Italy

The Brazilian arm of US pay-television broadcaster Turner has acquired the final package of Italian Serie A rights in Brazil, SportBusiness Media understands

Uefa has seen the value of its top-tier Champions League competition fall by a fifth in Italy for the coming 2021-24 cycle. But the drop has been cushioned by the entry of ecommerce giant Amazon, which has committed a considerable amount to acquire a package of rights.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and commercial broadcaster Mediaset are closing in on the final packages of rights to the Uefa Champions League in Italy for the 2021-24 cycle

IMG Arena, the sports betting arm of the IMG agency, has agreed a long-term rights deal with Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the top tier of Italian club basketball

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai is reported to have put forward a plan to close its sports channel amid a wider cost-cutting effort

Internet retail giant Amazon is set to break into the Italian media-rights market as it is believed to have submitted a winning bid for a package of Uefa Champions League rights covering the 2021-24 cycle

Italy’s Lega Serie A has decided to enter into exclusive negotiations with a consortium involving private equity firm CVC Capital Partners over the sale of a stake in a new entity to manage its media-rights b…

France’s Division 1 Féminine, the top tier of women’s football in the country, is to receive broadcast coverage in the US, UK, Germany and Italy from the 2020-21 season.

Italian Serie C football outfit Como has announced that its OTT streaming service has acquired rights in Italy to 2022 World Cup qualifying matches in South America’s Conmebol zone.

The private equity companies interested in acquiring a stake in Lega Serie A’s new media-rights business are thought to have revised their bids, with the offers to now be reviewed on October 13 after P…

A raft of broadcast rights contracts signed for sailing’s 36th America’s Cup include deals with both public-service and pay-television broadcasters in Italy and the UK, as a priority is placed on maximum exp…

Italian football's Serie A has lost more than €500m ($573m) in revenues due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the league's chief executive Luigi De Siervo has said.

SN1 Trading, the consultancy and media rights agency, will use the Content Arena platform to distribute its recently acquired international rights to the top tier of Italian domestic basketball

Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top tier of Italian club football, has set a deadline of September 30 for private equity bids to be submitted for a stake in its new media-rights business, it is…

Lega Basket Serie A, the governing body for Italian basketball’s top division, has finalised a three-year agreement with Infront that affords the agency the title of exclusive marketing, sponsorship a…

Pro14 Rugby has stated it is in “early discussions” with SA Rugby to expand the number of South African franchises in the cross-border league, while it has introduced a Monday Night Rugby concept for the…