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Italian TV audience tops 17m as Azzurri reach semi-final
Italy’s win over Belgium in the Uefa European Championship attracted a combined audience of over 17 million viewers on Italian free-to-air and pay-television.
Roma TV moves from linear to digital
Italian Serie A football club AS Roma's dedicated TV channel has become digital-only and will no longer be available on pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia
Premier League rolls over Sky deal in DACH; Sky Italia deal to follow
The English Premier League has extended Sky Deutschland’s exclusive rights deal in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) on the same terms, but the conclusion of a similar deal with Sky Italia must wait until 2022.
Sky takes DAZN-TIM grievance to antitrust watchdog
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has lodged an appeal with Italy’s competition authorities over the agreement between sports subscription service and media company DAZN and Telecom Italia (TIM) f…
Sky Italia wins back rights in Six Nations’ latest TV deal
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is poised to sign off on a deal with rugby union’s Six Nations Rugby.
Euroleague nets solid increase in new Sky Italia deal
Euroleague Basketball has overcome tricky market conditions to secure a solid increase in the value of its media rights in Italy, moving away from Discovery to secure an exclusive deal with Sky Italia.
DAZN rebuffs Sky Italia’s Serie A carriage offer
Global sports subscription service and media company DAZN has rejected a €500m ($608m) carriage proposal from Sky Italia that would have allowed customers of the pay-television broadcaster to retain a…
Sky Italia nets EuroLeague rights until 2024
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired the rights to basketball’s EuroLeague and EuroCup from 2021-22 to 2023-24.
Sky Italia secures final package of live Serie A rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired the final package of domestic live rights being marketed by Lega Serie A for the top division of Italian club football’s next cycle.
Innovative non-exclusive sales strategy sets up Serie B for healthy increase
Italy’s second-tier football league, Serie B, looks set to be rewarded for creative thinking in the face of difficult market conditions, securing a 25-per-cent increase in the value of its domestic media rights with further deals in the pipeline.
EXCLUSIVE: Sky Italia closes in on MotoGP renewal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is in the process of finalising a deal to retain rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship, SportBusiness understands.
Sky reaction to Serie A loss boosts rights market but Milan court could end mini-boom
The value of the rights to second- and third-tier properties in Italy is enjoying a mini-boom in the wake of DAZN’s acquisition in March of the main live rights to Serie A for the next three seasons. Faced with the loss of its key property, Sky is fighting back, renewing deals with MotoGP and the Bundesliga and snatching rights currently held by DAZN, such as Serie B and Ligue 1.
Serie A clubs postpone vote on remaining live rights award amid Sky appeal
Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has postponed its decision on the award of a second package of live domestic broadcast rights as it awaits the outcome of…
Sky Italia renews Bundesliga deal, adds Ligue 1 rights to portfolio
Sky Italia has renewed its rights agreement for the Bundesliga, the top tier of club football in Germany, until the end of the 2024-25 season, while the pay-television broadcaster has also struck a deal…
Sky Italia secures Serie B rights until 2024, more non-exclusive bids invited
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired non-exclusive domestic broadcast rights to Serie B from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Serie A ‘reduces asking price’ for second live rights package
Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, is thought to have lowered the asking price for its second package of live domestic rights for the 2021-22 to 2023-24 period
Sky appeals award of Serie A rights to DAZN
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has moved to block the recent award of domestic Serie A broadcast rights to DAZN, the subscription streaming broadcaster, in an appeal lodged with a Milan…
Sky Italia chief Ibarra steps down to lead Bain-backed technology firm
Sky Italia chief executive Maximo Ibarra has resigned from his role with the pay-television broadcaster to take up a new role at Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, the Italian technology company backed…