Italy
Sky Italia retains Uefa European Championship, NBA and Six Nations
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has announced rights renewals for a slew of sports properties, including the Uefa European Championship, the NBA, rugby union’s Six Nations and sailing’s America’s Cup.
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Mediaset to broadcast America’s Cup in Italy
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired free-to-air rights to the 37th America’s Cup.
No deal: Serie A to continue with private talks over domestic rights
Lega Serie A has extended private negotiations with three broadcasters interested in its domestic rights from 2024-25 onwards, after refusing to accept the offers on the table
DAZN Italia integrates ticket sales into app through Vivaticket
The Italian arm of sports subscription and media company DAZN has signed an agreement with Italian ticketing company Vivaticket, through which customers will be able to buy tickets for football matches…
DAZN Italy CEO: Piracy steals €800,000 per day from sports industry
Sports subscription service and media company DAZN has called on the Italian parliament to speed up the introduction of a new bill targeting piracy, following the release of a report outlining that illegal…
Serie B announces Helbiz termination, Sky and DAZN face increased payments
Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie B (LNPB) has terminated its rights deal with Helbiz, the US-based micro-mobility company, in a move that is set to mean Sky Italia and DAZN will be required to increase…
EXCLUSIVE: Lofty reserve price for Coppa Italia, Supercoppa domestic rights
The domestic rights sales process for the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2024-25 to 2026-27 launched today (Tuesday) has set an aggressive reserve price.
Napoli president: Serie A rights bids under €600m per season
The recent bids for domestic media rights to Serie A from 2024-25 came in at less than €600m ($651m) per season, according to Aurelio De Laurentiis, the outspoken president of newly-crowned champions Na…
Serie A to hold private negotiations after rejecting domestic bids
Lega Serie A is to move into a period of private negotiations with three broadcasters after bids submitted for domestic rights from 2024-25 onwards were rejected
Sky Italia doubles down on Uefa club comps ahead of Serie A negotiations
Sky Italia doubled its fee for Uefa Champions League rights to ensure it held Uefa club competition rights in the next cycle, putting it in a strong position ahead of the current Serie A domestic media rights sales process.
Women’s World Cup breakthrough in major markets after EBU intervention
Fifa has extended its media rights agreement for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the European Broadcasting Union, ensuring the tournament will be screened in the major markets of France, Germany, Italy, S…
Canale 5 nears 9m viewers for Champions League final, French and German figures drop
Saturday evening’s Uefa Champions League final registered the highest free-to-air audience in Italy since 2017 as Inter Milan lost out to Manchester City.
Rai mourns death of sports rights chief Forleo
Italian public broadcaster Rai has announced the death of Pier Francesco Forleo, head of its sports rights department
Europa League final nets 6.5m viewers on Rai as Movistar TV delivers seven-figure audience
Last night’s Uefa Europa League final between AS Roma and Sevilla delivered a strong free-to-air audience in Italy and over one million viewers on the Telefónica-owned Movistar TV subscription service in…
Serie A fishing for clues with eight-model domestic rights tender
Lega Serie A’s invitation to tender for domestic live media rights from the 2024-25 season contains multiple innovations as it aims to hit its minimum target of €1bn per season.
European sports ministers call for resolution to Women’s World Cup impasse
Sports ministers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK have called for agreements to finally be reached on media rights deals for the forthcoming Fifa Women’s World Cup in their respective countries.
Volpi replaces De Stefano as Rai sports director
Jacopo Volpi has been appointed as sports director of Italian public broadcaster Rai, replacing Alessandra De Stefano who stepped down from the role in March
Serie B weighs up offers for betting rights advisory contract
Lega Serie B is currently weighing up proposals submitted for an international betting video and fastpath data rights advisory contract