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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

Sky, Mediapro, DAZN, Discovery compete for Serie A

Sky Italia, Mediapro, DAZN and Discovery (Eurosport) submitted bids during the first round of the auction to award the 2021/2024 Italian TV rights for the Serie A, according to local reports. Since the minimum price of €1.15 billion was not reached, private negotiations will now start with the broadcasters. The highest bid was submitted by […]

January 29, 2021From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Italy: Amazon to bid for Serie A rights

Amazon is planning to join the bidding for the TV rights to Serie A football in Italy, taking on the likes of Comcast’s Sky and DAZN. Amazon plans to bid for streaming rights that would see games air on its Prime Video service. The country’s top flight league has set a January 26th deadline to […]

January 14, 2021

Gracenote powers new live sports experiences

TV, movie, sports and music search and discovery facilitator Gracenote is launching a new live sports solution designed to help smart TV and auto manufacturers enable dynamic sports experiences to engage fans at home or on-the-go. Leveraging Gracenote Global Sports Data, CE manufacturers and automakers can now easily integrate real-time team statistics, recent game results […]

January 6, 2021

Serie A clubs greenlight €1.7bn bid from private equity funds

Italy’s Serie A football clubs have unanimously approved a €1.7 billion bid from private equity funds CVC, Advent and FSI for a 10 per cent stake in the media company that will manage and market the TV rights. However, Serie A president, Paolo de Pino, pointed out that a non-binding agreement regards the financial aspects […]

November 20, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome

CVC consortium closes in on Serie A stake

Italy’s Serie A has started exclusive talks with a consortium of private equity funds to sell a 10 per cent stake in the Newco that will manage the TV rights. The consortium led by CVC and consisting of Advent and FSI beat out competition from Bain-NB Renaissance and Fortress, whose bid arrived only 24 hours […]

October 14, 2020From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Lega Basket Serie A international rights to be sold via Content Arena

Content Arena, the software provider specialising in solutions to facilitate sports media rights trading, is excited to announce that SN1 Trading, the Munich-based sports rights consultancy- and trading firm, will be using Content Arena Marketplace as the exclusive sales channel for the international rights to the Italian Lega Basket Serie A, one of the top […]

September 29, 2020