DAZN gets the TV rights for Serie A
The Lega Serie A has assigned the TV rights for the period 2021-2024 to DAZN for a reported €840m a season. Calcio e Finanza reports DAZN has purchased the TV…
The Lega Serie A has assigned the TV rights for the period 2021-2024 to DAZN for a reported €840m a season. Calcio e Finanza reports DAZN has purchased the TV…
Eleven Sports reportedly offers €110m for the Lega Channel project and could help Sky to surpass DAZN in the TV rights battle. Leeds patron Andrea Radrizzani owns Eleven Sports and…
The Lega CEO Luigi De Siervo has revealed Amazon and Netflix have stepped up the chase for the Serie A’s TV rights. “We have a very strong interlocutor like Sky,…
Serie A games will remain exclusively on pay-TV platforms after the competition authority dashed the government’s free-to-air plans. Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora had been working on a deal for…
Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora says he is ‘working’ to ensure at least ‘a few’ Serie A games are shown free-to-air. Spadafora has finally given the green light to the…
The Lega Serie A released a statement confirming the plan of starting games from June 13 and demanding pay-per-view television companies stick to the contracts. The 20 top flight clubs…
A new legal battle is in the offing after Sky Sport Italia reportedly wrote to the Lega Serie A warning they would not pay the final instalment for television rights.…
Lega Serie A has called an emergency meeting for May 13, where the topics of resuming the season and TV rights will be discussed. All 20 Serie A clubs are…
The Financial Times claims CVC Capital Partners and Blackstone are both in negotiations to invest in Serie A, aiming to purchase around 20 per cent for €2bn. This is slightly…
Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners are reportedly ready to make an offer for 10 years of Serie A pay-per-view television rights, according to Il Sole 24 Ore. The Italian…
Lega Serie A has rejected a proposal put forth by Italy’s Minister of Sport Vincenzo Spadafora to air the postponed Serie A games, including the Derby d’Italia, for free. La…
New Lega Serie A CEO Luigi De Siervo has outlined his plans to increase revenue from TV rights. “The biggest problem in Italian football is piracy.” De Siervo is already…
The Serie B calendar still hasn’t been drawn, amid talk of legal action from the broadcaster which will show the league. It was confirmed last week that the division would…
Serie B will be shown live on the internet for the next three seasons after Perform won its domestic broadcast rights. The deal was confirmed at an assembly held by…