Italy
Fox moves away from football for second channel
Fox is expanding in Brazil and won't be relying on football
Watching Brief (Vol.48) Special Focus: International TV Sports Viewing – Review of 2012
Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets
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Fox plans to do for baseball what BSkyB did for English football
Former BSkyB boss Dovey behind Fox plans to revolutionise baseball coverage in Japan
Infront one step closer to monopoly
Finnish deal takes Infront closer to global control of skiing rights but agency denies that it paid a strategic fee for the rights
New promoter to revamp WRC media product
Sportsman and Red Bull think they have what it takes to make a success of rally championship
FA joins other top football properties on the subs’ bench
Broadcasters find they can live without the FA Cup in hard times
Fifa/Uefa look to policy shift as ECJ opinion bodes ill
Fifa and Uefa will lobby for policy shift as ECJ defeat looms
Discovery diversifies and targets men
Discovery explains how Eurosport deal fits its strategy
Skynet pays high price to maintain dominant position
Skynet pays a high price to keep Forever at arm's length
F1 deal due but Rai crisis could still become a Sky crisis
F1 deal close but Rai problems could become Sky problems
Italian cycling races make Sunday switch to boost TV audiences
Classic Italian cycling races Milano-Sanremo and Il Lombardia will move to Sundays next year in a change designed to boost television audiences
Rai close to F1 deal with Sky Italia
Italian state broadcaster Rai is on the verge of agreeing a sublicensing deal with Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Italia pay-television platform for Formula One motor racing, according to La Repubblica.
Fiba bringing the game to the fans
Fiba overhaul to bring national team basketball to home fans and boost value of World Cup; Rights fees up but tough talks still to come in key territories
Fox and SBS pay big fees to help develop A-League
Fox and SBS 'investing in the future of Australian football'; How the new deal breaks down
Serie A revenue sharing deal confirmed
A majority of the clubs of Italy’s top football division, Lega Serie A, yesterday voted, as expected, in favour of a proposal outlined last week on a system for sharing income from the sale of media r…
Serie A clubs reach deal on sharing TV income
The 20 clubs of Italy’s top football division, Lega Serie A, yesterday reached an outline agreement on the system for sharing income from the sale of media rights for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15.
Sportitalia sublicenses Italian basketball rights from La7
Italian commercial broadcaster La7 has sublicensed non-exclusive, simulcast rights for Italian Lega Basket Serie A matches to digital sports broadcaster Sportitalia, after gaining permission from the league…
Fees steady in Finland, down again in Holland
F1 deals in Finland and Holland