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Further details emerge of TIM’s support for DAZN bid, record audience for Milan derby
Telecom Italia (TIM) has clarified the nature of its support for DAZN’s bid for domestic Serie A rights as it emerged that the Italian telecoms operator would cover around 40 per cent of the proposed r…
Serie A delays domestic rights award with DAZN, Sky bids still on table
Italian football’s Lega Serie A has postponed a vote on the award of its domestic broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24 with bids from incumbent rights-holders DAZN and Sky Italia still under consideration.
Serie A to discuss domestic bids on Thursday, private equity delay sparks doubts
Italian football’s Lega Serie A is to hold a meeting on Thursday to discuss the award of its domestic broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24 after clubs decided against holding a vote last night.
Serie A’s Mena bid deadline pushed back, Mediapro among domestic bidders
The bid deadline for broadcast rights to Serie A in the Middle East and North Africa has been pushed back by two weeks and will now fall at 10am (CET) on February 15
Serie A to enter private negotiations over domestic rights
Italian football’s Lega Serie A is to engage in private negotiations with companies interested in domestic broadcast rights after the first-round bid deadline in its invitation to tender passed on Thursday m…
Serie A pushes back deadline for domestic broadcast rights bids
Italian football’s Lega Serie A has pushed back the deadline for first-round bids in its domestic rights auction for the 2021-24 cycle.
Serie A ‘targets €1.15bn’ per season from domestic rights sales
Italian football’s Lega Serie A is looking to raise a minimum of €1.15bn ($1.41b
Serie A nears launch of domestic broadcast rights tender
Italian football’s Lega Serie A has called a meeting for December 18 to discuss the launch of the domestic broadcast rights invitation to tender from 2021-22 to 2023-24.
French top-tier women’s football secures overseas coverage
France’s Division 1 Féminine, the top tier of women’s football in the country, is to receive broadcast coverage in the US, UK, Germany and Italy from the 2020-21 season.
DAZN agrees Serie A payments, antitrust move scuppers free-to-air plans
DAZN, the OTT streaming operator, has reached an agreement with Lega Serie A over the structure of its remaining payments this season for domestic broadcast rights to Italian football’s top flight, SportBusiness u…
OTT challenge to Sky’s Serie A dominance unlikely despite court upholding internet ban
The ruling this month from Italy’s highest administrative court, which brought an end to the legal battle over Sky Italia’s ability to acquire exclusive internet rights, was ostensibly good news for OTT operators. It prevents Italy’s dominant ‘legacy’ pay-television operator from buying these rights, at least until 2022.
Serie A earmarks June 13 return, maintains TV rights payment stance
Clubs from Italy’s top-tier Serie A today voted to resume the competition on June 13, pending government approval, as the league continued to adopt a tough stance on payments by rights-holding broadcasters.
Serie A media-rights partners ‘withhold fee instalments’
Pay-television broadcaster Sky, OTT operator DAZN, and the IMG agency have not paid their instalments due for Serie A’s 2019-20 domestic media rights, it has been reported.
Serie A set on finishing season as doubts persist over rights contracts
Clubs from Italy’s top-tier Serie A today reiterated their desire to finish the 2019-20 season at a league assembly meeting, but doubts remain over the fulfilment of the league’s domestic and international bro…
DAZN signs two-year deal for non-exclusive MotoGP rights in Italy
Subscription OTT platform DAZN has agreed a deal to broadcast the top three levels of MotoGP racing for the 2020 and 2021 seasons
TIM nets full Serie A coverage with DAZN distribution deal
Italian telcomms operator TIM has secured full coverage of Serie A, the top division of domestic club football, after finalising a distribution agreement with subscription OTT platform DAZN
NBA rights competition drives Sky Italia extension premium
Competition between pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia and OTT platform DAZN for the rights to the American National Basketball Association ensured the former paid a substantial uplift for exclusive rights in the country from 2019-20 to 2022-23.
DAZN tops sports app revenue study
OTT streaming service DAZN has unseated Major League Baseball as the producer of the world’s top revenue-generating sports app, according to a new report.