Rai (Italy)
Rai back as World Cup rights-holder in Italy
Rai, the Italian public-service broadcaster, has been awarded exclusive broadcast rights in Italy to the 2022 Fifa World Cup
Rai acquires CEV Champions League rights in Italy
Italian public broadcaster Rai has acquired rights to broadcast volleyball’s European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Champions League across both the men’s and women’s game.
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Rai: No desire to shut down sports channel
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has said it remains committed to its sports channel following reports that it could be closed amid the company’s financial difficulties.
Rai Sport ‘set for closure’ amid spending review
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai is reported to have put forward a plan to close its sports channel amid a wider cost-cutting effort
Rai, Sky and BBC among first wave of America’s Cup broadcasters
A raft of broadcast rights contracts signed for sailing’s 36th America’s Cup include deals with both public-service and pay-television broadcasters in Italy and the UK, as a priority is placed on maximum exp…
Lack of competition slows pay-TV fee growth for Italy’s Lega Basket
Lega Basket, the governing body of top tier Italian basketball, saw its domestic pay-television media-rights income growth slow considerably in the 2020-22 rights round, driven by a significantly less competitive market.
Lega Basket concludes Rai free-to-air deal, SN1 lands international rights
Lega Basket Serie A, the governing body of the top-tier of Italian domestic basketball, has completed its domestic media-rights sales process after agreeing a two-season renewal for its free-to-air rights…
Serie A nears free-to-air decision with Rai highlights holdbacks ‘to be lifted’
An embargo on Serie A highlights aired by Italian public broadcaster Rai looks set to be dropped as the league returns to action this weekend
Rai audience eclipses 10m as Napoli lift Coppa Italia
The final of Italian football’s Coppa Italia on Wednesday evening was watched by an average of 10.2 million viewers on Rai, the Italian public-service broadcaster.
Rai nets record audience as Italian football action returns
The return of Italian football following a break of over three months generated record viewing figures for Italian public broadcaster Rai, which aired the second legs of both Coppa Italia semi-finals over…
Rai launches classic sports channel to fill content hole
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has moved to counter the current gap in content left by the cancellation or postponement of a myriad of sporting events in the coming months by launching a dedicated…
Rai to keep following Cairoli’s exploits in MXGP renewal
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has agreed a two-year extension to its rights deal for motorcycling's FIM Motocross World Championship
Sky Italia pays premium for ATP rights extension after competitive tender
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has paid a 50-per-cent uplift to agree a three-year extension of its rights to ATP Masters 1000 events and the end-of-season ATP Finals.
Rai acquires ATP Finals free-to-air rights until 2023
Italian public broadcaster Rai has acquired a free-to-air rights package for the ATP Finals from 2021 to 2023.
The deal gives Rai the first pick of matches on each matchday
World Rugby to hold compensation talks with broadcasters over Typhoon Hagibis impact
World Rugby has said that it will enter into talks with rights-holding broadcasters after two group-stage matches at the Rugby World Cup in Japan were cancelled given the threat posed by Typhoon Hagibis
Rai and PMG Sport rights deals for Italian women’s volleyball league
Italy’s top-tier women’s volleyball league has announced media rights agreements with public-service broadcaster Rai and Italian sports streaming platform PMG Sport.
Rai signs Rugby World Cup deal in Italy
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired exclusive rights in Italy to the 2019 Rugby World Cup