EverPass Adds Local Streams for Five NBA Teams

Bars and restaurants will be able to show local NBA games featuring five teams through EverPass Media's commercial streaming service this season, giving venues authorized access to regional broadcasts. The offering, announced by DAZN-owned EverPass, covers the Cleveland Cavaliers, Memphis Grizzlies, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, and Minnesota Timberwolves through its EverPass Core package.

According to the announcement reported by Sports Business Journal, EverPass Core also includes sports programming from Prime Video and Apple TV. Combining these offerings allows commercial venues to manage sports coverage across multiple screens through a single package.

The service is designed to give businesses access to local team broadcasts while simplifying the management of sports programming distributed across different rights holders. However, the availability of these local streams does not extend to every game involving the five teams.

Zander Berlinski, SVP/Business Strategy & Development at DAZN, said the service responds to the importance of local sports for communities and the demand for access to team coverage outside the home.

"Local sports are at the heart of communities, and fans expect to watch their teams wherever they are," said Zander Berlinski, SVP/Business Strategy & Development at DAZN.

Berlinski described EverPass as a commercial platform intended to help venues access the games their customers want to watch while navigating a fragmented sports rights market.

"Through EverPass, we're giving commercial venues authorized access to the local games their customers care about, with a platform built for business that helps simplify a fragmented sports rights landscape," said Zander Berlinski, SVP/Business Strategy & Development at DAZN.

The commercial arrangement has specific broadcast limitations. Games carried by ESPN, ABC, NBC, Peacock, and Prime Video will not be available through DAZN on EverPass under this offering.

Instead, the package covers only the local streams for the five participating NBA teams. EverPass was acquired by DAZN earlier this year, according to the image caption accompanying the report.