Italy
AGCM accuses Sky Italia, Mediaset – report
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and the Mediaset media company have been accused by the country’s antitrust authority, the AGCM, of violating competition law by dividing up rights to domestic football’s Serie A top division and excluding new entrants, according to a report by Sunday newspaper La Repubblica.
One World Sports to carry Juventus TV
North American sports broadcaster One World Sports has struck a multi-year deal to begin carrying Juventus TV, the in-house television channel operated by Italian Serie A football club Juventus.
Eurosport deal sees Coppa Italia return to French screens
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in France to the Coppa Italia club football knockout tournament.
FIS to suspend use of drones after near miss
Markus Waldner, the men’s alpine race director at the International Ski Federation (FIS), has said that the governing body will ban the use of drones at events until further notice after a machine carrying a camera nearly hit an athlete during a World Cup event in Italy.
Gazzetta TV set for online future
Italian media group RCS has said it is likely to move its digital terrestrial sports television channel Gazzetta TV to an online-only model.
Sky busy with football and rugby
Sky renewed its deal for European club rugby and picked up Russian Premier League rights after a four-year hiatus.
Watching Brief (Vol.115) Special Focus: Motor Racing – Formula One
John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews television audiences across the big five markets for the recently concluded Formula One World Championship
Gazzetta TV could close, reports say
Gazzetta TV, the Italian sports channel operated by the RCS MediaGroup, could close down, according to multiple reports in the country.
Roma claims first with crowdsourced strategy for digital platform
Italian Serie A club AS Roma has partnered with digital consulting firm Omnigon to unveil what it claims to be the world’s first crowdsourced official football club website.
MP & Silva pulls out of 18/22 World Cup rights deal in Italy
The rights in Italy to the Fifa World Cups in 2018 and 2022 have reverted to world football’s governing body after MP & Silva withdrew from its agreement to sell them, TV Sports Markets understands.
Sky Italia scores English football rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired exclusive rights in Italy to club football competition the English Premier League.
Watching Brief (Vol.114) Special Focus: Motor Cycling – MotoGP World Championship
John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship
Rai chief plays down pay-TV talk
Antonio Campo Dall’Orto, the director general of Rai, has said the Italian state broadcaster is not interested in entering the pay-television sector.
Mediaset secures court ruling to clamp down on online piracy
Italian broadcaster Mediaset has secured a ruling from a court in Milan ordering “a major supplier” of internet services to prevent its customers from accessing it.rojadirecta.eu.
L’Equipe 21 adds to rights portfolio with Serie B deal
French digital-terrestrial television channel L'Équipe 21 has acquired rights to Serie B, the second tier of Italian club football.
Russian Premier League returns to Sky Italia
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired rights for football’s Russian Premier League.
Mediaset denies wrongdoing as Serie A rights probe continues
Italian media company Mediaset has said it and its management "have always acted in full compliance with the regulations" after further details emerged this week about an investigation into the allocation of rights for Serie A, football's top division in Italy.
Infront confirms details of Serie A rights probe
Infront Sports & Media has confirmed that the prosecutor of Milan opened an investigation on Friday against Marco Bogarelli, the president of the agency’s Italy division, and associates Andrea Locatelli and Giuseppe Ciocchetti.