Frank Dunne

Mediaset close to deal for NFL and other rights but Sportitalia needs fresh funds to carry on broadcasting

Rights for Six Nations, Pro12 and autumn internationals on Italian market at the same time

The Italian collective selling law, known as the Melandri law, needs updating, says Enzo Morelli, the lawyer who advised the Italian government on the drafting of the law in 2008. The Italian antitrust authority should not be interfering in how Serie A clubs share their media rights income, top lawyer says

IMG Media concludes deals for Premier League rights in Vietnam and Japan

Basketball’s Euroleague will have to sell airtime around TVE’s coverage of Real Madrid if it wants to match its old rights fees

MP & Silva sold Serie A and Ligue 1 online betting rights to the Perform Group. But just nine months ago it sold the same rights to Rightster as part of a launch of a joint venture with the company. So what’s going on?

ASO, IMG and Infront all have big cycling ambitions. That could be bad news for UK's SweetSpot

Pitch stockpiling of Italian rights presages arrival of Al Jazeera but maybe not until summer 2014

ASO, as usual, holds the key to planned cycling shake-up

ESPN America sell-off attracts Eurosport, Setanta and Liberty

Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad