Italy

Television broadcasters are having difficulty making use of the matching-rights options they negotiated in earlier contracts.

Media Partners & Silva set to take a long-term stranglehold on the international rights of Serie A clubs.

Rai set to acquire rights for Euro 2008 from Sportfive.

Tennis: Pan-European cable and satellite broadcaster Eurosport extended its deal for coverage of the Australian Open for a further four years, from 2008 to 2011. Eurosport will also be the distribution agent for the media rights across Europe. The rights were previously held by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters.

France, Italy, UK and Nordic region the only European territories covered so far.

Football: The German Football League awarded the rights for the Bundesliga in several three-year deals covering 2006-07 to 2008-09.

Versatel has jumped into the vanguard of an emerging movement by telecoms companies to seriously challenge broadcasters for live television rights.

EBU set to get money back for Italian skiing rights.

Serie A champions Juventus set to sign a deal with Italian state broadcaster Rai.

Mediaset and Serie A’s Juventus sign €248 million deal