Italy

Eleven Sports Network said this week its strategy of targeting second-tier rights in larger markets, and running a ‘lean and mean’ business operation, would succeed in Italy, despite the country’s pay-television market having proved difficult for other players.
Basketball

The Euroleague will face a litmus test for its new product this summer as it takes its media rights to market in France and Italy – two markets from which the competition is desperate to earn greater revenue.
Football

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian football, has issued a domestic rights tender for the three seasons from 2018-19 to 2020-21.
Football

Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (Agcom), the Italian communications regulator, has approved the rules for the sale of the next cycle of domestic rights to Serie A, the top division of football in the country.
Football

European football’s governing body Uefa has launched tender processes for broadcast rights to its Champions League and Europa League club competitions in Italy, Spain and Slovenia.
Cycling

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a partnership with software and solutions provider CA Technologies that has led to the introduction of a new second-screen app to enhance its cycling coverage.
Multi-sport

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has entered into the Italian market with the acquisition of a majority stake in over-the-top platform Sportube.
Football

State broadcaster Rai has acquired exclusive rights in Italy to the next two editions of national team football tournament the Uefa European Under-21 Championship.
Multi-sport

Pan-European pay-television broadcaster Sky is launching new products tailored to mobile devices for its online streaming service Now TV in Ireland and Italy.
Multi-sport

Italian broadcaster Mediaset has reported record losses of €294.5m ($313.9m) for 2016, blaming the collapse of its proposed deal with French media company Vivendi for the state of affairs.
Multi-sport

French media company Vivendi has said it is considering legal action after Italian communications authority AGCOM ordered it to cut its stake in either Italian broadcaster Mediaset or telecommunications firm Telecom Italia within a year.
Football

Italian Serie A football club Juventus has launched an on-demand video platform for its international fan base.
Football

A collective of major broadcasters and Europe’s leading football organisations have joined forces to call on the G7 group of industrial nations to take action to tackle internet piracy.
Football

Clubs from Italy’s Serie A, the top division of domestic football, have unanimously approved a new set of guidelines for the centralised selling of the next package of rights to the league and other competitions.
Football

Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, is considering selling its international rights before its domestic rights in the next cycle due to uncertainty about the future of pay-television platform Mediaset Premium.
Multi-sport

French media group Vivendi and Italian broadcaster Mediaset launched lawsuits against each other for defamation yesterday (Tuesday) in the opening day of a court case in Milan, according to the Reuters news agency.
Multi-sport

French media group Vivendi has fired another shot in its ongoing battle with Mediaset, accusing the Italian broadcaster of providing “misleading” information during talks over a partnership last year.
Multi-sport

European pay-television broadcaster Sky is in advanced talks with Mediaset to acquire the Italian media group’s Premium pay-television service, according to a report in Il Sole 24 Ore.