Italy

Lega Basket Serie A, the top division of Italian club basketball, has said it will receive record global coverage for its 2021-22 season through three new rights deals

Streaming platform Eleven Italy has acquired rights to the men’s Top10 and women’s Serie A, the top tiers of domestic club rugby union in Italy.

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

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has further extended its coverage of the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) Motorcross World Championship (MXGP) after agreeing a new rights deal.

DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has revamped its management structure in Italy through the appointments of Franco Bernabè and Stefano Azzi, former leading executives …

Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, saw its direct-to-consumer revenue fall by just under one per cent from $4.08bn (€3.66bn) to $4.0

Lega Serie A, organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has agreed a three-season extension to its anti-piracy agreement with content protection firm Friend MTS

Rights distribution agency HBA Media has secured deals with multiple broadcasters for this year’s edition of the $3m (€2.7m)

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired rights to the World Rally Championship ahead of the 2022 season of the motorsport series

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has submitted a request to Italy’s antitrust authority (AGCM) to overturn a ban on acquiring exclusive internet rights to sports properties, it has been reported.

US-based private equity firm KKR has approached Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to support its proposed takeover of Telecom Italia (TIM), the dominant telecoms operator in Italy, it has been reported.

Atalanta Media-owned women’s football streaming platform Ata Football has signed a two-year deal to cover Italy’s top-tier women’s Serie A in the US, Canada and Germany. T

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has reached an agreement to extend its sublicensing pact for Olympic Games rights with Discovery, it is claimed

Italian telecoms company TIM has partly blamed the performance of its Serie A football pact with subscription broadcaster DAZN as it issued its third profit warning this year

US-based micro-mobility company Helbiz has announced the launch of a division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to be headed by Matteo Mammi as chief executive in the region

Though Italy’s Serie A was hamstrung by the country’s invasive regulators and by a broader bear market around the world, its own decisions have contributed to a dramatic shortfall in media rights revenue.