Italy
How the big five leagues handle TV production
Golden League doesn’t glisten for UK and Italy
The revamped Golden League athletics series has still to win television coverage in two of Europe’s top five television markets.
End central selling, says Italy
Italy’s government is seizing upon the match-fixing scandal which has engulfed Serie A to push through new measures on television rights for football.
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, Cricket and Field Hockey deals
Football: Italian pay-television operator Sky Italia acquired the pay-television rights to all 64 matches of the 2006 World Cup, 39 of which it will show exclusively, in a deal with the Infront agency. Sky is paying an estimated €40m (£27.3m) for the rights. The deal also includes the rights to this year’s Fifa Confederations Cup, the Fifa World Youth Championships and the 16 26-minute preview programmes produced by Infront (page 1).
Uefa Cup to centralise TV selling next year
Italy leads way in Six Nations record viewing
Dramatic tournament attracts best-ever audiences in four key markets
Rai, Mediaset and Sky count cost if Juve is relegated
Rai, Mediaset and Sky will be the big losers if Serie A champions Juventus are relegated to Serie B next season as a result of the match-fixing scandal.
UK, Italian viewers up for the Cup, but not Germans
Sportfive exodus set to continue
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, Spanish World Cup deal and others
Football: New Spanish commercial channel La Sexta, which launched last week, acquired the rights to this year’s World Cup.
F1, Champions League bring in big Euro audiences
Fernando Alonso’s strong start to the Formula One season continued to attract Spanish viewers this season.
Rai has problems saving face
Medisaset hopes rights threat is badly targeted
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: Football, golf and more
TV RIGHTS CLIPS 1: World Cup and national team football, Formula 1
Football: The Dentsu agency acquired the rights in Japan to all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal with world football’s governing body.
Agencies battle over international sales of Serie A
IOC moves to break up regional rights deals
Dutch are offered Serie A live, free and only on web
Dutch commercial broadcaster Talpa is showing matches from Italy’s Serie A league its website.