidding for rights league by league.
The six countries Basket.TV serves include Argentina, home of the Liga Nacional, and Brazil, the one Latin American market where Sportcal says DAZN already has a significant business. In the other four, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay, DAZN has not had a presence at that scale, according to the same report.
A growing basketball portfolio
Basket.TV joins a basketball catalogue at DAZN that already includes NBA content, NCAA college basketball, Britain's Super League Basketball, France's LNB Élite, and Spain's Liga Endesa and Copa del Rey. DAZN has also been a joint-venture partner of FIBA, the sport's global governing body, through FIBA Media since 2016, as part of a multi-year partnership.
Sportcal noted that the basketball streaming service Courtside 1891 moved exclusively to DAZN earlier in 2026, after being carried on a non-exclusive basis since 2024, and that it covered the FIBA Women's World Cup worldwide on an exclusive basis. In recent months DAZN has also signed local rights agreements with a series of NBA teams, including the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, San Antonio Spurs, Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves.
What happens to subscribers
DAZN did not say whether Basket.TV subscribers will move onto the DAZN app, whether prices will change, or whether the league rights the service holds will be carried on DAZN's main platform. Segev said the combined business would aim to create value for fans, leagues and partners while helping the sport grow worldwide.
