Lega Serie A
Lega Serie A extends anti-piracy tie-up with Friend MTS
Lega Serie A, organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has agreed a three-season extension to its anti-piracy agreement with content protection firm Friend MTS
Serie A lands Socios.com sponsorship, will promote ‘Made in Italy’
Socios.com has furthered its involvement in Italian football through a deal announced this afternoon with Lega Serie A and its Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana tournaments.
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Lega Serie A’s ISG renewal puts virtual advertising assets in clubs’ hands
Lega Serie A's recent renewal with virtual advertising specialist, the Interregional Sports Group, offers a first-of-its-kind virtual advertising opportunity to all 20 of the league's clubs. Serie A’s commercial & marketing director, Michele Ciccarese, speaks to SportBusiness about the deal and the league’s search for an International Partner.
Serie A to open New York office to expand North American reach
Lega Serie A will follow in the footsteps of LaLiga and the Bundesliga by opening a regional office in New York City to expand the league's reach in North America
Apax Partners ‘renews interest’ in Serie A investment
Private equity firm Apax Partners is said to have revived its interest in investing in Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of club football in Italy
InStat and Wyscout secure Serie A scouting database rights
Lega Serie A has awarded non-exclusive international scouting database rights to the Russia-based InStat and Italy-based Wyscout, SportBusiness understands
Frecciarossa named Coppa Italia title sponsor after previous deal derailed
Lega Serie A has signed up Trenitalia to its sponsorship portfolio, with the global deal making Italy’s primary train operator's main brand, Frecciarossa, the title sponsor of the Coppa Italia as well a…
Serie A opts for San Siro over Saudi Arabia as Supercoppa host
The next edition of the Supercoppa Italiana, the annual match played between the winners of Italy’s Serie A and Coppa Italia, will be played at the San Siro, home of Inter and AC Milan.
Serie A builds engagement strategy in Indonesia with Helo launch
Lega Serie A, organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has stepped up its commitment to fans in Indonesia by launching an official account on Helo, a platform owned by Chinese internet…
Serie A continues YouTube streaming in Mena, issues scouting database rights ITTs
Absent a broadcast deal in the region, Lega Serie A has opted to continue broadcasting matches on YouTube free of charge in the Middle East and North Africa, but will also grant a “non-exclusive one-month e…
Infront offers to plug Serie A international rights revenue gap in return for role to 2030
Infront has submitted a proposal to Lega Serie A and its clubs that involves the payment of any shortfall in international media rights revenues during the current 2021-24 cycle and the agency becoming…
Serie A to deploy virtual advertising across all matches with Supponor-developed technology
Italy’s Serie A will show virtual advertising across all 380 of its matches for the first time this season after the Interregional Sports Group, the agency that holds the overseas rights to the league’s vir…
Serie A chief sees direct-to-consumer future with new production centre
Lega Serie A chief executive Luigi De Siervo has said the organisation’s new production centre will help it potentially offer matches on a direct-to-consumer basis from the 2024-25 season onwards.
Lega Serie A centralises video game rights of 14 clubs with EA Sports deal
Italian football’s Lega Serie A has signed a new, multi-year agreement with video game developer EA Sports including both sponsorship and licensing elements.
CVC spells out LaLiga exit strategy
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has said an exit protocol is in place in which it will likely disengage from its agreement with LaLiga, the organising body for the top two divisions of Spanish…
Serie A ‘resumes’ private equity talks with CVC ‘out of contention’
Talks over the possible entry of private equity funding into Serie A, the top division of Italian club football, are said to have resumed, with CVC Capital Partners now out of contention, according to…
Paramount+ to offer Italian-language commentary of Serie A games
ViacomCBS will provide Italian-language commentary for its Serie A games on streaming service Paramount+ when its new United States rights deal kicks off this weekend
Migu acquires Serie A rights in China
China Mobile Migu has acquired streaming rights for Italian Serie A football in a deal covering at least the 2021-22 season, which begins this weekend