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 anti-siphoning law known as 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
National teams
- Italy national football team: RAI (live until 2022)
- Germany national football team: YouTube (exclude the matches involving Italy team, for men's U-21, men's U-20, and women's teams)
FIFA
- FIFA World Cup 2022: TBA
- FIFA U-20 World Cup 2021: Sky Sport (all matches live)
- FIFA U-17 World Cup 2021:
- RAI (Italy matches and selected knockout matches live)
- Sky Sport (all matches live)
- FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: Sky Sport (all matches live)
- FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (2020 and 2022): Sky Sport (all matches live)
- FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (2020 and 2022): Sky Sport (all matches live)
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2021: Sky Sport (all matches live)
UEFA
- UEFA EURO 2020:
- European Qualifiers 2021/22
- UEFA Nations League 2020–21:
- RAI (all Italy matches, first semi-final and final live)
- Mediaset (two group matches of League A (excluded Italy matches), per matchday, second semi-final and third place match live)
- Eleven Sports (some matches from Leagues A, B, C, live for free for registered users)
- 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: TBA
- 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship: UEFA.tv
- 2020 UEFA European Under-17 Championship: UEFA.tv
- 2020 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: UEFA.tv
- 2020 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: UEFA.tv
CONMEBOL
- 2021 Copa América: TBA
CAF
Clubs
World
- FIFA Club World Cup 2020: TBA
- International Champions Cup 2020: TBA
Italy
- Serie A (2019/20 and 2020/21):
- Serie B (2019-20 and 2020/21)
- Serie C:
- Eleven Sports (until 2023) (all matches live including play-off and play-out matches in a pay-per-view basis)
- RAI (2019/20)
- Coppa Italia (2019/20 and 2020/21): RAI (at least one match per round from first three rounds and all matches from fourth round onwards live)
- Supercoppa Italiana 2020: RAI
Europe
- UEFA Champions League (until 2021):
- Sky Sport (all seasons matches live from play-off round onwards)
- Mediaset (one game per matchday live, possibility of broadcasting all semifinals due to law 8/99 if at least an Italian team is involved)
- UEFA Europa League (until 2021):
- Sky Sport (all matches live from group stage)
- TV8 (first-pick match involving Italian teams, possibility of broadcasting all semifinals due to law 8/99 if at least an Italian team is involved)
- UEFA Super Cup 2020:
- Sky Sport
- Mediaset
- UEFA Youth League (until 2021): Mediaset
- UEFA Women's Champions League (until 2021): Sky Sport
- Premier League: Sky Sport (until 2022)
- FA (until 2021): DAZN
- EFL: DAZN
- LFP (Spain)
- Liga Santander: DAZN (until 2021)
- Liga Smartbank:
- YouTube (regular season)
- DAZN (play-offs) (until 2021)
- Supercopa de España: NOVE
- DFL: Sky Sport (until 2021)
- DFB-Pokal: YouTube
Americas
- CONMEBOL: DAZN (until 2022)
- Libertadores
- Sudamericana
- Recopa
- CONCACAF Champions League: Youtube
- Chilean Campeonato Nacional: Eurosport (Fifa Futbol Latino)
- Colombian Primera A: Eurosport (Fifa Futbol Latino)
- Ecuadorian Serie A: Eurosport (Fifa Futbol Latino)
- Liga MX: Eurosport (Fifa Futbol Latino)
- Paraguayan Primera División: Eurosport (Fifa Futbol Latino)
- Peruvian Primera División: Eurosport (Fifa Futbol Latino)
- Superliga Argentina: Eleven Sports
- Uruguayan Primera División: Eurosport (Fifa Futbol Latino)
- Major League Soccer: DAZN (until 2022)
Asia
- A-League: Sportitalia
- Chinese Super League 2020: DAZN
- K-League: YouTube (one match per week live via COPA90)
American football
- NFL: DAZN (at least four matches per week, NFL RedZone, NFL Network, all NFL Play-Offs matches, Pro Bowl and Super Bowl live) and Mediaset (a Thanksgiving game and Super Bowl for free)
Baseball
- MLB: ESPN Player (at least 10 Regular Season games per week, All-Star-Game, Play-Offs and World Series live, MLB Network 24/7)
Basketball
- FIBA national team tournaments: Sky Sport until 2022
- EuroBasket (2021)
- AfroBasket (2021)
- FIBA AmeriCup (2021)
- FIBA Asia Cup (2021)
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup: DAZN
- Euroleague (until 2021): Eurosport (all matches live)
- Eurocup (until 2022): Eurosport
- Basketball Champions League: Eurosport
- Serie A PosteMobile (from 2020/21): TBA
- PosteMobile Final Eight Coppa Italia (from 2021): TBA
- Serie A (female): Sportitalia (1 game per week)
- NBA (until 2023): Sky Sport (12 games per week, All-Star Weekend & playoffs, NBA Finals live)
Combat sports
Boxing
MMA
Cycling
- Tour de France:
- Giro d'Italia:
- Vuelta a España: Eurosport (until 2023)
- World Cycling Championships:
- UCI World Tour:
Fencing
Field hockey
- Hockey Series: RAI (finals tournaments only)
Futsal
World
- FIFA Futsal World Cup: Sky Sport (2020)
Europe
- UEFA Men's Futsal Euro: TBA (2022)
- UEFA Under-19 Futsal Championship: RAI
- UEFA Women's Futsal Euro: UEFA.tv
- UEFA Futsal Champions League: UEFA.tv
Golf
- Ryder Cup (2020 and 2022): GolfTV, Eurosport
- U.S. Masters: Sky Sport
- U.S. Open: Sky Sport
- The Open Championship: Sky Sport
- PGA Championship: Sky Sport
- PGA Tour (until 2030): GolfTV, Eurosport
- European Tour (until 2022) GolfTV, Eurosport
- World Golf Championship: GolfTV, Eurosport
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
- Paralympic Games 2020: RAI (all events live)
- European Games (2023): TBA
- Universiade: TBA
- European Championships: RAI
Motor Racing
- Formula 1 (2020):
- Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and all Races live)
- TV8 (5 races live FTA / differita FTA of the other races)
- FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020): Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and all Races live)
- FIA Formula 3 Championship (2020): Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and all Races live)
- Porsche Super Cup (2020): Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and all Races live)
- Moto GP (until 2021):
- Sky Sport and DAZN (Free Practices, Qualifying, Warm-up and Races live)
- TV8 (6 races live / Extended highlights of the rest)
- Superbike World Championship:
- Sky Sport (until 2021) (free practices, qualifying and all races live)
- TV8 (until 2021)
- Supersport World Championship:
- Sky Sport (until 2021)
- TV8 (until 2021)
- FIM Supersport 300 World Championship
- Sky Sport (until 2021)
- TV8 (all races live for free until 2021)
- FIM Motocross World Championship: Eurosport, RAI (only Italian races live)
- FIA World Rally Championship: DAZN
- Indycar Series: DAZN
- Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series: DAZN
- NASCAR Xfinity Series: Sportitalia
- Formula E: Mediaset (until 2023)
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: Automoto TV
- Super GT: Nismo TV (YouTube)
Rugby Union
- Guinness Six Nations (2020 and 2021)
- Eurosport (Men's U-20 and Women's matches live)
- DMAX (Men's matches live)
- The Rugby Championship (2020): Sky Sport
- Test Match:
- Eurosport (until 2022) (all France home test matches live)
- Sky Sport (all New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and England home test matches live)
- DAZN (all Scotland, Wales and Ireland home test matches live)
- European Rugby Champions Cup: DAZN (until 2022)
- European Rugby Challenge Cup: DAZN (until 2022)
- Guinness PRO14: DAZN (until 2021)
- Mitre 10 Cup: Sky Sport
- Super Rugby 2020: Sky Sport
- Rugby Pro D2: Eurosport (2019/20)
Sailing
- America's Cup: -
- Volvo Ocean Race: -
- Louis Vuitton Pacific Series: RAI
- Clipper Round the World Yacht Race: -
- Barcolana regatta: RAI
Winter Sports
Alpine Skiing
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup:
- FIS Alpine World Ski Championships:
- RAI (until 2023)
- Eurosport
Cross-Country Skiing & Nordic Combined
- FIS Cross-Country World Cup:
- Eurosport (until 2021)
- RAI
- FIS Nordic Combined World Cup: Eurosport (until 2021)
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships:
- Eurosport
Ski Jumping & Ski Flying
- FIS Ski Jumping World Cup:
- Eurosport (until 2021)
- RAI
- FIS Ski Flying World Championships:
- Eurosport (until 2024)
- RAI (until 2024)
Biathlon
- IBU Biathlon World Cup: Eurosport (until 2026)
- IBU World Championships: Eurosport (until 2026)
- IBU Cup: Eurosport (until 2026)
- Biathlon Junior World Championships: Eurosport (until 2026)
- Biathlon European Championships: Eurosport (until 2026)
- Summer Biathlon World Championships: Eurosport (until 2026)
Freestyle Skiing
- FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup: Eurosport (until 2021)
Snowboarding
- FIS Snowboard World Cup:
- Eurosport (until 2021)
- RAI
- FIS Snowboard World Championships: RAI
Luge
Figure Skating
- ISU World Figure Skating Championships (until 2023): RAI
- ISU European Figure Skating Championships (until 2023): RAI
- ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: RAI
Tennis
- Davis Cup (until 2021): SuperTennis (all World Group matches live, all Italy matches live)
- Fed Cup: (until 2021) SuperTennis (all World Group matches live, all Italy matches live)
- ATP World Tour Masters 1000:
- Sky Sport (until 2023) (all tournaments live)
- SuperTennis (2020) (two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and final of Rome live)
- ATP Finals:
- Sky Sport (until 2023) (singles and doubles tournaments live)
- RAI (2021-2023) (all matches live)
- SuperTennis (2020 doubles tournaments live, 2024 and 2025 singles and doubles tournaments live)
- ATP World Tour 500 series 2020:
- SuperTennis (all tournaments, except those live on Sky Sport, live)
- Sky Sport (Queen's, Tokyo and Wien tournaments live)
- ATP World Tour 250 series 2020:
- SuperTennis (all tournaments, except those live on Sky Sport and Eurosport, live)
- Sky Sport (Munich, Atlanta, Metz and Stockholm tournaments live)
- Eurosport
- ATP NextGen Finals: SuperTennis
- Laver Cup: SuperTennis
- The Slam:
- WTA Tour (2020):
- SuperTennis (all Mandatory, Premier 5 and Premier tournaments live, all Internationals tournament, except those on Eurosport, live)
- Sky Sport (two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and final of Rome live)
- WTA Finals (2020): SuperTennis (all matches live)
Volleyball
- Serie A1:
- RAI (until 2021)
- Eleven Sports
- Del Monte Coppa Italia
- RAI (until 2021)
- Eleven Sports
- Del Monte Supercoppa
- RAI (2019 and 2020)
- Serie A2:
- Italian Supercup:
- Coppa Italia:
- Eleven Sports
- RAI (semi-finals and final live)
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League: NOVE, Eurosport
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League: NOVE, Eurosport
- CEV Champions League: DAZN (2019/20)
- CEV Women's Champions League: DAZN (2018/19 and 2019/20)
- Men's European Volleyball Championship, Women's European Volleyball Championship, Men's World Championship and Women's World Championship: RAI
References
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