Italy
Rai faces struggle to retain Italy rights
Rai will struggle to retain rights to Italy national football team matches due to the spiralling rights fee, according to Michele Anzaldi, secretary of the supervisory committee at the Italian state broadcaster.
Serie A chief ready to discuss Infront role
Fox and Mediaset busy in Italy
Fox Sports buys Eredivisie rights in Italy
Watching Brief (Vol.60) Special Focus: Football – Fifa Confederations Cup
Serie A clubs question Infront adviser role
Seven clubs from Lega Serie A in Italy have raised questions over the future role of the Infront Sports & Media agency as adviser to the league on media-rights sales.
Fox Sports to show Eredivisie in Italy
New Italian pay-television channel Fox Sports has acquired rights for the Eredivisie, the top division of football in the Netherlands.
Mediaset agrees Eurosport deal
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has signed a distribution deal with pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport.
Fox Sports granted Mediaset platform in Italy
The Fox International Channels broadcast subsidiary of media conglomerate News Corporation has reached an agreement with Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset to distribute its new Fox Sports channel.
Rai-Sky Olympic deal leaves ski federation cold
Sky-Rai Olympic deal pleases IOC and Coni, but not ski federation
Sky Italia set to launch MotoGP-dedicated channel
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has announced that it plans to launch a channel dedicated to motorcycling’s MotoGP championship in March.
Rai and Sky Italia reach Olympic rights agreement
Italian state broadcaster Rai has agreed a deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia for the right to broadcast highlights of the 2014 winter Olympic Games, along with the exclusive rights to the 2016 summer Olympic Games.
Lopez: Surprise Fox Sports launch is ‘not about keeping Al Jazeera out’
Fox Italy says that Italian launch is 'unique opportunity' for Fox, not a defensive move against Al Jazeera
Fox acquires football rights ahead of Italian channel launch, report says
Fox International Channels has acquired Italian media rights to English Premier League, FA Cup, Spanish Liga and French Ligue 1 football ahead of launching a new pay-television channel.
Pitch facing own channel dilemma as Al Jazeera stays away
Pitch International is exploring launching a premium football channel in Italy
Watching Brief (Vol.57) Special Focus: Football – Uefa club competitions
Sky Italia and Rai reach stalemate in Sochi 2014 talks
Negotiations between Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and state broadcaster Rai over a sublicensing deal for rights to the 2014 winter Olympics have broken down.
Rai and Sky left at Lega table
Rai and Sky Italia in Lega Basket rights bids
Mediaset mops up rights as Sportitalia looks for saviour
Mediaset close to deal for NFL and other rights but Sportitalia needs fresh funds to carry on broadcasting
Rights for Six Nations, Pro12 and autumn internationals on Italian market at the same time