Italy
Eurosport still not for sale despite Murdoch advances
Pan-European sports broadcaster Eurosport said this week that it is not for sale, despite rumours to the contrary and strong interest in the company
News in brief
Rivals fear Silva in front of queue for Serie A rights.
A week to match Infront’s Lega bid
Sports rights agencies Sportfive and IMG have one week to match the offer made last month by Infront for the rights to Italy’s top football division, Serie A.
Mediaset in bitter row over Uefa TV deal with Rai
Mediaset claims it outbid Rai, but was then forced to withdraw bid
BBC and Mediaset lift audiences
MotoGP and World Superbikes viewing
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, racing and more
Football: Gioco Calcio, the fledgling pay-per-view football service launched this season by six small clubs from Italy’s Serie A, is likely to lose one or two of its clubs to pay-operator Sky Italia, a…
Brussels tells EBU: Your new rules aren’t good enough
Proposed changes would lead to non-members being able to acquire substantial Olympics coverage from EBU members on fair and reasonable terms
Italian clubs’ TV channel in last-ditch bid to stay alive
Clubs need €10 m immediately to pay their players
Juventus: End charity for Serie B
Antonio Giraudo, managing director of Serie A champions Juventus, this week called for radical changes to the structures of Italian football which he said had become “ungovernable”. T
Francia sacked as Rai head of sport
Paolo Francia unexpectedly lost his job as head of sport at Italian state broadcaster Rai this week to Rai’s veteran football presenter and former head of sport, Fabrizio Maffei.
Sogecable takes over funding of Euro-basketball
Out of court settlement ends Telefónica-Euroleague dispute
Has EBU done enough?
EBU facing crucial decision from European Commission on exemption from competition law
F1’s TV season is saved by last five races for title
Formula One television viewing rose in four out of the five top European television markets this year, according to a survey by TV Sports Markets. Germany was the exception.
Top basketball leagues struggle for TV coverage
No coverage for Spanish and Greek leagues three weeks into season, small fees in Italy
Brussels tells Italy to drop mini-ads
Ads during "natural" pauses in sports events fall foul of "Television Without Frontiers"
England out of step over TV qualifying games
How national football team matches are protected in different European territories
Rai finally agrees to ski deal – unless it backs out again
State broadcaster now close to agreeing three-year deal, after demanding one- or two-month deals last year
SPORTEL TALK: Rai set to sign ‘proper’ deal for skiing world cup
Italian agency Media Partners is in talks with state broadcaster Rai about a three-year deal for alpine World Cup skiing, from 2003-04 to 2005-06