Napoli vs. Milan Free to Watch – Matchday 10 of the 2024/2025 Serie A season will mark a historic moment for Italian football: on Tuesday, October 29, at 8:45 PM, the match between AC Milan and Napoli will be broadcast free-to-air and exclusively on DAZN. This is the first time since 1996 that a Serie A match has been shown free to watch, a moment that takes us back in time to when the last match available without a season ticket was Juventus vs. Sampdoria on April 13 of that year, played at the Stadio Delle Alpi.
This turning point is made possible thanks to the television rights agreement stipulated by Dazn, which has obtained the exclusive right to broadcast the Serie A championship until 2029. The “Try and Buy” package allows the platform to broadcast up to five free-to-air matches per season, and the first big match chosen is precisely Milan-Napoli. The date of October 29, 2024 will therefore enter the history of Italian football, bringing Serie A back to free-to-air for the first time in almost three decades.
For this special event, Dazn will field an exceptional lineup. Pierluigi Pardo and Andrea Stramaccioni will commentate the match, while Diletta Leotta will be on the sidelines for pre-match analysis and post-match interviews, with the broadcast starting at 19:45. The program will be enriched by Dazn Serie A Show in the post-match, with Giorgia Rossi as host. Alongside her, special guests such as Gianmarco Pozzecco, coach of the Italian national basketball team, and former footballers Massimo Ambrosini and Ciro Ferrara. Ferrara himself, who in 1996 played the last match broadcast on free-to-air television, will be the symbol of this return to free television, closing and reopening a chapter in the history of Italian football on TV, this time as a technical commentator.
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Dazn's statements
Stefano Azzi, CEO of Dazn Italy, expressed great enthusiasm for this initiative: "Broadcasting a big match on free-to-air TV for the first time in almost 30 years represents a historic turning point. It is even more significant if we consider that it will be exclusively streamed on Dazn, without the need for a subscription. This will allow us to reach an even greater number of fans, bringing the excitement of great Italian football into everyone's homes."
To make the experience even more engaging, the Fan zone, the interactive functionality of Dazn which allows fans to comment on the match in real time, participate in exclusive surveys and enjoy a more dynamic and connected experience.
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How wonderful to be able to watch a Serie A match on free-to-air TV after such a long time, it will be an evening to remember!