Italy
Italian communications watchdog to give opinion on Sky Italia probe
The Italian communications authority, l’Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, will give its opinion tomorrow (Wednesday) on an investigation by the country’s competition watchdog, l’Autorità Garante…
Messi and Ronaldo back on Italian TV screens
Italian football fans will be able to watch Spain’s La Liga on free-to-air television for the remainder of the current season after the rights were acquired by a pool of regional broadcasters which together c…
EXCLUSIVE: Sky Italia acquires German Bundesliga rights
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired exclusive rights for German football’s Bundesliga in a two-year deal, from 2013-14 to 2014-15.
Italian giant Mediaset reports annual loss after write down of sports rights
A write down of Mediaset’s sports rights has contributed to the Italian media company posting its first annual loss since going public in 1996, according to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Italian basketball league launches sales process for domestic rights
Lega Basket Serie A, the top league of basketball in Italy, has launched a sales process for its next cycle of domestic rights
Pitch clears path from Al Jazeera but stop-gap solution may be needed
Pitch stockpiling of Italian rights presages arrival of Al Jazeera but maybe not until summer 2014
ASO, not UCI, holds the key to world series plan
ASO, as usual, holds the key to planned cycling shake-up
MP & Silva to push channel strategy
MP & Silva chief explains why channel plan may work for Asia
Pro12 rugby talks under way
Pro12 renewing
ARD/ZDF may yet join EBU qualifiers deal
ARD/ZDF could yet join EBU qualifiers deal
Pitch International pounces for Spanish Liga rights in Italy
The Pitch International agency has acquired exclusive media rights in Italy for the Spanish Liga, the top division of football in the country
Suitors lining up to buy profitable ESPN America
ESPN America sell-off attracts Eurosport, Setanta and Liberty
Rai pays less for Giro rights but RCS still ahead
Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad
Rai and Sky Italia seal F1 sublicensing deal
Italian state broadcaster Rai has acquired rights to the Formula One motor-racing championship in a sublicensing deal with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia
Rai extends rights deal for Giro d’Italia
Italian state broadcaster Rai has renewed domestic rights for the Giro d’Italia and five other Italian cycling events in a four-year deal, from 2013 to 2016.
La7 picks up Milan City Marathon rights
Italian commercial broadcaster La7 has acquired rights for the 2013 Milan City Marathon.
La7 agreed the real with RCS Sport, the operator of the event
Four ways that IMG owners can cash in investment
IMG may not be for sale. But the industry is assuming otherwise
Mediapro to wrestle for better Marca TV position
Marca TV may sell on its rights but the channel is not closing