Italy

Football

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…
Football

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.
Football

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.
Football

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…
Sailing

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…
Football

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.
Basketball

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
Football

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…
Basketball

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…
Rugby Union

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…
Padel

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has signed a rights deal with the World Padel Tour
Football

The Team Marketing agency has initiated its first Uefa club competitions media-rights sales processes in nearly seven months, inviting bids from broadcasters in Italy and also sub-Saharan Africa for the…
Football

Spanish media giant Mediapro is in “advanced negotiations” with private equity firms Bain Capital and NB Renaissance Partners to join their bid for a stake in Serie A’s new media-rights business, accor…
Basketball

Lega Basket, the governing body of top tier Italian basketball, saw its domestic pay-television media-rights income growth slow considerably in the 2020-22 rights round, driven by a significantly less competitive market.
Football

The regional administrative court of Lazio (Tar) has upheld the €7m ($8.3
Basketball

Lega Basket Serie A, the governing body of the top-tier of Italian domestic basketball, has completed its domestic media-rights sales process after agreeing a two-season renewal for its free-to-air rights…
Football

Italy’s Serie A football clubs have unanimously approved the formation of a new company designed to market the broadcast rights to the top division of the domestic game.
Multi-sport

International media rights agency and production group Mediapro has recruited Federico de Mojana from Eleven Sports, the Aser Ventures-owned subscription broadcaster, as head of development at Mediapro’s I…