Italy

Football

Italian commercial broadcasters Mediaset and La7 are taking a big gamble by increasing the prices of pay-per-view football
Football

Football: German pay-broadcaster Premiere acquired exclusive rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from 2006-07 to 2008-09

Football

Rai, the Italian state broadcaster, suffered its third setback over the football league’s rights
Cricket

Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal

Football

Adriano Galliani vindicated by 56-per-cent increase on the value of last season’s rights
Football

Parliament votes to drop legal imposition that rights must be sold platform-by-platform
Football

A breakaway Italian super league, along the lines of England’s Premier League, will be in place next season
Football

The high-value deals agreed by Italian state-broadcaster Rai for football’s World Cup and Champions League mark a major change in the sports-finance
Football

Football: Spanish Primera Liga champions FC Barcelona agreed a long-term deal with the Mediapro agency which guarantees the club at least €1bn (£685m) for its domestic and international television rights for the seven years from 2006-07 to 2012-13.

Football

Italian state broadcaster Rai won the live, free-to-air rights for football’s Champions League, taking them from commercial rival Mediaset

The plan of commercial broadcaster La 7 to launch a 24-hour sports channel on its digital-terrestrial platform will help the company make the most of its investment in sport
Football

Fifa has agreed or is in the process of agreeing deals for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in the top five European television countries

Pay-television operators in four of the five top European television markets reported growing numbers of subscribers

Football

Football World Cup agency Infront is close to acquiring the Milan-based agency Media Partners in a €130 million cash deal.

Football

Uefa expects to enjoy a significant increase in the value of the next round of Champions League rights in Italy

German viewing also falls, Spain and Italy see audiences rise

Football

A look at television production of football matches in France, Germany, England, Italy and Spain
Athletics

The revamped Golden League athletics series has still to win television coverage in two of Europe’s top five television markets.