Italy

Rugby Union

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired exclusive rights in Italy to the 2019 Rugby World Cup
Rugby

Italian public broadcaster Rai acquired the exclusive rights to the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan at a two-thirds reduction in value from the previous edition after a long stand-off between the company’s internal departments.
Football

The Mediapro agency is reportedly seeking to charge €30 ($33) per month for a subscription to its proposed television channel for Serie A, the top division of Italian club football.
Football

The Serie D league matches of fallen Italian clubs Foggia and Palermo will be shown in Italy by subscription broadcaster Eleven Sports after an exclusive rights agreement was finally approved

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky has struck a new agreement with DAZN which, in addition to a series of dedicated offers for viewing streamed content, includes the launch of a channel for the OTT…

The Sky Business division of Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has detailed the impact that its sports coverage has had on the business of bars and restaurants in the country
Football

Italian telecoms company TIM is in talks to carry live Serie A football content from the DAZN streaming service on its video-on-demand platform, it has been reported
Volleyball

Subscription OTT operator DAZN has picked up pay-TV rights in Italy to the European Volleyball Confederation’s (CEV) men’s and women’s European Championships. T
Football

The Court of Milan has definitively rejected Italian public-service broadcaster Rai’s appeal against the sublicensing agreement between pay-television broadcaster Sky and commercial and pay-television g…
Football

Italian telecommunications company TIM has reached an agreement with Sky Italia to offer the pay-television broadcaster’s ‘NowTV – Ticket Sport’ service. The
Football

Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has set a fresh deadline of September 30 to seal an agreement with Spanish agency Mediapro over its offer for domestic rights…
Football

Italian state broadcaster Rai has reportedly launched a fresh appeal against pay-television broadcaster Sky’s sublicensing agreement with commercial and pay-television group Mediaset for rights to the U…
Football

Serie A football clubs Torino and Fiorentina are seeking financial damages from IMG and other unnamed parties, the agency has confirmed in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Football

OTT streaming platform DAZN has agreed a carriage deal in four markets with US media company Discovery for its international sports broadcaster Eurosport, along with an exclusive sublicensing agreement…
Football

Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has elected to continue talks with Spanish agency Mediapro over its offer for domestic rights to the league
Football

Sky Italia is taking a calculated gamble in agreeing a two-year sublicensing deal with Mediaset for Uefa Champions League rights. Sky’s legal dispute with Italian public-service broadcaster Rai over the latter's option to renew the rights has not yet been resolved. If Rai eventually wins, it could sue Sky for damages.
Football

Spanish agency Mediapro has reportedly increased its offer for rights in Italy to football’s Serie A.
Football

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset is reportedly nearing a deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia to sublicense selected rights to football’s Uefa Champions League.