Serie A’s 2023 Sale of Broadcast Rights: Opportunities and Challenges for Italian Football
Throughout 2023, the Italian Serie A football league (“Serie A” or “League”) has focused on the completion of its sale of domestic broadcast rights, from the 2024/2025 season to the 2028/2029 season.[1]
This article provides for a broad overview of Serie A’s 2023 collective sale of media rights, which ultimately led to DAZN and Sky being confirmed as the League’s rightsholders for the following five seasons. It also focuses on the applicable law, both in Italy and at European level, to the collective sale of media rights.
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- Tags: Broadcasting | Football | Italy | Media Rights | Regulation | Serie A | Sports
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Written by
Anthony Indaimo
Anthony is a partner in the corporate team at Withers LLP.
He focuses on cross-border corporate, commercial and corporate finance transactions involving the acquisition and disposal of businesses and shares for both private and public companies, joint ventures and capital raising with a particular emphasis on the sports, technology and brands sectors, especially those involving the US, UK, Italy and Asia Pacific.
Paolo Macchi
Paolo is a senior associate in the corporate team at Withers LLP (Milan)
