Italian Serie B
Serie B lowers expectations in new tender with season looming
Lega Serie B’s “final offer to the market” will likely end in reduced domestic rights fees for the second division of Italian club football, though the league is hoping a key change in its approach will result in belated deals ahead of the new season.
Serie B’s Balata: Fifa/Uefa ‘gigantism’ harms domestic league revenues
Mauro Balata, president of Italy’s second football division, Serie B, has called on football’s governing bodies to be more aware of the negative impact their constant expansion of competitions has on the value of domestic leagues.
Serie B announces Helbiz termination, Sky and DAZN face increased payments
Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie B (LNPB) has terminated its rights deal with Helbiz, the US-based micro-mobility company, in a move that is set to mean Sky Italia and DAZN will be required to increase…
Serie B weighs up offers for betting rights advisory contract
Lega Serie B is currently weighing up proposals submitted for an international betting video and fastpath data rights advisory contract
Lega Serie B targets remote production for ‘most matches’ next season
Lega Serie B, organising body of the second tier of Italian club football, has claimed a first by implementing full remote production of a league match
Helbiz seeks partners for media arm amid focus on core business
Helbiz, the US-based micro-mobility company, has announced it is seeking partners for its media business, Helbiz Live, as it undertakes several measures to reduce costs
OneFootball to offer PPV Serie B matches in US
Helbiz Media, a division of US-based micro-mobility company Helbiz, has expanded its relationship with media platform OneFootball for Serie B by agreeing a pay-per-view rights deal for the United States
Rai to offer Serie B highlights to Italian expats
Helbiz Media, the exclusive distributor of media rights to Serie B worldwide, has agreed a global highlights deal for the second division of Italian club football with public-service broadcaster Rai
Helbiz aligns with Facebook for PPV Serie B streaming
Helbiz Media, a division of US micro-mobility company Helbiz, has agreed a content deal with Facebook for Serie B, the second tier of domestic club football
Stats Perform retains Serie B betting video rights, adds data
Stats Perform, the sports data and technology company, has retained its betting video rights to Italian football’s second-tier Serie B while also winning the betting data rights.
Helbiz Media, Kosmos take Serie B into new broadcast markets
Helbiz Media, Lega Serie B’s global media rights distributor, has agreed a deal with Kosmos, the company co-founded by Barcelona footballer Gerard Piqué, to ensure broadcast deals for the second tier of…
CLIQ Digital to stream Serie B in German-speaking countries
German digital lifestyle company CLIQ Digital has acquired rights in German-speaking countries to Serie B, the second tier of Italian club football
Prices set for Helbiz Live’s novel Serie B rights offering
Helbiz, the US-based micro-mobility company, has presented its innovative business model for the domestic streaming rights to Serie B, the second tier of Italian club football
Serie B swells domestic rights income with non-exclusive DAZN deal
Global sports subscription service and media company DAZN has acquired non-exclusive domestic broadcast rights to Italian football's second-tier Serie B from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Sky reaction to Serie A loss boosts rights market but Milan court could end mini-boom
The value of the rights to second- and third-tier properties in Italy is enjoying a mini-boom in the wake of DAZN’s acquisition in March of the main live rights to Serie A for the next three seasons. Faced with the loss of its key property, Sky is fighting back, renewing deals with MotoGP and the Bundesliga and snatching rights currently held by DAZN, such as Serie B and Ligue 1.
Serie B nets international exposure with LIVENow streaming deal
Lega Serie B, the governing body for Italy’s second tier of domestic football, has agreed an international rights deal with LIVENow, the streaming platform launched by Aser Ventures.
Lega Serie B moves closer to TV rights tender with guidelines revision
Lega Serie B, governing body of the second tier of Italian club football, has revised guidelines for the marketing of its broadcast rights for the next cycle
IMG hopes of emerging unscathed from Serie A antitrust probe hang in the balance
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.