Italy
Rights pact means hard times
Italian market about to get very hard for rights-holders as Sky and Mediaset cosy up
Canal Plus makes switch from premium to basic
Canal Plus changes strategy in Denmark with new channel
Agency bidders jump through one more Uefa hoop
CAA linked to agency bid for European Qualifier rights
Broadcasters shun free-to-air Italian football highlights package
Lega Serie A, the top Italian football league, did not receive a bid for its package of free-to-air highlights comprising afternoon comment-based programming and the first viewing of goals round-ups in…
Mediaset and Sky agree to share Champions League and Europa League rights
Italian broadcasters Mediaset and Sky Italia have reached a deal to share live coverage of games involving Italian teams in the Uefa Champions League and Europa League over the next two seasons, 2012-13…
Media giants interested in Mediaset’s pay-TV business, report claims
German commercial broadcast group RTL and Qatar-based pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera could be interested in purchasing the pay-television division of Italian media company Mediaset, according to…
Lega enjoys 65% increase in Coppa rights value on the back of strong ratings
A boom in viewing figures in this year’s Coppa Italia helped the Italian football league, Lega Serie A, to an increase of about 65 per cent in the value of the media rights to the cup competition for t…
Mediaset open to exchange of European football rights with Sky Italia
Pier Silvio Berlusconi, the vice-president of Mediaset, has said that the Italian commercial and pay-television broadcaster could be open to an exchange of Uefa Champions League and Europa League media…
Euro 2012 final audiences fail to hit the heights of semis in Spain and Italy
Spain’s emphatic 4-0 victory over Italy in the final of Uefa Euro 2012 on Sunday broke one television audience record in Spain but failed to deliver the spectacular viewing figures of the midweek semi-final m…
Fees up 20% but questions remain
Despite a healthy increase in TV rights fees, Uefa still faces questions on Europa League
IMG replaces Rai as Giro d’Italia global rights partner
The IMG Media agency will sell rights for the Giro d’Italia and other Italian cycling races after sealing a global distribution deal with event operator RCS Sport for the next eight years, from 2013 t…
Euro 2012 semi-final attracts record audience in Spain
Live coverage of the final stages of Spain’s victory over Portugal in the semi-finals of Uefa Euro 2012 on Wednesday attracted the largest audience in the history of Spanish television.
Rai’s grip on global Giro rights broken in new IMG deal
IMG Media unseats Rai Trade
French Open deal extended
Silva set to add a year to Open deal
Bumper audiences in UK and Italy for Euro 2012 quarter-final
The Uefa Euro 2012 quarter-final between England and Italy in Ukraine yesterday attracted the largest audience for a sports programme in the UK for eight years
La Liga moves up to third in Big Five TV rights league
La Liga overtakes Ligue 1 in rights fee income
Spain’s Big Two still in front despite European flop
Media rights income, club by club, in Europe's top 5 leagues for the 2011-12 season
Lega looks for big increase for Coppa Italia rights
The top Italian football league, Lega Serie A, is targeting a large uplift in the value of the rights to the Coppa Italia, the domestic cup competition, over the next three years, from 2012-13 to 2014-15