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F1 deal close but Rai problems could become Sky problems

Classic Italian cycling races Milano-Sanremo and Il Lombardia will move to Sundays next year in a change designed to boost television audiences

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.

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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…

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.

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…

F1 deals in Finland and Holland

Digital media specialists Perform Group have extended their deal to distribute online free-to-view highlights and news clips covering Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, for a further three years, f…

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia’s quarterly operating profit fell from $119 million (€92 million) year-on-year to $12 million in the three months to September 30, 2012.

Clubs in Italy’s top football league, Serie A, were split yesterday about how revenue from media-rights sales should be divided for the coming three seasons, 2012-13 to 2014-15.

Representatives from the 20 clubs in Italy’s top football league, Serie A, were meeting late this afternoon, November 5, to attempt to thrash out a new sharing model for media rights revenues for the c…

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