Lega Serie A

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Finance & Law

As Serie A weighs up six proposals from private investors, Ben Marlow, managing director, Asia Pacific, for football consultancy firm 21st Club, explains the sudden interest in the league and tells editorial…
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Media

Six investment funds are said to have made binding offers to Lega Serie A, governing body of the top division of Italian club football, regarding a media company that would market broadcast rights
Football
Finance & Law

Ben Marlow, managing director of 21st Club in Asia Pacific, looks at the rise and fall of Italian Serie A, and considers the ways in which the league can rise once again
Football
Finance & Law

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has placed a cap of 15 per cent on any potential private equity investment into a new commercial entity
Football
Finance & Law

Seven groups, including Wanda Sports Group and its agency Infront, are said to have been given the green light to proceed with potential investment offers for Lega Serie A, governing body of the top division…
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Media

The 20 clubs from Italian football’s top-tier Serie A have decided against withholding the signal from Sky Italia, the pay-television broadcaster and rights-holder, over an ongoing row over the payment o…
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Media

Milan’s civil court has hit pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia with an injunction after an appeal from Lega Serie A over a missed rights fee payment by the broadcaster amid the Covid-19 shutdown.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Interregional Sports Group will project virtual branding and graphics at closed-door Serie A stadiums for the remainder of the 2019-20 season after the Italian league expanded its partnership with the…
Football
Finance & Law

Italian football’s Lega Serie A has decided to continue to examine proposals from private equity investors following a general assembly meeting.
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Finance & Law

Cash-strapped Serie-A clubs could find it difficult to agree a deal with a private equity investor because of internal politics and deep-seated rivalries, according to leading Italian financial journalist…
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Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports lifted its Italian Serie A blackout after reaching a financial compensation deal with the league and international rights distributor the IMG agency for lost exclusivity…
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Finance & Law

Advent International has become the latest US investment firm to make a bid for a stake in Italian football’s Serie A, according to Bloomberg.
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Qatari pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports did not show any Serie A matches on the season's restart in the 35 territories where it holds rights, amid tensions over the league's relationship with Saudi…
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DAZN, the OTT streaming operator, has reached an agreement with Lega Serie A over the structure of its remaining payments this season for domestic broadcast rights to Italian football’s top flight, SportBusiness u…
Events

A group of 15 sports organisations and federations, including the Infront agency and Italy’s Lega Serie A, have today (Thursday) launched a global initiative designed to unite the sporting community i…
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Media

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has approached Italy’s antitrust authorities over the plans to showcase Italy’s Serie A on free-to-air television, it has been reported.
Football
Finance & Law

US investment firm Bain Capital has made "a tentative offer" to buy a 25-per-cent stake in Italian football's Serie A for €3bn ($3.4bn), according to Bloomberg. Bain is seeking to beat a €2.2bn
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Soft drinks group Coca-Cola has acquired the title sponsorship rights to Italian football’s main cup competition, the Coppa Italia, having surveyed the territory as title sponsor of the 2019 Supercoppa I…