Italy

Motorsport

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines live television audiences in Europe’s five largest markets for motor cycling’s MotoGP World Championship The
Cycling

Italy’s RCS MediaGroup, the organiser and commercial rights-holder of the Giro d’Italia cycling race, has sacked twp executives from its sports division following an internal investigation into suspect transactions, according to the La Presse news service.

The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has announced that it will launch its Fox Sports 2 pay-television channel in Italy on December 20.

Football

International rights growth for Serie A could hold the key to Infront’s dilemma

Football

Infront Sports & Media will enter final negotiations to retain its contract as the media-rights sales adviser to Lega Serie A, the top division of Italian football, after clubs on Monday voted to reject an offer from rival agency IMG Media.

Football

Serie A football clubs will reject the unsolicited €3bn ($4bn) offer by the IMG Media agency for their media rights because the rights cannot be assigned to an intermediary without a competitive tender, according to Italian media reports.

Football

The IMG Media agency has submitted an offer to become the media-rights sales adviser to the Lega Serie A, the top division of Italian football, for the 2015-16 to 2017-18 seasons.

Football

Infront renewal as adviser to Serie A could carry some tough conditions if rebel clubs win out

Football

Pauline McVey analyses domestic audiences on free-to-air television for the Fifa World Cup 2014 qualifiers in Europe’s five biggest markets, and in Portugal L

Eurosport has been announced as a launch partner for the new Xbox One video game console in a deal that will offer customers in various European markets the opportunity to access the pan-European sports broadcaster’s coverage of sporting events.

Winter Sports

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has signed a deal with Telecom Italia for Sky’s dedicated Sochi 2014 winter Olympics channels to be carried by the telecommunications company’s TIM broadband and ultra-broadband networks.

Football

Italy’s Serie A clubs have agreed in principle to extend Infront Sports & Media’s role as media-rights sales adviser to the Lega Serie A, the top division of Italian football, but not on the terms proposed by the agency, according to media reports.

Olympics

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset is close to acquiring free-to-air rights to the Sochi 2014 winter Olympic Games in a sub-licensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper.

Basketball

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired the exclusive Italian rights to North American basketball league the NBA in a three-year deal running from the 2013-14 to 2015-16 seasons.

Football

The Infront Italy arm of the Infront Sports & Media agency has filed a lawsuit against Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera concerning “false rumours and misinformation” contained in reports surrounding its role as media-rights sales adviser to the Lega Serie A, the top division of Italian football.

Football

Tough Italian market is World Cup opportunity for MP & Silva

Eurosport in difficult carriage negotiations with Sky Italia

Football

The Infront Sports & Media agency, media-rights sales adviser to the Lega Serie A, has offered to guarantee the league media-rights income of €5.5bn ($7.5bn) over the six seasons from 2015 to 2021 to retain its role with the top division of Italian football.