Italy
F1 lifts fees in four major markets, even flagging Italy
Formula One has signed long-term deals in four major markets – Italy, Brazil, Australia and Russia – securing rights-fee increases across the board.
Rai sues Lega Calcio over award of Serie A rights
Italian state broadcaster Rai has surprised the domestic television and sports market by sticking to its threat
Italian U-turn on joint selling
The Italian antitrust authority has made a historic U-turn on the collective selling of television rights
Ligue’s five-year plan to lure telecom bidders
League appeals to competition authorities for permission to sell rights for five years
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 2: US sports, tennis, cricket, rugby and more
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…
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, winter sports and Formula One
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.
Sky’s slow start in Italian F1 duel
Multi-channel coverage finally begins, five races into the season
Mediaset refuses to pay €45 million in exclusivity row
Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has threatened to reduce its payment for Serie A highlights
Channels gamble on raising ppv football prices
Italian commercial broadcasters Mediaset and La7 are taking a big gamble by increasing the prices of pay-per-view football
TV RIGHTS CLIPS: Champions League, World Cup and more
Football: German pay-broadcaster Premiere acquired exclusive rights for the Champions League in a three-year deal from 2006-07 to 2008-09
Rai hit again in anti-Saturday move
Rai, the Italian state broadcaster, suffered its third setback over the football league’s rights
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, cricket, tennis, motorcycling and more
Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal
Lega Calcio set for 56% increase in TV rights fees
Adriano Galliani vindicated by 56-per-cent increase on the value of last season’s rights
Italy approves much-altered law on central sales
Parliament votes to drop legal imposition that rights must be sold platform-by-platform
Serie A clubs finally break away
A breakaway Italian super league, along the lines of England’s Premier League, will be in place next season
Look, no collusion, says Italy. But will competition last?
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
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: 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.
Rai finally takes Champions League rights off Mediaset
Italian state broadcaster Rai won the live, free-to-air rights for football’s Champions League, taking them from commercial rival Mediaset