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AS Roma reveals blockchain network DigitalBits as likely main sponsor
Italian Serie A club AS Roma has revealed blockchain network DigitalBits as its likely new main shirt sponsor, despite the absence of any official announcement
AC Milan secures Oppo Italia sponsorship
Italian Serie A football club AC Milan has signed up smartphone brand Oppo Italia as a new sponsor
Lenovo upgrades as Inter’s back-of-shirt sponsor, Socios.com ‘favourites’ for main shirt deal
Chinese technology company Lenovo has upgraded its multi-year sponsorship of Italian Serie A club Inter Milan to become the club’s back-of-shirt sponsor.
Record viewing figures on Sky for first Wimbledon final featuring Italian
Sunday’s men’s Wimbledon final between Italy’s Matteo Berrettini and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic attracted a television audience in Italy of over 4 million viewers.
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UK audience peaks at 31m for Euro 2020 final, Rai audience over 18m
Public-service broadcaster the BBC and commercial broadcaster ITV pulled in the largest television audience in the UK since the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997 as England lost the Uefa Euro 2020 final…
Pistoni ‘to take up role’ at DAZN in Italy
Marco Pistoni to expected to take up a new role as senior vice-president of rights in Italy for sports streaming service DAZN
Serie A launches ITT for betting, data rights
Italian football’s Lega Serie A has invited bids for packages including media rights for the sports betting sector, data for sports betting and media sectors and data sponsor rights for the three seasons f…
Italian antitrust body commences probe into DAZN-TIM Serie A deal
Telecom Italia (TIM) has defended its contentious agreement with sports subscription service and media company DAZN for the rights to Serie A, the top division of domestic club football, after Italy’s a…
Absorbing Euro 2020 semi-final draws heavyweight audiences in Italy and Spain
The Italian television audience for last night’s dramatic Uefa European Championship semi-final between Italy and Spain reached close to 19.5 million viewers across free-to-air and pay-television.
Prices set for Helbiz Live’s novel Serie B rights offering
Helbiz, the US-based micro-mobility company, has presented its innovative business model for the domestic streaming rights to Serie B, the second tier of Italian club football
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.
Hyundai extends back-of-shirt deal with AS Roma
Korean car maker Hyundai Motor has extended its back-of-shirt sponsorship agreement with Italian Serie A club AS Roma
Spanish court annuls Uefa’s European Super League sanctions
A Spanish court has issued a preliminary ruling that annuls sanctions placed by Uefa, football’s European governing body, on nine clubs involved in the breakaway European Super League project.
DAZN sues Vodafone Italia for ‘deliberate’ breaches of carriage deal
Multi-platform broadcaster DAZN has filed a claim against Vodafone Italia at London’s High Court, accusing the telco of multiple ‘deliberate’ breaches of a carriage deal between the two.
Mediaset digs deep to land Coppa Italia domestic rights
Commercial broadcaster Mediaset has today (Thursday) been awarded domestic broadcast rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Udinese extends sleeve deal with Prosciutto di San Daniele
Italian Serie A club Udinese has extended the club’s shirt sleeve sponsorship with local food brand Prosciutto di San Daniele for the 2021-22 season.
Di Giovanni to replace Cirio as Deltatre CFO
Deltatre’s chief financial officer for the last 18 years, Gianluca Cirio, has announced that he will step down from his position at the end of this month, with the sports streaming technology company t…
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