DAZN’s NFL Game Pass Stream of Super Bowl LX Looking Good; Detailed Tech Specs

I’m testing DAZN’s stream of Super Bowl LX, available to NFL Game Pass subscribers outside the US for just £0.99, and the stream looks great. DAZN is taking the NBC international feed in 1080p at 59.94 fps HLG with 5.1, and streaming it in 1080p HDR, not upscaled 4K. I am streaming the DAZN feed in the U.S. using their Swedish app, with their help. Here’s details on the encoding specs:

• The HDR10 ABR ladder peaks at 1080p 59.94fps 8mbps HEVC main10 level 4.1. The HDR10 ladder has 29.97fps in the lower profiles under 3 Mbps.
• The SDR ABD ladder peaks at 1080p59.94 8mbps AVC high profile level 4.2. The SDR ladder has 29.97fps in the lower profiles under 3 Mbps.
• Surround sound in Dolby 5.1: Two EAC-3 profiles at 256kbps and 192kbps
• Stereo: Two AAC-LC profiles in 128kbps and 64kbps

DAZN is acquiring NBC’s feeds for the pre-game, game, halftime and post-game coverage in HDR 5.1 and SDR 5.1 via Encompass in Atlanta, which are then on-passed to DAZN’s regional production facilities worldwide for German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, and Japanese commentary, and delivered to select local markets via the DAZN app. DAZN’s playout facility uses Amagi for real-time graphics, promos, and ad insertion and the OTT streams are generated by M2A Media and Mediakind in 1080p 59.94fps HDR10 with Dolby 5.1 and 1080p 59.94fps SDR with stereo.

Akamai, CloudFront, and Fastly are delivering the stream across 200+ territories, with DAZN’s monitoring facilities in Leeds, Bangor and Hyderabad monitoring the feeds end-to-end.

Thanks to DAZN for setting up my account so I could watch the stream and test across devices.

*The photo is taken with my iPhone, and does not represent the actual quality of the video stream that viewers receive.