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The Mediapro agency’s offer for the domestic media rights to Serie A for the next two cycles, covering the six seasons from 2021-22 to 2026-27, is a plan B for the league in case it is unable to sell its rights in a competitive tender. The offer is the same as that made by the Spanish production house for the current cycle – an offer accepted by the clubs last year but later rejected.  
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The clubs from Italy’s Serie A will discuss next Monday the possibly of launching a damages claim against the three agencies – MP & Silva, IMG and B4 – fined late last month for allegedly being involved in a cartel in the acquisition of the league’s international rights.
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The Italian competition authority’s investigation into the sale of rights for Serie A is ostensibly a disaster for MP & Silva and B4 and a let-off for IMG. But MP & Silva and B4 are no longer active and IMG could yet face a major problem. The agency could be hit with a substantial damages claim by the league for lost earnings.
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Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, has written to IMG rejecting the claim for damages relating to the agency’s contract for the league’s global media rights, SportBusiness Media has learned. O
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OTT operator DAZN has been hit with a €500,000 ($564,000) fine for misleading advertising in Italy. Italy’s antitrust authority AGCM found the company guilty of two breaches of the country’s consumer code. The
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The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has fined Sky Italia €7m ($7.9m) after ruling the pay-television broadcaster failed to properly market its rights to Serie A, the top division of domestic football.
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Brazilian commercial broadcaster RedeTV has secured rights to the Copa Sudamericana and Italian Serie A club football competitions through a sublicensing deal with streaming platform DAZN
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The IMG agency has initiated a damages claim against the Italian football league, Lega Serie A, for €50m ($57m).
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Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Asia has agreed an exclusive, multi-year rights agreement to broadcast Italian Serie A football matches in Singapore and Malaysia.
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Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, is facing the threat of a damages claim by the IMG agency, the sales agent for the league’s global media rights.
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ESPN has paid a premium to secure Serie A and Ligue 1 rights in Latin America and the Caribbean, boosting its European football portfolio after missing out on the English Premier League
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The Strive OTT platform launched by the IMG agency will now be available on linear television in Norway via the IPTV platform Altibox
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The expected collapse of Eleven Sports’ UK business has pushed IMG back to square one in its bid to stir up competition in the country and ruined the best-laid plans of multiple mixed martial arts promotions.
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Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has signed an agreement with the IMG agency giving it access to matches from both Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s LaLiga.

Eleven Sports has confirmed it is in talks to restructure its deals for rights to Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s LaLiga, as its chief executive Marc Watson has vowed the OTT service will fight on in the UK.
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DAZN will pay $30m per year for the Copa Sudamericana in Brazil Streaming service to pay about $10m per season for Serie A; $5m per season for Ligue 1
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DAZN confirmed its launch in Brazil this morning (Thursday), along with its acquisitions of rights in the country to the Copa Sudamericana, Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1.
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Pay-television broadcaster ESPN has struck a surprise deal with the IMG agency for Serie A rights in Latin America and the Caribbean