Italy
UK audience peaks at 31m for Euro 2020 final, Rai audience over 18m
Public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV pulled in the largest television audience in the UK since the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997 as England lost the Uefa Euro 2020 final…
Pistoni ‘to take up role’ at DAZN in Italy
Marco Pistoni to expected to take up a new role as senior vice-president of rights in Italy for sports streaming service DAZN
Serie A launches ITT for betting, data rights
Italian football’s Lega Serie A has invited bids for packages including media rights for the sports betting sector, data for sports betting and media sectors and data sponsor rights for the three seasons f…
Italian antitrust body commences probe into DAZN-TIM Serie A deal
Telecom Italia (TIM) has defended its contentious agreement with sports subscription service and media company DAZN for the rights to Serie A, the top division of domestic club football, after Italy’s a…
Absorbing Euro 2020 semi-final draws heavyweight audiences in Italy and Spain
The Italian television audience for last night’s dramatic Uefa European Championship semi-final between Italy and Spain reached close to 19.5 million viewers across free-to-air and pay-television.
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
Italian TV audience tops 17m as Azzurri reach semi-final
Italy’s win over Belgium in the Uefa European Championship attracted a combined audience of over 17 million viewers on Italian free-to-air and pay-television.
OneFootball picks up J.League rights in Italy
Football-based media platform OneFootball has picked up the broadcast rights for Japan’s J.League in Italy.
The over-the-top platform will stream J.L
DAZN sues Vodafone Italia for ‘deliberate’ breaches of carriage deal
Multi-platform broadcaster DAZN has filed a claim against Vodafone Italia at London’s High Court, accusing the telco of multiple ‘deliberate’ breaches of a carriage deal between the two.
Mediaset digs deep to land Coppa Italia domestic rights
Commercial broadcaster Mediaset has today (Thursday) been awarded domestic broadcast rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Di Giovanni to replace Cirio as Deltatre CFO
Deltatre’s chief financial officer for the last 18 years, Gianluca Cirio, has announced that he will step down from his position at the end of this month, with the sports streaming technology company t…
Roma TV moves from linear to digital
Italian Serie A football club AS Roma's dedicated TV channel has become digital-only and will no longer be available on pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia
TIM to offer Champions League on Mediaset’s streaming service
Italian telecoms company TIM has agreed a three-year deal for non-exclusive distribution of commercial broadcaster Mediaset’s Infinity app on its TIMVision platform.
DAZN adds Europa League and Europa Conference League to Italian rights
DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, has added more high-profile football content in Italy with the acquisition of rights to the Uefa Europa League and new third-tier Europa…
Eleven Sports retains Serie A rights in Poland
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has retained exclusive rights in Poland to Italy’s Serie A in a deal with the Infront agency.
Rai nets 61-per-cent share for narrow Italy win, ORF pulls in 2m viewers
Italy’s extra-time victory over Austria at the Uefa European Championship registered a 61.1-per-cent market share on Rai, the Italian public broadcaster.
An average of 13.3
Sky takes DAZN-TIM grievance to antitrust watchdog
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has lodged an appeal with Italy’s competition authorities over the agreement between sports subscription service and media company DAZN and Telecom Italia (TIM) f…
Euro 2020 weekend action nets bumper audiences in ‘big five’ European markets
Matches from the Uefa European Championship attracted bumper audiences across Europe’s major broadcast markets over the weekend with the ‘big five’ countries all in action.
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