Italy
DAZN bolsters content in Italy with LaLiga rights retention
Subscription sports streaming broadcaster DAZN has renewed a rights agreement in Italy for football’s Spanish LaLiga until the end of the 2023-24 season.
Serie A excludes lower league teams in Coppa Italia revamp, signs Crypto.com deal
Lega Pro, organising body of Italian football's third-tier Serie C, has said it will take “every initiative to protect the rights of its teams” after plans were revealed to exclude third- and fourth-tier foo…
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…
Inter Milan launch official Twitch channel
Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan have launched an official channel on Amazon-owned online streaming platform Twitch
Sky reports highest subscription growth for six years but sharp Ebitda fall
Sky, the Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster, has reported a 10.6-per-cent increase in revenue alongside a 33
Production house NVP and Hiway Media finalise joint venture
Italian production house NVP and startup OTT platform provider Hiway Media have finalised a joint venture that will see the two companies combine to offer end-to-end services to rights-holders and broadcasters in the sports industry.
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…
Napoli joins Konami’s Serie A set in wide-ranging deal
Japanese video game developer Konami has strengthened its Italian football portfolio by agreeing a wide-ranging deal with Serie A club Napoli
Mediaset plans to revive ‘MediaforEurope’ project
Italy-based commercial broadcaster Mediaset is set to revive its MediaforEurope (MFE) project, which aims to unite its domestic and Spanish business interests into a Dutch holding company
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
Formula 1 freshens up race weekends with sprint qualifying
Formula 1 is set to replace its traditional qualifying session with a sprint race at three grands prix this season, in an effort to refresh the race weekend and provide more meaningful action
Italian Football Federation introduces ‘anti-Super League’ rule
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has approved an ‘anti-Super League’ rule which will prevent clubs who compete in competitions not recognised by world and European governing bodies, Fifa and Uef…
Borilli Racing extends as FIM EnduroGP World Championship title sponsor
The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) has retained road tyre manufacturer Borilli Racing as title sponsor for the 2021 Borilli FIM EnduroGP World Championship
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…
Toyota renews sponsorship of Giro d’Italia and other Italian cycling classics
Automotive manufacturer Toyota has renewed its agreement as the official car of the cycling classics organised by RCS Sport.
This includes the Giro d’Italia, which this year will begin on May 8.
Vivendi ordered to pay €1.7m in damages to Mediaset
French media group Vivendi has been ordered to pay €1.7
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…