DAZN, the sports streaming platform, and Pluto TV, Paramount’s FAST TV service, have announced the extension and expansion of their partnership to bring sports content to Pluto TV. As part of the new agreement, fans can enjoy another new and free DAZN Free TV channel – a dedicated handball channel – exclusively on Pluto TV in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

DAZN Handball x Pluto TV is available from today (21 August) and shows the best games and biggest stars from Germany and Europe, including games from the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League with German participation – in both the men’s and women’s competitions.

The new TV channel DAZN Handball x Pluto will show the men’s EHF Champions League with the German teams Füchse Berlin and SC Magdeburg from mid-September and will broadcast a live game from each round of the EHF Handball as a free-TV exclusive. This also includes the finals of the European men’s and women’s competitions and teams such as THW Kiel, SG Flensburg-Handewitt, Paris Saint Germain and Champions League winners FC Barcelona.

DAZN Handball x Pluto TV will also broadcast live matches from the Women’s Champions League and the Europa League for women and men, including the semi-finals and finals of all three tournaments, as well as highlights and replays of German matches from the extensive EHF catalogue.

DAZN and Pluto TV will also continue the successful broadcast of the DAZN darts channel on Pluto TV, including numerous free-to-air live events such as the PDC World Cup of Darts and the World Matchplay. DAZN Darts x Pluto TV will continue to offer PDC tournaments and bring the best players in the world, including world number ones Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price, directly to fans.

Meanwhile, the TV channel DAZN Heldinnen x Pluto will continue to offer live broadcasts and highlights of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, the Women’s Bundesliga and other major competitions to further promote the visibility and recognition of women’s sport.

Alice Mascia, CEO DACH and Group CMO at DAZN, commented: “Our partnership with Pluto TV is an integral part of our strategy to offer sports fans a wide range of high-quality live sports content. With the launch of the new handball channel and the continuation of our popular darts and women’s sports channels, we are offering our viewers even more top-class sport and exclusive content. This expansion underlines our commitment to offering fans an unparalleled sports experience across multiple platforms.”

Olivier Jollet, Executive Vice President and International General Manager for Pluto TVadded: “As part of our mission to entertain the planet, we are excited to continue our successful collaboration with DAZN to bring exclusive, high-quality sports content to our platform – and best of all: for free. By launching a channel dedicated exclusively to handball, we are not only offering handball fans exclusive content for free, but we are also introducing this sport to a new audience on our platform and appealing to different interests. We can’t wait for the channel to be available to everyone.”

The extended contract enables DAZNwill sell the inventory of DAZN channels on Pluto TV.