Italy
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
Melandri law ‘must be updated’ to reflect changing market
The Italian collective selling law, known as the Melandri law, needs updating, says Enzo Morelli, the lawyer who advised the Italian government on the drafting of the law in 2008. The Italian antitrust authority should not be interfering in how Serie A clubs share their media rights income, top lawyer says
Spanish league looks to Italy in putting revenue sharing model first
La Liga president Javier Tebas Medrano talks about the proposed collective selling law for football rights in Spain
Rai snaps up Euro U-21 rights
Swedish league defends its closed rights negotiations
The Swedish league explains why it sold its rights without a tender; TV4 Group looks to sell C More.
MP & Silva and Pitch look to diversify in Asia
Broadcasters worried by Pitch and MP & Silva joint venture but rivals say it's business as usual
Fox football rights deal casts doubts over Sport1 future
Aggressive Fox poses threat t Sport1 future in the Netherlands
SweetSpot facing big challenge in battle of Britain
ASO, IMG and Infront all have big cycling ambitions. That could be bad news for UK's SweetSpot