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The Australian Open drew a record television audience in Italy as Jannik Sinner became the country's first male grand slam champion in 48 years

Lega Serie A is set to begin private negotiations with public-service broadcaster Rai and commercial broadcaster Mediaset over rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana for the three-year period covering the 2024-25 to 2026-27 seasons.

Fifa avoided a momentum-killing Women’s World Cup television blackout in five major markets after a financial and diplomatic intervention from the European Broadcasting Union.

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has been awarded free-to-air rights to the Women’s Serie A while the more lucrative pay-TV package remains unsold and the international rights have once again been a…

Italy’s third-tier professional football league is attempting to boost its media rights revenues from the 2023-24 season onward, as it aims to earn about €5m per season from its domestic media rights.

Lega Serie A has opted to engage in private negotiations with two broadcasters over the sale of domestic Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana rights between 2024-25 and 2026-27

Fifa has extended its media rights agreement for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the European Broadcasting Union, ensuring the tournament will be screened in the major markets of France, Germany, Italy, S…

Italian public broadcaster Rai has announced the death of Pier Francesco Forleo, head of its sports rights department

Last night’s Uefa Europa League final between AS Roma and Sevilla delivered a strong free-to-air audience in Italy and over one million viewers on the Telefónica-owned Movistar TV subscription service in…

Jacopo Volpi has been appointed as sports director of Italian public broadcaster Rai, replacing Alessandra De Stefano who stepped down from the role in March

Alessandra De Stefano has resigned as sports director of Italian public broadcaster Rai after little over a year in the role

Sunday’s gripping Fifa World Cup final between Argentina and France attracted strong audiences across free-to-air broadcasters in Europe, although figures in Germany were down on previous finals not i…

TF1, the French commercial broadcaster, registered an average audience of 20.7 million last night as France defeated Morocco 2-0 to reach the Fifa World Cup final in Qatar

Rai, the Italian public broadcaster, attracted its highest audience of the 2022 Fifa World Cup last night as Argentina defeated Croatia to reach the final. The match was watched by an average of 10

The opening match of the 2022 Fifa World Cup drew larger television audiences in France, Spain and the United Kingdom than for the first game of the 2018 World Cup but viewing figures were much lower in…

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired rights to the next two editions of the Rugby World Cup, which will take place in New Zealand and France

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has agreed a two-season deal for rights to the Top10, the top division of domestic club rugby union

Live coverage of the athletics events at Munich’s multi-sports European Championships netted an average audience of 4.15 million viewers last night on ARD, the German public broadcaster.