Italy

Football

Lega Serie A’s invitation to tender for domestic live media rights from the 2024-25 season contains multiple innovations as it aims to hit its minimum target of €1bn per season.
Football
Media

Sports ministers in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK have called for agreements to finally be reached on media rights deals for the forthcoming Fifa Women’s World Cup in their respective countries.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Jacopo Volpi has been appointed as sports director of Italian public broadcaster Rai, replacing Alessandra De Stefano who stepped down from the role in March
Football
Data

Lega Serie B is currently weighing up proposals submitted for an international betting video and fastpath data rights advisory contract
Football
Media

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset will bid for a new live free-to-air rights package being offered as part of Lega Serie A’s domestic tender process, according to Marco Giordani, chief financial o…
Football
Finance & Law

Lega Serie A, organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has reappointed financial services group Lazard to act in an advisory capacity as it seeks out an investor in its media business
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

More than 40 cameras will be used to produce coverage of the Coppa Italia final, including high-definition equipment never before used at a football match, competition organiser Lega Serie A has announced
Football
Media

Inter Milan’s victory over city rivals AC Milan in last night’s Uefa Champions League semi-final second leg generated Italy’s highest free-to-air audience of the season for a club football match. M
Football
Media

Lega Serie A clubs have given their unanimous backing to the make-up of the league’s domestic broadcast rights tender with broadcasters able to submit offers across three, four or five seasons.
Multiple Sports
Licensing & Merchandising

Pay-television broadcaster Sky is launching its first online sports merchandise shop following a tie-up with Fanatics
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has retained its rights to Uefa club football competitions through a three-season extension that will take in the new era of the Uefa Champions League
Football
Media

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has once again called on broadcasters in the ‘big five’ European markets to increase their offers for media rights to the 2023 Women’s World Cup, describing their curre…
Football
Media

TV8, the free-to-air channel of pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia, has secured rights to the all-Milan Uefa Champions League semi-final first leg
Football
Media

Online retail giant Amazon must sublicense rights to the first leg of the eagerly-anticipated Milan Derby in the Uefa Champions League semi-final, after it was ruled the match must be shown in Italy on…
Football
Finance & Law

Lega Serie A has announced that its next domestic broadcast rights tender will launch by the middle of next month, with the governing body of the top division of Italian club football to make a decision…
Motorsport
Finance & Law

Media group Mediaset España has agreed a deal with telco Telefónica to show live coverage of this year’s edition of Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix.
Football
Media

Lega Serie A, organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has secured further regulatory approval for its impending domestic broadcast rights tender after guidelines were given the green…
Tennis

The USTA and IMG have struck four deals for the US Open in Europe so far, though the jury will remain out on the decision to carve out the ‘big five’ markets until the sales process is complete.