Shake-up expected at MP & Silva as IMG adds Serie A to portfolio
The MP & Silva agency is expected to undergo a radical shake-up of senior management in the wake of this week’s dramatic loss of international rights to Italy’s Serie A, the agency’s flagship property.
Tender leads to windfall for Conmebol in IMG/Perform deal
When FBI raids brought the Fifa scandal to public attention in May 2015, one of the burning questions was: how will football benefit from the crackdown on corruption? The outcome of the Conmebol tender this week provided the clearest answer so far.
Sky’s EFL streaming concession creates Premier League dilemma
Media commentators will debate whether the 36-per-cent increase the English Football League secured for its rights from Sky is a great result, a disappointment, or something in between.
Lega Pro on track for overall increase after host of new deals
Italy’s third-tier professional football league, Lega Pro, is heading for a substantial increase in the value of its domestic media rights after holding its first formal tender processes for both national and local broadcast rights.
Clubs and Infront could benefit from probe into Serie A collusion
July 26 and 27, 2017, are two days that could completely reshape the sale of Serie A international media rights.
Italy delivers Uefa uplift but Serie A must face down regulator
Pay-television platform Sky Italia is thought to have agreed to pay just over €300m ($336m) per season for exclusive rights to the Uefa Champions League and Europa League from 2018-19 to 2020-21.
Sale of Italian World Cup rights waits on Fifa/MP & Silva talks
The attempt by MP & Silva to terminate a deal with Fifa for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in Italy is being challenged by football’s global governing body, just months after the two appeared to have reached a settlement.