Lega Serie A
Serie A takes domestic highlights, radio rights to market
A host of non-exclusive free-to-air highlights packages have been put out to tender by Lega Serie A as it looks to round off its domestic sales process for the coming seasons
Serie A lands five-year AMC deal in Czech Republic and Slovakia, issues Polish RFP
Lega Serie A continues its piecemeal international rights sales strategy, picking off markets in direct deals, and has now issued an RFP in Poland, SportBusiness understands.
ESPN Brasil set to retain Serie A rights
Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brasil is poised to retain rights to Italy’s Serie A in a three-season agreement running from 2024-25 to 2026-27.
Sport TV keeps hold of Serie A rights in Portugal
Sport TV, the Portuguese pay-television broadcaster, has retained rights to Italy’s Serie A in a three-year agreement running from 2024-25 to 2026-27.
Infront retains slice of Serie A international rights with APAC deal
Infront is to exclusively sell Serie A broadcast rights in 36 territories across the Asia-Pacific region in a three-season agreement that includes a prolongation option
Serie A nets uplift from first international deals, betting rights award close
Lega Serie A is close to finalising its first international broadcast deals of the new cycle after rights were awarded in eight countries from the 2024-25 season onwards
Debt-ridden Italian clubs opt for safety, with DAZN shouldering risk
Serie A clubs, in accepting a total of €900m per season from DAZN and Sky Italia for five seasons, opted for guaranteed rights fees in the face of their high operational losses and debts.
Serie A CEO defends new domestic TV deal, talks up piracy fight and international plans
Luigi De Siervo, chief executive of Lega Serie A, has hit out at critics who claimed the recent €4.5bn ($4.8
Mediaset beats Rai to retain Coppa Italia rights to 2027
Mediaset, the commercial broadcaster, has defeated its public-service rival Rai in the battle for domestic rights to Italian football's knockout Coppa Italia
Rai, Mediaset remain in private talks over Coppa Italia rights
Lega Serie A is set to begin private negotiations with public-service broadcaster Rai and commercial broadcaster Mediaset over rights to the Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana for the three-year period covering the 2024-25 to 2026-27 seasons.
Serie A to stay on DAZN-Sky screens to 2029, new €4.5bn deal boosted by revenue-share
Lega Serie A clubs today (Monday) accepted the new domestic media rights offer on the table from incumbents DAZN and Sky, which represent a slight drop on the current cycle and a similar fee to the one…
Serie A teams up with government to sell ‘best of Italy’ during international broadcasts
Lega Serie A has stepped up its internationalisation plans by teaming up with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (Maeci) and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) on a project promoting…
De Siervo again touts Serie A broadcast platform amid rights impasse
Lega Serie A chief executive, Luigi De Siervo, has reiterated that broadcasters must meet the organisation’s valuation for its next cycle of domestic rights, adding that if a solution isn’t found it is “much more likely” that it will proceed with the launch of an in-house platform.
Serie A pirate sites targeted as regulator uses new fast blocking powers
The renewed clampdown against piracy in Italian football has commenced, with l'Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), the country's regulator and competition authority for the communications …
EXCLUSIVE: DACH region kicks off Serie A’s international rights RFPs
Lega Serie A has launched its first request for proposal (RFP) for its forthcoming international rights sales cycle by going to market in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Serie A broadcast deals secured in Albania in time for 2023-24 kick-off
Fans in Albania were able to watch action from the opening weekend of the Italian Serie A season after deals were negotiated with pay-TV broadcasters Digitalb and Tring
Serie A unveils 2023-24 global broadcast picture, rights pulled from Oversport
The new Serie A season kicks-off this weekend with broadcast agreements in place with more than 65 media outlets worldwide, the league and its rights agency partner Infront have announced
Serie A betting rights income could double amid favourable market conditions
Experts in the betting and data rights markets point to at least three reasons why Italy’s Serie A can expect a large increase in its income from these rights in the next cycle, with one predicting the value would “at least double”.