Italian Serie A
AGCOM rubber stamps guidelines for five-season Serie A rights deals
Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), the regulator and competition authority for the communications industry in Italy, has given the green light to Lega Serie A to sell domestic broadcast …
AC Milan chairman Scaroni says Serie A rights picture looks ‘greyer than in the past’
AC Milan chairman Paolo Scaroni has expressed bearishness about the Italian Serie A's impending media rights sales in contrast to comments made by Luigi De Siervo, the league's chief executive, to SportBusiness last …
AS Roma gets green light for Adidas deal, as arbitration court rules against New Balance
AS Roma has been given the green light to enact its new kit supplier agreement with Adidas from next season, having been taken to an arbitration court by its current supplier New Balance
Udinese extends with sleeve sponsor Consorzio del Prosciutto di San Daniele
Italian Serie A club Udinese has further extended its sleeve sponsorship deal with food products manufacturer Consorzio del Prosciutto di San Daniele
Serie A clubs voice support for ‘very useful option’ of domestic rights extensions
Member clubs of Serie A, the top division of Italian club football, have backed proposed legislation that would allow for the extension of existing domestic rights deals with subscription broadcaster DAZN…
Serie A domestic rights extensions with DAZN, Sky possible after senate approval
The Italian senate has approved legislation that would allow Italy’s Lega Serie A to extend its existing domestic broadcast rights deals with DAZN and Sky Italia for two more seasons, pending approval f…
SPOTV Now acquires Serie A rights in Japan
Streaming platform SPOTV Now has acquired rights in Japan to the Italian Serie A in a deal covering at least the remainder of the 2022-23 season
LeoVegas.news upgrades Inter Milan deal to include training kit rights
The online sports news service of gaming operator LeoVegas has become the new training kit sponsor of Italian Serie A club Inter Milan.
Along with the front-of-shirt training kit rights, the LeoVegas
Tivùsat targets Serie A distribution role during next rights cycle
Italian free-to-air digital satellite television provider Tivùsat has expressed its interest in carrying live coverage of Serie A during the next broadcast rights cycle for domestic football in Italy.
BeIN ends Atalanta Serie A broadcasts in France over Plus500 ruling
Pay-TV broadcaster beIN Sports has been forced to cease broadcasts in France of Italian Serie A football matches featuring Atalanta owing to regulatory concerns over the club’s main sponsor, financial t…
DAZN vows to improve Serie A service, pays compensation after disrupted service
Multi-platform subscription broadcaster DAZN has made assurances to Lega Serie A regarding improving its service in Italy and pledged partial refunds to subscribers affected by disrupted service last week
Merlyn drops Sampdoria takeover proposal
London-headquartered investment management company Merlyn Advisors has withdrawn its takeover offer for Italian Serie A club Sampdoria
New Balance insists on right to renew in AS Roma kit dispute
Italian Serie A club AS Roma believes that its projected kit supplier agreement after this season – thought to have been signed with Adidas – is likely to be overturned following a lawsuit by the incumbent tec…
Roma signs Auberge Resorts to back-of-shirt deal, as Napoli inks Upbit agreement
Italian Serie A club AS Roma has signed a back-of-shirt sponsorship deal with luxury hotel and resorts group Auberge Resorts Collection
Udinese signs Prestipay as new shirt co-sponsor
Italian Serie A club Udinese has signed consumer credit company Prestipay as its new co-sponsor, with the Udine-based company set to receive front-of-shirt branding rights
Serie A clears regulatory hurdle for domestic rights sale, news access provision made
AGCOM, the regulator and competition authority for the communications industry in Italy, has approved the guidelines for the sale of the next set of domestic broadcast rights to Serie A, the top division…
Guarnerio on board at Serie A ahead of international rights sales launch
Anna Guarnerio, the experienced media rights executive who recently left the Infront agency, has taken up a role as head of international media rights at Lega Serie A
Amendment proposed for five-year domestic Serie A deals
An amendment has been filed to the Melandri Law, the 2008 legislation which imposed the collective selling of media rights on professional sport in Italy, to extend the maximum duration of domestic broadcast…