Italy

Football

The Mediaset Premium pay-television service of Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired rights to the International Champions Cup pre-season club football friendly tournament.

Rugby Union

The Italian rugby federation said this week its recent deals covering domestic and international rights will help the game continue to develop at home and abroad, while providing financial security for the sport in Italy.

Rugby Union

Interview with Alfredo Gavazzi, president of the Federazione Italiana Rugby, on the Italian rugby federation’s recent domestic and international rights deals.

Wrestling

The WWE wrestling organisation’s WWE Network pay-television channel is now available in Italy.

Football

John Manning, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences for this year's Uefa Champions League.

French media group Vivendi has raised its stake in telecommunications company Telecom Italia to 14.9 per cent under a deal in which it replaces Spanish telco Telefonica as its largest shareholder.

Football

The B4 Capital agency has retained international rights for the Coppa Italia club football knockout tournament in Italy.

Football

The B4 Capital agency has agreed a deal with Italian state broadcaster Rai to distribute rights for Italy national football team home friendly matches in the Americas, the Middle East and North Africa.

Football

The Discovery Italia division of media and entertainment company Discovery Communications has agreed a four-year deal with the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) for the rights to the national team’s autumn Test matches.

Football

RCS Media Group, the parent company of Italy’s Gazzetta TV channel, bought exclusive live rights to this month’s Copa América.

Football

Joseph Rivers, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence examines free-to-air television audiences in the big five European markets for the 2014-15 Uefa Europa League

Football

Gazzetta TV, the Italian sports channel operated by the RCS MediaGroup, has acquired rights for the 2015 edition of the Copa América national team football tournament.

Wrestling

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has renewed a rights deal with the WWE wrestling entertainment organisation.

Football

ESPN has reached a sublicensing deal with rival international pay-television sports broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America to acquire rights for the Serie A top division of Italian football across Latin America and certain territories in the Caribbean.

Football

Lega Serie A has initiated private talks with bidders for the international rights to the Coppa Italia knockout club football tournament in Italy.

Football

Mediaset Premium’s parent company RTI has acquired a supplementary package of rights to support the pay-television broadcaster’s coverage of Italy’s Serie A top football division for three years, from 2015-16 to 2017-18.

Football

Italian media company Mediaset and pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia have defended their positions after their offices were searched as part of an investigation by regulators into the sale of media rights for Serie A, the top division of football in the country.

Football

The offices of Italian media company Mediaset and pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia were searched by police on Tuesday as part of an investigation into the sale of media rights for Serie A, the top division of football in the country.