Italy

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has joined forces with the Infront agency to officially launch its eSerie A esports competition

The Asian Football Confederation has postponed 12 Champions League matches involving Chinese clubs, following a meeting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday to discuss the impact of the coronavirus outbreak

Italy’s communications authority (AGCOM) has approved the guidelines for the forthcoming sale of broadcast rights by Italian football’s Lega Serie A.

French media group Vivendi has said it will appeal a ruling from a Milan court rejecting its requests to suspend the resolutions adopted by Mediaset over its MediaForEurope (MFE) project

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has extended the remit of Stephen van Rooyen, its head of UK operations, to encompass its German and Italian operations

Serie A, the top tier of Italian domestic football, is said to be contemplating the addition of a Saturday lunchtime kick-off time in a bid to appeal to Asian audiences

The Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL) has submitted Rome’s bid to host the 2024 European Athletics Championships, with the Colosseum lined up as the stage for shot put events.

Italian streaming platform PMG Sport has agreed a three-year extension to its media-rights deal for cycling’s Tour of the Alps, with the latest contract widening its remit to marketing.

The IMG agency has secured a discount on its payment for the international rights to Serie A worth €30m ($33.3

Italian Serie A team AC Milan has become the latest football club to launch a channel on short-form video sharing app TikTok

Subscription OTT platform DAZN has agreed a deal to broadcast the top three levels of MotoGP racing for the 2020 and 2021 seasons

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has agreed a rights deal with the Ski Classics series of long-distance skiing events. The agreement begins with this weekend’s Marcialonga event in Italy.

Italian public broadcaster Rai has acquired a free-to-air rights package for the ATP Finals from 2021 to 2023. The deal gives Rai the first pick of matches on each matchday

Transforming Serie A into a media company and ‘internationalising’ the appeal of the Italian league were the two key themes outlined by Serie A’s newly-elected president Paolo Dal Pino at his first leagu…

The Italian ski resort of Sestriere has announced that it will bid to host the 2029 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships

Italian Serie A football club Inter Milan has agreed a sponsorship deal with electrical installations and technology company Carimi