Italy

Football

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has launched a sales process for the rights in Italy to European national team qualifiers ahead of the Euro 2016 and Fifa 2018 World Cup national team tournaments.

Motorsport

A championship dominated by one driver, now four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, and the continued shift of live race coverage from free-to air to pay-television coincided with a drop in average…
Football

Infront guarantees the future income of Serie A but rights-fee growth is in the hands of clubs

The Fox International Channels (FIC) broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has launched Fox Sports 2 HD, a new sports pay-television channel in Italy.

Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport will remain on Italian pay-television platform Sky Italia beyond the new year, according to the Broadband TV News website.

Football

Lega Serie A clubs have approved the retention of the Infront Sports & Media agency as the media-rights sales adviser to the top division of Italian football.

The Fox International Channels (FIC) broadcast subsidiary of media company 21st Century Fox has acquired rights in Italy for motor racing’s World Rally Championship, according to various reports in the country.

Italian pay-television platform Sky Italia has failed to reach a new carriage deal with pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport.

Football

Premier League gets tough, even with Murdoch, to protect UK investments of Sky and BT

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