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Rai drives Euro 2024 uplift in Italy
Uefa and the CAA Eleven agency earned a combined uplift in Italy from Rai and Sky Italia for European Championship rights, SportBusiness Media has learned.
Atalanta’s progression secures free-to-air coverage of Europa League final in Italy
The Uefa Europa League final will be shown by Italian public broadcaster Rai, after Atalanta’s semi-final win against Olympique Marseille triggered a ruling that provides free-to-air exposure for the match should an Italian team be involved.
Sinner serves up record Australian Open audience in Italy
The Australian Open drew a record television audience in Italy as Jannik Sinner became the country's first male grand slam champion in 48 years
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.
EBU helps Fifa break Women’s World Cup deadlock
Fifa avoided a momentum-killing Women’s World Cup television blackout in five major markets after a financial and diplomatic intervention from the European Broadcasting Union.
Women’s Serie A agrees six-figure free-to-air, international deals
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has been awarded free-to-air rights to the Women’s Serie A while the more lucrative pay-TV package remains unsold and the international rights have once again been a…
Serie C eyes €5m per season after sale of pay-TV rights
Italy’s third-tier professional football league is attempting to boost its media rights revenues from the 2023-24 season onward, as it aims to earn about €5m per season from its domestic media rights.
Private talks ensue after Coppa Italia rights bids fall short
Lega Serie A has opted to engage in private negotiations with two broadcasters over the sale of domestic Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana rights between 2024-25 and 2026-27
Women’s World Cup breakthrough in major markets after EBU intervention
Fifa has extended its media rights agreement for the 2023 Women’s World Cup with the European Broadcasting Union, ensuring the tournament will be screened in the major markets of France, Germany, Italy, S…
Rai mourns death of sports rights chief Forleo
Italian public broadcaster Rai has announced the death of Pier Francesco Forleo, head of its sports rights department
Europa League final nets 6.5m viewers on Rai as Movistar TV delivers seven-figure audience
Last night’s Uefa Europa League final between AS Roma and Sevilla delivered a strong free-to-air audience in Italy and over one million viewers on the Telefónica-owned Movistar TV subscription service in…
Volpi replaces De Stefano as Rai sports director
Jacopo Volpi has been appointed as sports director of Italian public broadcaster Rai, replacing Alessandra De Stefano who stepped down from the role in March
De Stefano resigns as Rai Sport director
Alessandra De Stefano has resigned as sports director of Italian public broadcaster Rai after little over a year in the role
Strong World Cup final ratings across Europe’s free-to-air networks but German figures languish
Sunday’s gripping Fifa World Cup final between Argentina and France attracted strong audiences across free-to-air broadcasters in Europe, although figures in Germany were down on previous finals not i…
TF1 audience breaks 20m barrier as France reach World Cup final
TF1, the French commercial broadcaster, registered an average audience of 20.7 million last night as France defeated Morocco 2-0 to reach the Fifa World Cup final in Qatar
Rai nets highest World Cup audience for Argentina-Croatia
Rai, the Italian public broadcaster, attracted its highest audience of the 2022 Fifa World Cup last night as Argentina defeated Croatia to reach the final.
The match was watched by an average of 10
Audiences for World Cup opener up in key European markets, down in Germany
The opening match of the 2022 Fifa World Cup drew larger television audiences in France, Spain and the United Kingdom than for the first game of the 2018 World Cup but viewing figures were much lower in…
Rai picks up Rugby World Cup rights in Italy
Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired rights to the next two editions of the Rugby World Cup, which will take place in New Zealand and France