Italy
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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Uefa welcomes Italian Euro 2020 anti-piracy initiative
Uefa has welcomed an Italian anti-piracy initiative that has blocked over 600 illicit streams of Euro 2020 matches
Italy’s Euro 2020 performances spark Rai ratings boost
Italy’s 3-0 win over Switzerland last night in the Uefa European Championship netted an average audience of 13.3 million viewers on Rai, the Italian public-service broadcaster.
Mediaset ‘close to deal’ with DAZN for Italian advertising sales
Global sports subscription service and media company DAZN is set to agree a three-year deal with Publitalia, the advertising agency of the television networks of Italian media group Mediaset
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
Eleven Sports to show Copa América in Italy
Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Italy to this year’s Copa América national team football tournament, which gets underway on Sunday.
Sky Italia wins back rights in Six Nations’ latest TV deal
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is poised to sign off on a deal with rugby union’s Six Nations Rugby.
Euroleague nets solid increase in new Sky Italia deal
Euroleague Basketball has overcome tricky market conditions to secure a solid increase in the value of its media rights in Italy, moving away from Discovery to secure an exclusive deal with Sky Italia.
Helbiz lands Serie B rights, establishes media business
Helbiz, the US-based micro-mobility company, has secured domestic streaming rights to Italian football’s second-tier Serie B, while also being appointed to distribute rights worldwide as it establishes i…