Italy
RCS MediaGroup suspends officials amid internal investigation
Italy’s RCS MediaGroup, the organiser and commercial rights-holder of the Giro d’Italia cycling race, has suspended three managers at its sports division in connection with an internal investigation into suspect transactions, according to the Reuters news agency.
MP & Silva to sell Fifa World Cup rights in Italy
The MP & Silva agency has been appointed by football’s world governing body Fifa to serve as the exclusive sales representative for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup media rights in Italy.
Sky Italia picks up highlights to lower league football
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has agreed a deal with Lega Pro, the governing body of the Prima Divisione and Seconda Divisione, for highlights rights to the 2013-14 season of Italian club football’s third and fourth divisions.
Rai lands rights deal for FIG competitions
Italian state broadcaster Rai has agreed a four-year rights deal with the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) covering competitions leading up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Rai and MP & Silva land Lega Basket deals
The Italian basketball league, Lega Basket, has agreed rights deals with state broadcaster Rai and the MP & Silva agency.
Sky Italia floats prospect of exclusive Serie A rights deal
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has said it would be willing to pay more for exclusive pay-television rights to Serie A football for the three-year period spanning the 2015-16 to 2017-18 seasons, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.
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UCI Road World Championships ride into new markets
The International Cycling Union (UCI) and marketing partner the Infront Sports & Media agency have said the forthcoming Road World Championships will receive an “unprecedented level” of television coverage, including exposure for the first time in Middle Eastern, South American and Israeli markets.
Serie A clubs to discuss future broadcast rights strategy
Italy’s top-tier Serie A football clubs will meet on Friday to discuss the issue of how to maintain the value of the league’s domestic broadcast rights and increase revenue from overseas rights.
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IMG interested in Serie A adviser role
The IMG agency has contacted Maurizio Beretta, the president of Lega Serie A, to express an interest in becoming the Italian top-tier football division’s new media-rights sales adviser, according to the Corriere della Sera newspaper.
Six Nations to receive enhanced exposure in Italy via Discovery
The Discovery Italia arm of US media group Discovery Communications has acquired the exclusive media rights in Italy to the Six Nations rugby union tournament.
Rai loses out in Sky Italia case
Italian state broadcaster Rai has lost its appeal against a court ruling that it should cease encrypting its services, including coverage of Italian national team football games, on pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia.
Mediaset signs Pro12 rights deal
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has agreed a deal to televise all home games for Italy’s Pro12 rugby union clubs, Benetton Treviso and Zebre, during the 2013-14 season of the competition.