Sky Italia has managed to snatch the TV rights for all matches of the Serie A football league (a total of 380) for the seasons 2015-2018, for a reported €572 million.

Its main pay-TV rival Mediaset, owned by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, spent a reported €373 million to show the matches of Italy’s top eight teams on DTT. Those teams include AC Milan, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Roma and Napoli.

The Serie A clubs will therefore receive a total of €945 million, which is around €130 million less than the starting price, but €114 million more than for the previous three year-period.

In a related development, Italian press has reported of possible interest by Al Jazeera for Mediaset’s pay-TV platform, Mediaset Premium.

Other posts by :

1. Crossroads backs AST SpaceMobile
2. FCC examines SpaceX’s 15,000 sat-constellation plan
3. EchoStar: “Severe uncertainty” led to spectrum sales
4. Netflix gets downgrade on Warner Bros move
5. UK trims Orbex investment
6. Euro-bank sets up €500m space fund
7. Revenue jump forecast for Eutelsat
8. Moody’s upgrades Eutelsat’s debt rating
9. Rivada Space Networks wins spectrum dispute

Categories: Articles, Content, Rights