Italy

Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is set to snatch the media rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP from commercial broadcaster Mediaset from 2014 onwards.

Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, has ended private negotiations with broadcasters over a series of packages of media rights and has called for bids by tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15.

Uefa positions itself nicely to cherry-pick top markets

Uefa looking for huge increase in value for third-party qualifier rights to hit ambitious target

MP & Silva takes big portfolio of club football rights to Asia

Giro d’Italia promoter RCS Sport is close to a deal with the Association International des Groupes Cyclistes Professionels, an umbrella group of cycling’s leading teams, that will give the teams a sha…

Italian Serie A football club Napoli has failed in an attempt to secure an injunction against the implementation of a model used to split media rights income between clubs in the country’s top flight.

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 LG’s Cinema 3D Smart internet-connected television sets. Livesport.t

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired live rights for the remaining three races of this season’s America’s Cup World Series, the feeder series for the marquee America’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