Sports broadcasting contracts in Italy

This article refers to sports broadcasting contracts in Italy. For a list of broadcasting rights in other countries, see Sports television broadcast contracts.

In Italy, due to the law 8/99, the following sport events must be broadcast for free, even partially, delayed or highlighted:

• Winter and Summer Olympics
• Every game played by the Italian national football team .
• final of FIFA World Cup (live compulsory)
• final of UEFA European Football Championship (live compulsory)
• if Italian teams are involved the semifinals and final of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League
• Six Nations matches involving Italy
• the semifinals and finals of FIBA World Championship, Waterpolo World Championship, Volleyball World Championship and Rugby World Cup if Italy is involved
• Italy GP of F1 and MotoGP
• Giro d'Italia
• the final and semifinal of Davis Cup and Fed Cup if Italy are involved
• World Cycling Championship

Due to their length, Olympics and Giro may be broadcast partially for free.

Football

American football

• NFL: DAZN (at least four matches per week, NFL RedZone, NFL Network, all NFL Play-Offs matches, Pro Bowl and Super Bowl)

Baseball

• MLB: DAZN

Basketball

• EuroBasket (2021): Sky Sport
• EuroBasket Women (2019): Sky Sport
• FIBA Basketball World Cup (2019): Sky Sport
• FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup (2018): Sky Sport
• AfroBasket (2021): Sky Sport
• FIBA AmeriCup (2021): Sky Sport
• FIBA Asia Cup (2021): Sky Sport
• Euroleague (until 2021): Eurosport (all matches live)
• Eurocup: Eurosport
• FIBA Champions League
  • RAI (2 games per week FTA)
  • Eurosport (all matches)
• Serie A PosteItaliane (2018/19 and 2019/20):
  • RAI (1 game per week FTA live)
  • Eurosport (all matches live)
• PosteMobile Final Eight Coppa Italia (2019 and 2020):
  • RAI (all matches FTA live)
  • Eurosport (all matches live)
• Supercoppa italiana (2018-2019): Eurosport (all matches live)
• Serie A (female): Sportitalia (1 game per week)
• NBA (2018/19): Sky Sport (12 games per week, All-Star Weekend & playoffs, NBA Finals live)

Cycling

• Tour de France:
  • RAI (until 2023)
  • Eurosport (until 2020)
• Giro d'Italia:
  • Eurosport (until 2020)
• Vuelta a España: Eurosport
• World Cycling Championships:
  • RAI (until 2024)
  • Eurosport
• UCI World Tour:
  • Eurosport (all races)
  • RAI

Fencing

• World Fencing Championships: RAI

Futsal

Golf

• Ryder Cup: Sky Sport
• U.S. Masters: Sky Sport
• U.S. Open: Sky Sport
• The Open Championship: Sky Sport
• PGA Championship: Sky Sport
• PGA Tour: Sky Sport, Eurosport (from 2019)
• European Tour: Sky Sport
• World Golf Championship: Sky Sport

Horse racing

• Prix d'Amerique: RAI

Multi-discipline events

• Olympic Games: Discovery Communications (Eurosport and a minimum of 200 hours on a free channel) for 2020 and 2024
• Winter Olympic Games: Discovery Communications (Eurosport and a minimum of 100 hours on a free channel) for 2022
• Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games: RAI
• European Games: -
• Universiade: Eurosport
• Milan Marathon: -

Motor Racing

• Formula 1 (until 2020):
  • Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and Race)
  • TV8 (4 races live on free channel / Extended highlights of the rest)
  • RAI (Italian Grand Prix free practices, qualifying and race live)
• FIA Formula 2 Championship (until 2020): Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and Races)
• GP3 (2018): Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and Races)
• FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019 and 2020): Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and Races)
• Porsche Super Cup (until 2020): Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and Race)
• Moto GP (until 2021):
  • Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying, Warm-up and Race)
  • TV8 (8 races live on free channel / Extended highlights of the rest)
• NASCAR Cup Series: -
• NASCAR Xfinity Series: -
• NASCAR Camping World Truck Series: -
• Formula 3 Euro Series: -
• Blancpain Sprint Series: -
• Superbike World Championship: Mediaset, Eurosport
• Supersport World Championship: Mediaset, Eurosport
• FIM Supersport 300 World Championship: Mediaset
• European Superstock 1000 Championship: Mediaset
• AMA Supercross: -
• FIM Motocross World Championship: Eurosport, RAI (only Italian races live)
• IndyCar Series: -
• FIA World Rally Championship: DAZN

Rugby Union

• NatWest 6 Nations (until 2021)
  • Eurosport
  • DMAX
• RBS Women's Six Nations (until 2021): Eurosport
• The Rugby Championship: Sky Sport
• Test Match:
  • DMAX (2018) (all Italy home test matches live)
  • Eurosport (until 2022) (all France home test matches live)
  • Sky Sport (all New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and England test matches live)
  • DAZN (all Scotland, Wales and Ireland test matches live)
• European Rugby Champions Cup: DAZN (until 2022)
• Guinness PRO14: DAZN (until 2021)
• Mitre 10 Cup: Sky Sport
• Super Rugby: Sky Sport
• Rugby Pro D2: Eurosport

Sailing

• America's Cup: -
• Volvo Ocean Race: -
• Louis Vuitton Pacific Series: RAI
• Clipper Round the World Yacht Race: -
• Barcolana regatta: RAI

Skiing

• Alpine Skiing World Cup: RAI, Eurosport

Tennis

• Davis Cup:
  • SuperTennis (All matches)
  • RAI (Italy matches in simulcast with SuperTennis)
• Fed Cup:
  • SuperTennis (All matches and Italy matches)
• ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (until 2019):
  • Sky Sport
• ATP World Tour 500 series (until 2019):
  • SuperTennis
• ATP World Tour 250 series (until 2019):
  • SuperTennis
  • Eurosport
• International Premier Tennis League:
  • SuperTennis
• The Slam:
  • Wimbledon: Sky Sport (until 2022)
  • Australian Open: Eurosport (until 2021)
  • French Open: Eurosport (until 2021)
  • U.S. Open: Eurosport (until 2022)
• WTA Tour
  • SuperTennis until 2019

Volleyball

• Serie A1: RAI
• Serie A2: Eleven Sports
• Italian Supercup: RAI
• Coppa Italia: RAI
• FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League: RAI
• FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League: RAI
• Men's European Volleyball Championship, Women's European Volleyball Championship, Men's World Championship and Women's World Championship: RAI

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