Italy
Rai acquires CEV Champions League rights in Italy
Italian public broadcaster Rai has acquired rights to broadcast volleyball’s European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) Champions League across both the men’s and women’s game.
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Italian clubs sanctioned over ticketing, Serie A braced for €600m Covid hit
The Italian antitrust authority, l’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has ruled that nine Serie A football clubs breached best practice on the sale of match and season tickets by…
Six Nations recruits WRU’s Maxwell as commercial chief, Beattie named CMO
Six Nations Rugby has named the Welsh Rugby Union’s Craig Maxwell as its chief commercial officer in a role that will begin at the start of next year.
CVC and Advent ‘seek breakaway league clause’ in Serie A investment
CVC Capital Partners, the leaders of the consortium in pole position for a stake in Serie A’s new media-rights business, is thought to have asked that a “breakaway” clause be inserted into any deal as mu…
Udinese extends with Conforama for another season
Italian football's Udinese Calcio has renewed its sponsorship contract with home furnishings retail chain Conforama.
The one-year extension builds on an association which began in the 2017-18 season
Rome lands 2024 European Athletics Championships, Istanbul to host 2023 European Indoors
Rome has landed hosting rights to the 2024 European Athletics Championships, seeing off competition for the event from Katowice-Silesia in Poland
Mediaset lands free-to-air Autumn Nations Cup rights in Italy
Commercial broadcaster Mediaset has acquired rights in Italy to the new Autumn Nations Cup rugby union competition
Peroni returns as beer sponsor of Italian Football Federation
Italian beer brand Peroni has returned as a sponsor of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) until the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Italian government assigns €1bn for Olympics-focused infrastructure work
The Italian government has approved investment of €1bn ($1.1
Amazon makes another Italian move with Juventus TV carriage
Amazon Prime, the video streaming arm of internet retail giant Amazon, has sealed a carriage deal in Italy for the television channel of Italian Serie A club Juventus
AC Milan launches esports team with QLASH; Marseille and Twitch double down
AC Milan is set to launch its own esports team after announcing a strategic tie-up with Italian esports organisation QLASH
Fifa’s Alessandrini joins Milan-Cortina 2026 in venues role
The organising committee for the Milan-Cortina 2026 winter Olympics has recruited Fifa’s Giulio Alessandrini as head of venue design and overlay.
Atalanta becomes latest European club to sign up Replay
Italian Serie A football club Atalanta has signed up fashion brand Replay as a sponsor.
The deal will run for the next three seasons, until the end of the 2022-23 campaign
Rai: No desire to shut down sports channel
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has said it remains committed to its sports channel following reports that it could be closed amid the company’s financial difficulties.
AC Milan adds Etro to sponsorship portfolio
Italian football club AC Milan has signed up Italian fashion house Etro as a sponsor
Sky’s Q3 results boosted by wholesale revenue following sport’s return
Third-quarter revenues at Comcast-owned European pay-television broadcaster Sky reached $4.79bn, a 5
Inter Milan follows city rivals in signing Starcasinò.sport as a sponsor
Inter Milan has become the latest Italian Serie A club to sign up sport and entertainment platform Starcasinò.sport as a sponsor.
Alfa Romeo extends backing of Sauber F1 team
Italian automotive manufacturer Alfa Romeo has extended its naming-rights deal with Swiss Formula 1 team Sauber to cover the 2021 season