Italy

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has named Veronica Diquattro as executive vice-president, revenue of its Italian division.

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has overhauled its sports offering by relaunching its channel portfolio, with a channel dedicated to Serie A, the top division of domestic football, introduced for the first time.

DAZN, the OTT service operated by digital sports media company Perform, has acquired rights for Serie B, the second division of Italian football.

DAZN, the live and on-demand streaming service owned by digital sports media specialist Perform, has bolstered its combat sports content by agreeing a multi-year rights deal with US mixed martial arts promotion Bellator.

Italy’s Lega Serie A is set to earn €973m ($1.13bn) per season for its domestic live rights in the next cycle following last week’s deals with Sky and Perform. This can be considered either a success or a failure depending on which benchmark it is measured against

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Italia has announced it will cease operations at the end of the month.

Digital sports-media company Perform has acquired a package of rights in Italy for Lega Basket Serie A, the country’s top division of basketball.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has extended a rights deal in France for Serie A, the top division of Italian football.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and digital sports content and media group Perform have acquired domestic rights to Serie A, the top division of Italian football, in deals worth a total of €973.3m ($1.166bn) per season.

Mediapro has claimed it acquired a non-compliant product after the Court of Milan rejected its appeal against a ruling that led to Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian football, scrapping its deal with the agency.

Italy’s Lega Serie A moved into private negotiations with broadcasters this week for rights to the next three seasons, from 2018-19 to 2020-21, having cancelled its contract with Mediapro.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has moved to widen its customer base by launching a new 15-channel digital terrestrial television service which will include access to its premium sports content.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has today (Tuesday) reaffirmed its decision to scrap its rights agreement with Mediapro after the Spanish agency yesterday said it had presented financial guarantees for the contract.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has returned to the drawing table for its next set of domestic media rights after opting to terminate its contract with Spanish agency Mediapro.

Lega Serie A and its media-rights adviser Infront are on a collision course with the Mediapro agency, which was appointed intermediary for the league’s domestic live rights, after the Spanish agency failed to meet this week’s deadline to pay its guarantee. 

US hedge fund Elliott Management recently held talks with Mediapro about supporting the Spanish agency’s investment in media rights for Serie A, the top division of football in Italy, according to the Bloomberg news agency.