Lega Serie A
IMG and Rai land Serie A international rights
The IMG agency and state broadcaster Rai have emerged triumphant in the international media rights sales process run by Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, sealing agreements worth a total of €1.113bn ($1.326bn).
Eleven is latest Serie A partner ahead of domestic rights auction
Eleven Sports will begin showing live Serie A matches in Italy this weekend, in a deal which will cost the company nothing but could have multiple advantages.
Serie A international rights attract nearly 100 offers
A total of 95 offers from 30 companies have been submitted in the international rights-sales process for Serie A, the top division in Italian football, as well as the Coppa Italia knockout tournament and the Supercoppa Italiana clash between the Serie A and Coppa Italia winners.
Clubs and Infront could benefit from probe into Serie A collusion
July 26 and 27, 2017, are two days that could completely reshape the sale of Serie A international media rights.
Sky eyes chance to keep out Mediaset with Telecom in wings
Serie A tender to proceed as planned, Vivendi indicates interest
Menken: Eleven approach will work in difficult Italian market
Serie A clubs approve guidelines for rights auction
Serie A international rights could be sold first due to Mediaset case
Lega, Infront, Mediaset and Sky exonerated over Serie A sales
Uefa and Serie A jostle to be first in difficult Italian market
Lega Serie A and Uefa are in a race to be first to sell their rights in Italy for the period 2018-19 to 2020-21.
ISG beats Perform and Sportradar to Serie A rights
New sports-rights agency Interregional Sports Group beat rival offers from betting rights specialists Sportradar and Perform to pick up domestic betting rights to Italy’s Serie A.
Italy cites Spain as model for free-to-air Serie A match in change to Melandri Law
A group of Italian MPs from the coalition government has submitted an amendment to the Melandri Law which would require one live Serie A match per week to be shown on free-to-air television.
Serie A auction errors lead to €66m in fines
The investigation by Italy’s antitrust authority into the sale of Serie A rights, which led to €66m ($75m) in fines being handed down this month, centred on negotiations in a four-day period in June 2014 after bids had been made.
Lega, Infront, Sky and Mediaset set for antitrust defeat
Italy’s antitrust authority has notified Lega Serie A, Infront Sports & Media, Mediaset and Sky Italia that their behaviour during the auction process for Serie A media rights constituted a breach of European competition law.
Nordic deals keep Serie A growing but gap with English and Spanish leagues remains
MP & Silva is expected to make a profit on its investment of €185.7m ($210m) per season in Serie A international rights, according to research conducted in local broadcast markets by TV Sports Markets.
Roberto Dalmiglio, chief commercial officer, MP & Silva; Konstantinos Filippas, European managing director, MP & Silva
Interview with Roberto Dalmiglio and Konstantinos Filippas, chief commercial officer and European managing director respectively of the MP & Silva agency, about the Serie A international sales cycle and recent deals in the Nordics.
SuperSport pays top dollar to retain African crown
Football rights fees across sub-Saharan Africa continued their rapid growth this month, with big increases paid for three of Europe’s major football leagues.