Italy

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Leagues which sell rights collectively still liable to legal challenge by clubs which want to sell rights individually
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Impending closure of German cable channel and collapse of Spanish
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Public service broadcasters paying less for Euro 2008 rights

The Italian communications authority, Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni, admitted this week that it will have difficulty regulating the market for television-to-mobile

Mediaset paid an overall €38 million a season for the digital-terrestrial and television-to-mobile rights
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Football fans in Italy will be able to watch live, top-quality coverage of Champions League and Serie A matches on their mobile phones
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Rai backs up its claim that it struck an in-principle deal with the league
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Rai has made an astonishing attack on the integrity of the Italian football league and its president, Adriano Galliani
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Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV

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The Sportfive agency has begun talks in Italy for the television rights for football’s Euro 2008

Formula One has signed long-term deals in four major markets – Italy, Brazil, Australia and Russia – securing rights-fee increases across the board.
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Italian state broadcaster Rai has surprised the domestic television and sports market by sticking to its threat
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The Italian antitrust authority has made a historic U-turn on the collective selling of television rights
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League appeals to competition authorities for permission to sell rights for five years
American Football

American Football: Canadian commercial broadcaster CTV and cable sports broadcaster Rogers Sportsnet acquired the Canadian rights to NFL football for the three years from 2008 to 2010, paying a combined…
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Football: French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 confirmed their joint acquisition of the rights for Euro 2008, in a €100m (£68m) deal brokered by the Sportfive agency. 

Multi-channel coverage finally begins, five races into the season
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Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has threatened to reduce its payment for Serie A highlights