Italy
Big EBU deal puts Fifa on course
EBU pays healthy increase for World Cup despite recession
Uefa suffers 7% drop across top 5 European markets
Euros value drops by nearly 7% across top 5 European markets
Al Jazeera pays big fees for key content ahead of launch
Al Jazeera stocks up in US ahead of channel launch
NBC, Foxtel and Sky Italia unveil Olympics coverage plans
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
Perform strikes deal to put Livesport on LG television sets
Digital media company Perform has agreed a deal for its Livesport.tv live sports streaming service to be available on electronics company LGās Cinema 3D Smart internet-connected television sets.
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Mediaset acquires America’s Cup World Series rights
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired live rights for the remaining three races of this seasonās Americaās Cup World Series, the feeder series for the marquee Americaās Cup event.
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IMG looks east in FIVB expansion plans
IMG sees room for growth in China and South East Asia
FIVB hails ‘dream’ rights deal with IMG, ABC and Dentsu
FIVB targeting global growth with new long-term rights deal
Worth: ‘NBC deal was critical for America’s Cup’
NBC deal 'critical' for revamped America's Cup, says Worth
Serie A deadline approaches for Italian DTT operators
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 Aās smaller teams for the next tā¦
MP & Silva to edge out IMG in close battle for FA Asian rights
FA set for small increase in Asia with new MP & Silva deal
Serie A closes in on €3bn target
Serie A should exceed target despite problems with Rai
MP & Silva taps into French boom to double values
MP & Silva doubles up in France with league rights
Serie A, finally, agrees how to share
Italian clubs finally agree
NBA bounces back from lockout with a series of deals
Lockout hurt NBA but now broadcasters are returning
Canal Plus loses more crown jewels but stays calm
Canal Plus loses more football to rival Al Jazeera but analysts say it's not time to panic yet
EBU splits again for World Cup bids
EBU splits again over World Cup bids
Lega Serie A to split up highlights rights after rejecting low 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¦