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Cairo Communication to distribute DAZN channels on DTT

Italian media group Cairo Communication has reached an agreement with DAZN to host two pay-TV channels of the OTT broadcaster on its national DTT multiplex. According to Italian daily Milano Finanza, the distribution agreement is worth €3 million per year and will enable DAZN to ensure backup for its streaming services. The deal comes days […]

April 7, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Italy: DAZN scores Serie A rights

Sports streaming platform DAZN has acquired the rights to broadcast all of Serie A including seven out of 10 exclusive matches per match-week in Italy from 2021 to 2024 – and becomes the new primary broadcaster of the competition. It is paying a reported €840 million a season for the deal, replacing Sky, which offered […]

March 29, 2021By Colin Mann

CBS scores Italian football rights in US

CBS will be the new US home of Italian football having beaten ESPN to the rights. CBS will hold the rights to Serie A and Coppa Italia games from next season for three years. The games will be shown on CBS Sports as well as the Paramount+ streaming platform. The financial terms of the deal […]

March 25, 2021

Content Arena increases Lega Basket Serie A coverage

Lega Basket Serie A has announced increased TV coverage of LBA Serie A UnipolSai through additional agreements in Greece, Cyprus and Bulgaria. In light of these new deals, finalised via the Content Arena Marketplace, the TV channels now broadcasting LBA Serie A UnipolSai are: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sportklub Bulgaria: Nova Croatia: Sportklub Greece / Cyprus: […]

March 18, 2021

Telecom Italia backs DAZN Serie A bid

Telecom Italia has reached an agreement with DAZN to provide backing in its bid to obtain the TV rights to Italian Serie A football for the 2021-2024 seasons. The deal, subject to conditions, would see Telecom Italia providing distribution and technological support to the streaming platform, in addition to around €1 billion in financing, according […]

February 23, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Amazon orders All or Nothing: Juventus

Amazon Prime Video and Juventus Football Club have announced a new Italian Amazon Original exclusive behind-the-scenes docu-series, All or Nothing: Juventus, following the team through the current 2020/21 season. The new series will launch exclusively on Prime Video later this year in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. All or Nothing: Juventus will take […]

February 23, 2021By Nik Roseveare

Italy: Milan derby draws record audience for DAZN

The Milan derby on February 21st, that saw Inter Milan beat AC Milan by three goals to nil, attracted a record audience to DAZN in Italy. More than 2.2 million watched DAZN’s exclusive live coverage of the Serie A match in Italy, of which 50 per cent streamed the event. The new record audience comfortably […]

February 22, 2021

Court orders CloudFlare to stop hosting illegal IPTVs

A Milan Court has issued an order to US provider CloudFlare to stop providing hosting services to illegal IPTV operators. Failure to do so will result in a penalty of €5,000 for each day of non-compliance with the judge’s order. The Specialised Business Section of the Milan Court also ordered provider Google Ireland to provide […]

February 17, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Report: Market correction for football rights in 2021?

The Premier League, Serie A and La Liga should come to market for their domestic media rights in 2021. The tender results for the Premier League, always considered as a gauge of the sports broadcasting market dynamics, will be even more closely scrutinised this year, at a time of a global pandemic, reports market research […]

February 11, 2021

Mediapro out of Serie A bidding

Italy’s Serie A has turned down Spanish group Mediapro’s bid for the football TV rights to the Italian League for the 2021-2024 period. With Eurosport also excluded, Sky and DAZN are the main remaining bidders. Sky has offered €750 million for the whole rights, whereas DAZN has submitted the highest bid for around €840 million […]

February 11, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid