Italy

Football: Dutch pay-broadcaster UPC acquired the pay-television rights for the Champions League from 2006 to 2009 (Page 7)

Football:  The Dentsu agency acquired the rights in Japan to all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, in a deal with world football’s governing body.

Challenge by the MP & Silva to wrest long-term control of Serie A international rights from Sportfive

Top markets may be carved out from European television-rights deal for 2014 and 2016 Olympics

Dutch commercial broadcaster Talpa is showing matches from Italy’s Serie A league its website.

Disputes over income from digital-terrestrial and other media rights cause tension amongst the clubs.

·   Football: The Dentsu and Infront agencies acquired the Rest of Asia rights to the 2010 and 2014 World Cups in a deal with Fifa, football’s world governing body.  De

AC Milan has sold its 50 per cent stake in the club's television channel

Clubs from Italy’s Serie A are set for crisis talks

The Six Nations championship boosted television audiences in all participating countries except Italy.

Television broadcasters are having difficulty making use of the matching-rights options they negotiated in earlier contracts.

·   Football: Polish public-service broadcaster TVP and commercial broadcaster Polsat agreed a joint-deal for the 2006 World Cup with the Infront agency worth €15m (£10.3m).  TVP

Football: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired the free-to-air rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a €9.5m (£6.5m) deal with the Sportfive agency. It is the first deal done for the championship.

Media Partners & Silva set to take a long-term stranglehold on the international rights of Serie A clubs.

Rai set to acquire rights for Euro 2008 from Sportfive.

Tennis: Pan-European cable and satellite broadcaster Eurosport extended its deal for coverage of the Australian Open for a further four years, from 2008 to 2011. Eurosport will also be the distribution agent for the media rights across Europe. The rights were previously held by the European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella group representing the region’s public-service broadcasters.