Italy

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.
Football

Italy’s second-tier football league, Serie B, looks set to be rewarded for creative thinking in the face of difficult market conditions, securing a 25-per-cent increase in the value of its domestic media rights with further deals in the pipeline.
Sport Climbing

The International Federation of Sport Climbing has agreed new broadcast rights deals in China, Italy, Switzerland and Israel as the sport prepares to make its Olympic Games debut. Zhibo
Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is in the process of finalising a deal to retain rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship, SportBusiness understands.
Football

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.
Football

Subscription sports streaming broadcaster DAZN has renewed a rights agreement in Italy for football’s Spanish LaLiga until the end of the 2023-24 season.
Football

Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan have launched an official channel on Amazon-owned online streaming platform Twitch
Football

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has postponed its decision on the award of a second package of live domestic broadcast rights as it awaits the outcome of…
Multi-sport

Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, has reported a 10.6-per-cent increase in revenue alongside a 33