Italian Serie A

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired non-exclusive Serie A highlights rights for three years as it makes changes to its longstanding domestic football coverage

CBS Sports has picked up its second piece of European football business in as many days, striking a two-season rights renewal for Italy's Serie A

DAZN has renewed its Serie A rights in Germany and Austria while also acquiring rights in Switzerland for the next three years, in a deal agreed by the assembly of governing body Lega Serie A in December

A host of non-exclusive free-to-air highlights packages have been put out to tender by Lega Serie A as it looks to round off its domestic sales process for the coming seasons

An administrative regional court has confirmed the fines issued to DAZN and Telecom Italia (TIM) regarding antitrust complaints related to their distribution agreement put in place prior to the 2021-22…

Lega Serie A continues its piecemeal international rights sales strategy, picking off markets in direct deals, and has now issued an RFP in Poland, SportBusiness understands.

Telecom Italia (TIM) and DAZN have renewed their Serie A distribution agreement until the end of the decade, encompassing the subscription broadcaster’s new domestic rights deal for the Italian top flight.

DAZN has extended its contract with the Mediaset-owned Digitalia 08 for advertising sales around the subscription broadcaster’s live coverage of Italian football’s Serie A.

Sport TV, the Portuguese pay-television broadcaster, has retained rights to Italy’s Serie A in a three-year agreement running from 2024-25 to 2026-27.

Infront is to exclusively sell Serie A broadcast rights in 36 territories across the Asia-Pacific region in a three-season agreement that includes a prolongation option

DAZN and Telecom Italia are thought to have renewed their Serie A distribution agreement, a key deal for the rollout of the subscription broadcaster’s live coverage of the Italian top flight.

Lega Serie A is close to finalising its first international broadcast deals of the new cycle after rights were awarded in eight countries from the 2024-25 season onwards

Serie A clubs, in accepting a total of €900m per season from DAZN and Sky Italia for five seasons, opted for guaranteed rights fees in the face of their high operational losses and debts.

Lega Serie A clubs today (Monday) accepted the new domestic media rights offer on the table from incumbents DAZN and Sky, which represent a slight drop on the current cycle and a similar fee to the one…

Lega Serie A chief executive, Luigi De Siervo, has reiterated that broadcasters must meet the organisation’s valuation for its next cycle of domestic rights, adding that if a solution isn’t found it is “much more likely” that it will proceed with the launch of an in-house platform.

Lega Serie A has launched its first request for proposal (RFP) for its forthcoming international rights sales cycle by going to market in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

The new Serie A season kicks-off this weekend with broadcast agreements in place with more than 65 media outlets worldwide, the league and its rights agency partner Infront have announced

Experts in the betting and data rights markets point to at least three reasons why Italy’s Serie A can expect a large increase in its income from these rights in the next cycle, with one predicting the value would “at least double”.