Italy

Football

Uefa has welcomed an Italian anti-piracy initiative that has blocked over 600 illicit streams of Euro 2020 matches
Football

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.
Multi-sport

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
Football

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
Football

Subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Italy to this year’s Copa América national team football tournament, which gets underway on Sunday.
Rugby Union

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is poised to sign off on a deal with rugby union’s Six Nations Rugby.
Basketball

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.
Football

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…
Football

Global sports subscription service and media company DAZN has rejected a €500m ($608m) carriage proposal from Sky Italia that would have allowed customers of the pay-television broadcaster to retain a…
Football

Lega Serie A has approved a tender process for the next set of broadcast rights to the Coppa Italia, with the organising body of the top division of Italian club football said to be opening up to offers…
Football

Italian Serie A side AC Milan has appointed IMG Media’s Luca Baldanza to the newly-created position of head of media sales.
Football

DAZN Group, the global sports subscription service and media company, is to triple its subscription price in Italy on the back of its acquisition of the bulk of the exclusive live rights to Italian football’s S…
Football

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has initiated an invitation to tender for domestic and international broadcast rights to the women’s Serie A competition.
Basketball

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired the rights to basketball’s EuroLeague and EuroCup from 2021-22 to 2023-24.
Horse Racing

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports, the Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group and subscription broadcaster Sport TV are among the broadcasters to have acquired rights to this year’s edition of Royal A…
Football

Lega Serie A, organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has said it will soon reach a level of protection against broadcast piracy that is “unique in the world” after striking an agr…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired the final package of domestic live rights being marketed by Lega Serie A for the top division of Italian club football’s next cycle.
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

On-demand and live streaming service LIVENow has acquired rights in multiple territories to Russia’s Gorilla MMA Series.