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Sky Italia finalises two-year F1 rights renewal
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has finalised its renewal of Formula 1 broadcast rights for the 2021 and 2022 seasons
Serie A and IMG settle payment schedule, Sky ‘issued ultimatum’
The IMG agency and Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, have reached an agreement over the remaining payments for international rights to Italian football’s t…
Mediaset ‘raises antitrust concerns’ over free-to-air Serie A
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.
Blow for Sky Italia and Serie A as internet rights ban reinstated
Sky Italia and sports rights-holders have been dealt a blow after Italy’s Council of State restored the restriction that bars the pay-television broadcaster from acquiring exclusive content rights over i…
Lega Serie A maintains rights fee stance and ‘poised to issue Sky injunction’
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, is standing firm on its media-rights payments policy, and is also poised to present an injunction against pay-television…
Serie A earmarks June 13 return, maintains TV rights payment stance
Clubs from Italy’s top-tier Serie A today voted to resume the competition on June 13, pending government approval, as the league continued to adopt a tough stance on payments by rights-holding broadcasters.
Serie A set on finishing season as doubts persist over rights contracts
Clubs from Italy’s top-tier Serie A today reiterated their desire to finish the 2019-20 season at a league assembly meeting, but doubts remain over the fulfilment of the league’s domestic and international bro…
Sky Italia provides sports subscription discount
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has announced a discount offer to its sports subscribers in an effort to compensate for the lack of live action during the Covid-19 pandemic
Sky and Lega Serie A hit back at free-to-air criticism
Lega Serie A, the operating body of the top division of Italian club football, and domestic rights-holder, pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia, have hit out at comments by Italian sports minister Vincenzo…
Italian court overturns Sky’s three-year exclusive digital rights ban
Sky Italia has won its appeal against the country’s antitrust authority’s decision to bar the pay-television broadcaster for three years from acquiring exclusive content rights over internet platforms.
Sky Italia mulls free-to-air broadcast of Juventus-Inter in wake of coronavirus
Italian pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has said that it will consult with Lega Serie A over whether to broadcast this Sunday’s fixture between Juventus and Inter Milan on its free-to-air channel T…
Sky’s head of UK operations van Rooyen adds Germany and Italy to role
Pay-television broadcaster Sky has extended the remit of Stephen van Rooyen, its head of UK operations, to encompass its German and Italian operations
Ski Classics continues rights drive with Sky Italia deal
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.
Sky Italia extends ATP rights deal
Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has agreed a three-year extension to its ATP Tour rights deal
Sky Italia retains NBA rights for four more years
Sky Italia has signed a new four-year deal with the US’s National Basketball Association that will allow the Italian pay-TV broadcaster to air more than 300 regular-season matches live.
Olympic Broadcast in Numbers
One of the key objectives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s broadcast strategy is “to ensure the long-term financial future of the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games.”