Sky Italia

Motorsport

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia is in the process of finalising a deal to retain rights to motorcycling’s MotoGP World Championship, SportBusiness understands.
Football

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.
Football

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…
Football

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…
Football

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has acquired non-exclusive domestic broadcast rights to Serie B from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Football

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
Football

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…
Multi-sport

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…
Tennis

SuperTennis, the free-to-air channel owned by the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT), has reached an agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia that includes live coverage of 12 ATP tournaments…
Multi-sport

The Italian arm of pay-television broadcaster Sky is preparing to cut its total workforce by 25 per cent as part of a wider four-year transformation plan, according to national unions, as it seeks to adapt…
Football

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has said it will launch a new tender process for its final package of domestic rights after an improved offer from pay-television…
Football

DAZN, the multi-platform subscription broadcaster, has said there is no chance of a sublicensing deal being struck with pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia for Italian Serie A football rights, but a…
Football

DAZN, the multi-platform subscription broadcaster, has secured the bulk of domestic rights to Italy’s Serie A from 2021-22 to 2023-24 after finally receiving the necessary backing from clubs.
Football

Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has found itself at odds with rights-holder Sky Italia as the pay-television broadcaster seeks to retain its status for the…
Football

Italian Serie A football clubs have once again failed to reach a consensus on the allocation of domestic broadcast rights for the 2021-24 cycle
Football

Italy’s Serie A clubs are to convene again next week after an assembly meeting today (Thursday) failed to provide a consensus on allocating the domestic broadcast rights for the 2021-24 cycle.
Football

Domestic rights to Italian football’s Serie A for the 2021-24 cycle remain unawarded after a vote of clubs today during an assembly meeting of the league.
Football

DAZN, the OTT subscription broadcaster, has defended the availability of its potential Serie A output during the 2021-24 cycle after rival bidder Sky Italia, the pay-television broadcaster, wrote to the…