Italy

Football

Uefa has been negotiating a deal for the Champions League rights with Mediaset for more than eight months.

Football

Sports rights-holders and agencies this week backed claims that there is next to no competition among Italian broadcasters for rights.
Football

The Italian league appears to be ploughing a surprisingly lonely furrow in setting up its own channel.

Commercial broadcasters in several European countries are planning an onslaught on many of the top sports rights.
Football

Lega Calcio, is adamant that its planned pay-television channel is not simply a ploy to pressure Rupert Murdoch’s Sky Italia into increasing rights fees for the smaller clubs.

The changes introduced to Formula 1 this season to make the races more exciting are having a mixed effect on last year’s falling television audiences.
Boxing

Satellite pay-television operator BSkyB renewed four important golf deals: (1) exclusive live rights for two Ryder Cups (in 2006 and 2008) with European Tour Productions; (2) live rights for 34 events…
Football

The immediate effect of the merger of Telepiù and Stream is likely to be a re-run of last summer’s mutiny by small football clubs.
Football

Juventus and AC Milan, last week won their legal battle to prevent mobile phone operator Tim showing near-live goals from their home matches on the company’s mobile-phone services.
Football

Informal talks between broadcasters in Italy and Germany over the rights for the Uefa Champions League have raised the spectre of possible collusion over bids.

The green light for pay-television mergers in Italy and Spain redraws the map of European television.

Cycling

The UCI is planning a controversial overhaul of the rights-distribution and television production of the men’s road World Cup.

Equestrian

The international equestrian federation’s revamp of the sport’s national team competition appears to have been highly successful.

Audiences for the first round of the Formula 1 World Championship plummeted in three of the top four European markets.
Football

Juventus and AC Milan are set to take legal action to prevent Italian mobile phone company Tim from using images of their home matches in its mobile phone services.

Basketball

European basketball’s breakaway Euroleague is facing a severe financial crisis that could threaten its future.

Biathlon

With European football taking its mid-season break, the TV Sports Markets European survey for January shows top winter sports events dominating the tables.
Athletics

Italian state broadcaster Rai is close to signing a three-year deal, starting this season, to show all six Golden League athletics events.