Italy
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
IOC wants to drop Italy’s Rai from next Olympics TV deal
EBU deal may be compromised, adding to problems its faces from loss of exemption from Euro competition law
Top clubs will get more power and cash in Europe
Clubs want a joint venture between themselves and Uefa to run the commercial side of club competitions
Breakaway league moves closer
Serie A clubs working towards "English model", Serie B clubs fear financial repercussions
Why Italy’s league channel is bad deal for everyone
Fans will pay more to watch, investors will not see a return for a long time, clubs would have earned more from Sky Italia