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Serie A president resigns over election investigation days before league TV channel vote
Gaetano Miccichè, the president of Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, resigned yesterday (Tuesday) after a month-long investigation into the circumstances surrounding his election on March 19 la…
Serie A to return to Saudi Arabia with Supercoppa
Lega Serie A, the top division of Italian club football, has announced that it will return to Saudi Arabia to stage this year’s edition of its Supercoppa Italiana.
Serie A appoints GroupM’s Ciccarese as marketing director
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has appointed Michele Ciccarese as its new marketing and commercial director.
De Siervo says Serie A could take a game abroad if Fifa and Uefa change rules
Luigi De Siervo, chief executive of Serie A, has suggested the Italian league could try to play an official game abroad, if Fifa and Uefa change their rules regarding such fixtures
Fresh delay for decision on Mediapro’s Serie A offer
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has reportedly decided to again delay a decision on the Mediapro agency’s €1.3bn ($1.45b
Experienced Sky Italia rights executive Solbiati takes Serie A role
Maria Solbiati, an experienced member of Sky Italia’s media-rights acquisitions team, has taken up the position of head of media at Italian football's Lega Serie A.
Serie A delays decision on Mediapro offer for second time
Italy’s Lega Serie A has delayed its final decision on rights agency and production group Mediapro’s €1.3bn ($1.42bn)
Serie A sets date for decision on Mediapro rights offer
Italy's Lega Serie A has announced that it will make a decision on a domestic media-rights bid from Mediapro, the rights agency and production group, on October 7 after extending its previous deadline…
Serie A considering promotional activity and Super Cup game in India
The Italian football league, Serie A, is looking at running promotional activity, potentially including a Super Cup game, in India to capitalise on burgeoning interest in the sport
Arabsat hits back at rights-holders in beoutQ dispute
Satellite operator Arabsat has branded comments made by a group of major rights-holders as “irresponsible” and “disgraceful” about its alleged role in the Saudi Arabian pirate channel beoutQ dispute.
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Pressure increases on Italian football stakeholders over Saudi Supercoppa
UsigRai, the journalists’ union of public-service broadcaster Rai, and the Italian division of Amnesty International have stepped up their pressure on Italian football stakeholders regarding the staging o…
Juventus calls for early Serie A kick-offs to tap into Asian market
Giorgio Ricci, chief revenue officer for Italian Serie A football club Juventus, has called on the league to schedule more early kick-offs to enable the team to raise its profile in Asia
Konami partners with Uefa for eEuro 2020, signs Serie A deal
European football’s governing body Uefa has partnered with Konami to launch an esports tournament themed around next year’s European Championships, while the Japanese video game developer has tied up …
Genius Sports named as Serie A’s global betting data partner
Sports data technology company Genius Sports has been appointed as the official betting data partner of Italian football’s top division, Serie A.
Relevent Sports establishes LaLiga-Serie A Cup
Relevent Sports Group, the creators of the International Champions Cup, has established a new pre-season tournament known as the LaLiga-Serie A Cup, a home-and-away series featuring teams from the Spanish…
Serie A clubs rally against Agnelli’s Champions League cause
European Club Association (ECA) chairman and Juventus president, Andrea Agnelli, has seen his support of Uefa’s proposed reform of the Champions League suffer a heavy blow at home, with three quarters o…
Bundesliga overtakes LaLiga in revenue stakes
The European club football market is now worth a record £25.1bn (€28.5bn/$31.7b
ESPN “stacking up” global soccer rights for ESPN+
US distribution of international soccer a key priority for ESPN's OTT offering