Italian Serie A

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IMG has found new homes for the 2020-21 Serie A rights in Brazil after DAZN cancelled its deal. But the replacement deals will bring in significantly lower revenue, SportBusiness Media understands.
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The Infront agency has called into question the value for sports bodies of entering partnerships with private equity companies, arguing that such deals result in a “loss of control”.
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The Brazilian arm of US pay-television broadcaster Turner has acquired the final package of Italian Serie A rights in Brazil, SportBusiness Media understands
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Italy’s Lega Serie A has decided to enter into exclusive negotiations with a consortium involving private equity firm CVC Capital Partners over the sale of a stake in a new entity to manage its media-rights b…
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Italian football's Serie A has lost more than €500m ($573m) in revenues due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the league's chief executive Luigi De Siervo has said.
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Russian social media platforms VK and Odnoklassniki, owned by Russian internet company Mail
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Brazilian media group Globo has acquired a small package of rights to the Italian Serie A to be exploited on its pay-television SporTV channel
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Brazilian commercial broadcaster Bandeirantes has acquired the rights to the Italian Serie A in a one-season deal to cover the forthcoming 2020-21 season
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Brazilian commercial broadcaster Band is in advanced negotiations with the IMG agency to acquire the rights to the Italian Serie A football league
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Global sports update and results provider LiveScore has renewed an agreement for streaming rights in the UK and Ireland to Italy’s Serie A, and further expanded its football offering with a host of other p…
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Milan’s civil court has hit pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia with an injunction after an appeal from Lega Serie A over a missed rights fee payment by the broadcaster amid the Covid-19 shutdown.
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Italian football’s Lega Serie A has decided to continue to examine proposals from private equity investors following a general assembly meeting.
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Cash-strapped Serie-A clubs could find it difficult to agree a deal with a private equity investor because of internal politics and deep-seated rivalries, according to leading Italian financial journalist…
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Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports lifted its Italian Serie A blackout after reaching a financial compensation deal with the league and international rights distributor the IMG agency for lost exclusivity…
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The IMG agency and Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, have reached an agreement over the remaining payments for international rights to Italian football’s t…
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DAZN, the OTT streaming operator, has reached an agreement with Lega Serie A over the structure of its remaining payments this season for domestic broadcast rights to Italian football’s top flight, SportBusiness u…
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An embargo on Serie A highlights aired by Italian public broadcaster Rai looks set to be dropped as the league returns to action this weekend
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Global sports update and results provider LiveScore is to launch its first live streaming service, providing coverage of Italy’s Serie A and Portugal’s Primeira Liga to football fans in the UK and Ire…