Rai (Italy)
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Lack of competition slows pay-TV fee growth for Italy’s Lega Basket
Sky Italia pays premium for ATP rights extension after competitive tender
RWC rights in Italy down by two thirds as Rai strikes late deal
Sky-Mediaset Champions League deal a gamble as Rai fights for option to renew
IMG-Serie A legal battle would place league’s Italian-language rights strategy under microscope
Rai acquires CEV Champions League rights in Italy
Rai: No desire to shut down sports channel
Rai Sport ‘set for closure’ amid spending review
Rai, Sky and BBC among first wave of America’s Cup broadcasters
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Mediaset bid for free-to-air Champions League rights could be stymied by stubborn Rai
Fifa relaxed over World Cup rights sale in Italy after MP & Silva collapse
Serie A and Lega B conclude deals for minor domestic rights
Sky Italia holds on to MotoGP as new rival DAZN picks up LaLiga and much of the Fox inventory
Rai bounces back from World Cup failure with three big deals
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has bounced back from losing out on rights to this summer’s Fifa World Cup by agreeing three important football deals.
Sky hopes F1 exclusivity will help reignite subscriber growth
Pay-television operator Sky Italia believes its acquisition of exclusive rights to motor racing’s Formula One world championship can expand its subscriber base, which has been stuck at 4.7m to 4.8m for more than five years.
Rai strikes deal with Discovery for Olympic Games rights in Italy
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai is understood to be close to a sublicensing deal with Discovery Communications to acquire rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games.
Lega Pro on track for overall increase after host of new deals
Italy’s third-tier professional football league, Lega Pro, is heading for a substantial increase in the value of its domestic media rights after holding its first formal tender processes for both national and local broadcast rights.
RCS and IMG earn big increases for Giro d’Italia in new deals
Watching Brief (Vol.137) Special Focus: FIA Formula One World Championship
Watching Brief (Vol.133) Special Focus: 2016 Paralympic Games
Joseph Rivers, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2016 Paralympic Games.
Watching Brief (Vol.131) Special Focus: 2016 Olympic Games
David Svenson, research analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, examines television audiences in selected European markets for the 2016 Olympic Games.
BeIN key to volleyball Lega growth
The MP & Silva agency is thought to have paid an increase of just under 35 per cent to renew its global rights deal with Italy’s top men’s volleyball league, Lega Pallavolo Serie A.
Sky’s Fiba deal part of wider plan to revive sport in Italy
Sky Italia’s deal for International Basketball Federation (Fiba) national team rights this month is part of a broader plan to help revive the fortunes of the sport in Italy.
Sky Euro 2016 and Copa deals not a change of strategy
Sky Italia’s investment in this summer’s two major football tournaments – Euro 2016 and the Copa América Centenario – came as a surprise as the broadcaster had said it has abandoned its strategy of acquiring rights to major events. It does not, however, represent a U-turn – the deals were last-minute, opportunistic acquisitions.
Lega Basket gets Rai-Sky boost
Italy’s top basketball league, Lega Basket Serie A, is satisfied with the outcome of its recent domes-tic rights negotiations, even though total fees remain well below the level of five years ago.
Rai set fair for full house of football rights renewals
Italian state broadcaster Rai is the strong favourite to land the rights for Euro 2016, which were put out to tender this week, and is expected to do so at a substantial discount.
Watching Brief (Vol.94) Special Focus: International Sports Viewing 2014
Mike Kiernan, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2014 in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Serie A renews with Rai
Italy’s Serie A agreed deals covering free-to-air highlights, internet and mobile highlights and clip rights for the next rights cycle, from 2015-16 to 2017-18, in deals agreed just before Christmas.