Italy

EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession

Euros value drops by nearly 7% across top 5 European markets

Al Jazeera stocks up in US ahead of channel launch

US network NBC, Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel have unveiled extensive, multi-channel coverage plans for the London 2012 Olympic Games

Digital media company Perform has agreed a deal for its Livesport.tv live sports streaming service to be available on electronics company LGā€™s Cinema 3D Smart internet-connected television sets. Livesport.t

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired live rights for the remaining three races of this seasonā€™s Americaā€™s Cup World Series, the feeder series for the marquee Americaā€™s Cup event. Me

IMG sees room for growth in China and South East Asia

FIVB targeting global growth with new long-term rights deal

NBC deal 'critical' for revamped America's Cup, says Worth

Lega Serie A, the top Italian football league, will know tomorrow whether it will have a digital-terrestrial pay-television broadcast partner for the live matches of Serie Aā€™s smaller teams for the next tā€¦

FA set for small increase in Asia with new MP & Silva deal

Serie A should exceed target despite problems with Rai

MP & Silva doubles up in France with league rights

Italian clubs finally agree

Lockout hurt NBA but now broadcasters are returning

Canal Plus loses more football to rival Al Jazeera but analysts say it's not time to panic yet

EBU splits again over World Cup bids

Lega Serie A, the Italian football league, is set to split up its main free-to-air Sunday highlights package into two or more packages, after a league assembly voted on Friday to reject a low bid for theā€¦