Italy
MP & Silva to distribute Italian volleyball league rights
The MP & Silva agency has struck an agreement to distribute the Italian Volleyball League’s worldwide media rights for four years, from 2012-13 to 2015-16.
Europa 7 to carry new Serie B channel
A new channel dedicated to coverage of Lega Serie B, the second tier of football in Italy, is to be launched on Italian digital-terrestrial pay-television platform Europa 7 later this month
Sportitalia to serve as Pro12 host broadcaster in Italy
Italian digital sports channel Sportitalia has been appointed by Federazione Italiana Rugby, rugby union’s governing body in Italy, to serve as the host broadcaster for the Pro12 tournament’s games in …
Rightster deal hits Perform, not Sportsman
MP & Silva drops Perform to handle its own digital rights but the Sportsman Media Group could be the real winner
Serie A rights value up by at least 25% in Asia
Serie A values up by a quarter in Asia
Sportitalia acquires Torino’s pre-season rights
Italian digital sports channel Sportitalia has acquired the rights to six pre-season football friendly games featuring Serie A club Torino
Serie B TV and sponsorship deals boost income
Italy’s second-tier football league, Lega Serie B, is on course to earn €15 million ($18.3 m
Serie B renews with Sky and Mediaset
Italy’s second-tier football league, Lega Serie B, has renewed deals for its live rights for the next three seasons, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, with pay-television operators Sky Italia and Mediaset Premium.
Sky Italia antitrust investigation extended
The Italian antitrust authority, l’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, has extended its investigation into the sports-rights acquisitions of Rupert Murdoch’s pay-television platform Sky …
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…