Italy

Mediaset has complained to football’s European governing body Uefa after coverage of a Champions League match was made available in Italy, apparently diluting the Italian media group’s exclusive coverage of the tournament.

Italy’s top basketball league, Lega Basket Serie A, is satisfied with the outcome of its recent domes-tic rights negotiations, even though total fees remain well below the level of five years ago.

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The B4 Capital agency has retained international rights to Serie B, the second tier of Italian club football, after agreeing a new three-year deal.

Italian commercial broadcaster La7 has acquired rights for the 2015 Spanish Supercopa season-opening football contest.

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has signed a strategic partnership with Telecom Italia (TIM) under which content offered through its pay-television service Mediaset Premium, including Serie A and Uefa Champions League football, will be distributed by the telco.

Italian Serie A football club AS Roma has launched its own television channel through a multi-year partnership with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia.

Lega Basket, which operates the top division of basketball in Italy, has agreed two-year rights deals with state broadcaster Rai and pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia.

The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox is to simulcast coverage of the German Bundesliga football match between Bayern Munich and Hamburg to regions across the world in a move described by the company as a “global first.”

The Mediaset Premium pay-television service of Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired exclusive rights to the NFL American football league.

Gazzetta TV, the Italian sports channel operated by the RCS MediaGroup, has acquired rights to French football’s Trophée des Champions, along with the English Championship and League Cup competitions.

Lega Serie A and the Infront Sports & Media agency will launch a new IPTV platform on August 22 broadcasting games from the top division of Italian football, according to il Fatto Quotidiano.

Italian state broadcaster Rai has reached an agreement with the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) to show games from the Pro12 European club tournament and the Eccellenza, the top division of Italian club rugby union.

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has bolstered its club football content by agreeing three-season deals for France’s Ligue 1 and the Scottish Premiership.

Dutch pay-television broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights for the Spanish Liga, while pay-television broadcaster Fox has reportedly won the tender in Italy for coverage of the top division of football in Spain.

Lega Basket, which operates the top division of basketball in Italy, will begin private discussions with two bidders for the competition’s rights.