Italy

The MP & Silva, IMG and B4 Capital agencies have tabled bids for the international media rights for Serie A, the top division of football in Italy.

BSkyB’s proposal to acquire pay-television broadcasters Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia has been overwhelmingly approved by the UK pay-television broadcaster’s shareholders.

Free-to-air broadcaster Nuvolari has acquired media rights in Italy for the Pro12 European club rugby union tournament.

Telecommunications company Telecom Italia will show Uefa Champions League and Euro 2016 qualifying games through its TIMvision video-on-demand service after agreeing a sublicensing deal with the football competitions’ rights-holder in the country, pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia.

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has renewed media rights for the Superbike World Championship motorcycling series.

Italian free-to-air sports broadcaster Sportitalia has vowed to shed its image as a late rights-fee payer, starting with this week’s deal for the 2014 Fiba World Cup.

Interview with Michele Criscitiello, director of Sportitalia, on the acquisition of the rights to the Fiba World Cup and the channel’s re-launch.

Mike Kiernan, Analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at audiences in key European markets for the 2014 Tour de France

Matteo Mammi has been promoted to the role of director of sports, outside production and operations at Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia, TV Sports Markets understands.

Rupert Murdoch’s two Italian pay-television businesses – the Sky Italia satellite platform and the Fox Sports premium channel – reinforced their football portfolios this week as rival operator Mediaset inched closer to a deal to sell a stake in its Mediaset Premium platform to Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports.

Mike Kiernan, Analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, looks at television audiences in the major European markets and America for the 2014 Fifa World Cup

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB is set to confirm deals to acquire sister companies Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia in Germany and Italy from media company 21st Century Fox tomorrow (Friday) morning.

Agcom, Italy’s communications regulator, has approved sublicensing deals between pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium’s parent company RTI for coverage of domestic football’s top-tier Serie A.

Lega Serie A, Italy’s top football league, will enter into private negotiations with companies seeking to secure the two domestic media rights packages that it has failed to sell in two formal tender procedures.

Italian pay-television operator Sky Italia has acquired the rights to the qualification matches of all European national teams for Uefa Euro 2016 and the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

The MP & Silva agency has brokered a deal for mobile services provider MLJ to develop Italian Serie A football club Inter Milan’s digital products and services in Japan.