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 an anti-siphoning law known as 8/99, the following sport events must be broadcast for free, even partially, delayed or highlighted:
- The Winter and Summer Olympics
- Every game played by the Italian national football team
- FIFA World Cup final (live compulsory)
- UEFA European Championship final(live compulsory)
- Semi-finals and final of UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League, if at least an Italian team is involved.
- All Six Nations matches involving Italy
- Semi-finals and finals of the FIBA World Championship, Waterpolo World Championship, Volleyball World Championship and Rugby World Cup if Italy is involved
- F1 Italian Grand Prix and MotoGP Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
- The Giro d'Italia
- The final and semi-finals of the 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 (all men's U-21, men's U-19, men's U-17, women's and futsal teams matches live until 31/12/2022)
- Germany national football team: YouTube (all men's U-21, men's U-20 and women's teams matches, excluding those involving Italy team, live)
FIFA
- 2022 FIFA World Cup: RAI (all matches live)
- 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup: TBA
- 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup: TBA
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: TBA
- 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup: Sky Sport (all matches live)
- 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Sky Sport (all matches live)
- 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: TBA
UEFA
- UEFA Euro 2024: TBA
- European Qualifiers 2023-24: TBA
- European World Cup qualifiers 2025–26: TBA
- UEFA Nations League (from 2022/23): TBA
- 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship: -
- 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship: -
- 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship: -
- 2022 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: -
- 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship: -
CONMEBOL
CAF
World
- 2022 FIFA Club World Cup: TBA
- 2022 International Champions Cup: TBA
Italy
- Serie A (until 2024)
- Serie B (until 2024):
- Serie C:
- Eleven Sports (until 2024) (all Regular Season, Play-Off and Play-Out matches live only OTT in a pay-per-view basis)
- RAI (2021–22) (50 matches live)
- Sky Sport (2021–22) (8 matches per Regular Season matchday live, all play-off and play-out matches, except those broadcast by RAI, live)
- Coppa Italia (until 2024): Mediaset (all matches live from first round onwards)
- Supercoppa Italiana (2022 and 2023): Mediaset
- Serie A femminile (2021/22 and 2022/23)
- TIMVISION (all matches live)
- Cairo Communication (one match per matchweek live)
Europe
- UEFA Champions League (until 2024):
- Sky Sport (121 matches live from play-off round onwards)
- Mediaset (one game per matchday on Tuesday from play-off round to semi-finals and final live FTA, 104 matches live from play-off until quarter-finals live only OTT on a pay-per-view basis)
- Amazon Prime Video (one game per matchday on Wednesday live from play-off round to semi-finals)
- UEFA Europa League (until 2024):
- UEFA Europa Conference League (until 2024):
- UEFA Super Cup (2022 and 2023): Amazon Prime Video
- UEFA Youth League (until 2024): Sky Sport
- UEFA Women's Champions League (until 2025):
- Premier League 2021–22: Sky Sport (235 matches live)
- FA (until 2024): DAZN
- EFL: (until 2024): DAZN
- LFP (Spain) (until 2024)
- La Liga: DAZN
- Segunda División:
- YouTube (all regular season matches live)
- DAZN (all play-offs matches live)
- Supercopa de España (from 2023): TBA
- DFL (until 2025): Sky Sport
- DFB-Pokal: YouTube
- LFP (France) (until 2024): Sky Sport
- Coupe de France 2021/22: Sportitalia
- Eredivisie 2021–22: MOLA TV
- Scottish Professional Football League: OneFootball
- Primeira Liga: OneFootball
- Greek Superleague 2021–22: MOLA TV
- Russian Premier League: Youtube (subscription required for live coverage) (until 2022)
- Russian Super Cup (from 2022): TBA
- 3. Liga: YouTube (two matches per matchday live)
- Regionalliga: OneFootball
- Barça TV: Sportitalia
- City TV: Sportitalia
Americas
- CONMEBOL: DAZN (2022)
- CONCACAF Champions League: OneFootball
- Colombian Primera A: Fanatiz
- Liga MX: OneFootball
- Peruvian Primera División: Fanatiz
- Primera Division Argentina: Sportitalia (until 2024)
- Liga Primera de Nicaragua: Fanatiz
- Copa de la Liga Profesional: Sportitalia (until 2024)
- Copa Argentina: Fanatiz
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: Sportitalia, OneFootball (2022 and 2023)
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B: Fanatiz
- Major League Soccer (2022): DAZN
- USL Championship: OneFootball
Asia
- AFC Champions League: OneFootball
- J-League: OneFootball
- Chinese Super League: OneFootball
- A-League: DAZN (two matches per matchday live)
- K-League: OneFootball
American football
- NFL:
- DAZN (at least four matches per week, NFL RedZone, NFL Network, all Play-Offs matches, Pro Bowl and Super Bowl live) (2022/23 and 2023/24)
- Amazon Prime Video (until 2033) (all Thursday Night Football matches live)
- NCAA:
- ESPN Player (all Regular Season, Bowl Games and College Football Playoff matches live)
- Helbiz Live (until 2024)
Baseball
- MLB:
- ESPN Player (all Regular Season matches, All-Star Game, Postseason and World Series matches live)
- Sky Sport (until 2026)
- KBO League (until 2024): ESPN Player
Basketball
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup: Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers: Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup: Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- EuroBasket 2022: Sky Sport and Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- EuroBasket Women (2023 and 2025): Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- 2022 FIBA AmeriCup: Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- FIBA Women's AmeriCup (2023 and 2025: Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- FIBA Asia Cup: (2022 and 2025): Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- FIBA Women's Asia Cup (2023 and 2025): Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- AfroBasket (2023 and 2025): Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- AfroBasket Women (2023 and 2025): Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (2023 and 2025): Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup (2023 and 2025): Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (2023 and 2025): Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup (2023 and 2025): Eleven Sports (all matches live)
- FIBA Intercontinental Cup: DAZN
- NBA (2021/22 and 2022/23): Sky Sport (12 Regular Season games per week, all NBA All-Star Weekend events, selected Playoffs games and all NBA Finals games live)
- Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (until 2023/24): Sky Sport and Eleven Sports
- 7DAYS EuroCup: (until 2023/24): Sky Sport and Eleven Sports
- Basketball Champions League (2021/22): RAI
- Serie A UnipolSai (2021/22):
- PosteMobile Final Eight Coppa Italia (from 2023): TBA
- LBA Supercoppa (from 2022): TBA
- Lega Basket Femminile:
Combat sports
Boxing
- Matchroom Boxing (until 2026): DAZN
- Golden Boy Promotions: DAZN
- Premier Boxing Champions: FITE TV and DAZN
- Top Rank: FITE TV and Eurosport
- Frank Warren Boxing: MOLA TV
MMA
- UFC: DAZN
- Bellator MMA (until 31 December 2024): MOLA TV
- ONE Championship: YouTube
Wrestling
- WWE (until 30 June 2023):
- Discovery+ (all WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown episodes live, all WWE NXT, WWE Afterburn and WWE Bottom Line episodes)
- WWE Network: (all WWE Pay-per-view events live)
- AEW:
- Sky Sport (all AEW Dynamite and AEW Rampage episodes, all AEW Pay-per-view events live) (until 31 December 2022)
Cycling
- Tour de France (until 2025): RAI, Eurosport
- Giro d'Italia: (until 2025): RAI, Eurosport
- Vuelta a España: Eurosport (until 2023)
- UCI Road World Championships: RAI (until 2024)
- UCI World Tour:
Fencing
Field hockey
- Hockey Series: RAI (finals tournaments only)
Futsal
World
- FIFA Futsal World Cup: Sky Sport (2021)
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
- 2023 Ryder Cup: GOLFTV, Eurosport
- The Masters: Sky Sport
- U.S. Open: Sky Sport
- The Open Championship: Sky Sport
- PGA Championship: Sky Sport
- PGA Tour (until 2033): GOLFTV, Eurosport
- European Tour (2022): GOLFTV, Eurosport
- Italian Open: Sky Sport
- World Golf Championship (until 2033): GOLFTV, Eurosport
Horse racing
Multi-discipline events
- Olympic Games:
- 2024 Summer Paralympics: TBA
- European Games (2023): TBA
- World University Games: TBA
- European Championships: RAI
Motor Racing
- Formula 1 (2022):
- FIA Formula 2 Championship (2022): Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and all Races live)
- FIA Formula 3 Championship (2022): Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and all Races live)
- Porsche Super Cup (2022): Sky Sport (Free Practices, Qualifying and all Races live)
- MotoGP-Moto2-Moto3-MotoE (until 2025):
- Superbike World Championship (until 2025):
- Supersport World Championship (until 2025):
- Sky Sport (free practices, qualifying and all races live)
- Supersport 300 World Championship (until 2025)
- Sky Sport (free practices, qualifying and all races live)
- British Superbike Championship (until 2027): Eurosport (all races live)
- FIM Motocross World Championship (2022): Eurosport, RAI (only Italian races live)
- FIM Speedway World Championship (until 2031): Eurosport (all races live)
- FIA World Endurance Championship (until 2025): Eurosport (Qualifying and all races live)
- FIA World Touring Car Cup (until 2030): Eurosport (Qualifying and all races live)
- FIA World Rally Championship:
- Sky Sport
- WRC+ (all stages of all Rallies live on a pay-per-view basis)
- Indycar Series: Sky Sport (until 2024)
- NASCAR (2022): MOLA TV
- Formula E (2022/23):
- DTM: TBA
- Super GT: Nismo TV (YouTube)
Rugby Union
- Guinness Six Nations (from 2022): Sky Sport
- The Rugby Championship: Sky Sport
- Test Match:
- European Rugby Champions Cup (2021/22): Sky Sport
- European Rugby Challenge Cup (2021/22): Sky Sport
- United Rugby Championship: Mediaset (all Benetton Rugby and Zebre matches live)
- Mitre 10 Cup: Sky Sport
- Super Rugby Aotearoa: Sky Sport
- Super Rugby AU: Sky Sport
Sailing
Winter Sports
Alpine Skiing
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup:
- FIS Alpine World Ski Championships:
- RAI (2023)
- Eurosport (2023 and 2025)
Cross-Country Skiing & Nordic Combined
- FIS Cross-Country World Cup:
- Eurosport (until 2026)
- RAI
- FIS Nordic Combined World Cup: Eurosport (until 2021)
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships:
- Eurosport (2023 and 2025)
Ski Jumping & Ski Flying
- FIS Ski Jumping World Cup:
- Eurosport (until 2026)
- RAI
- FIS Ski Flying World Championships: Eurosport and 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 2026)
Snowboarding
- FIS Snowboard World Cup:
- Eurosport (until 2026)
- RAI
- FIS Snowboard World Championships: RAI
Luge
Figure Skating
- ISU World Figure Skating Championships (until 2023): RAI, Eurosport
- ISU European Figure Skating Championships (until 2023): RAI, Eurosport
- ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: RAI, Eurosport
Tennis
- Davis Cup (2022): SuperTennis (all World Group matches live, all Italy matches live)
- Bille Jean King Cup: (2022) SuperTennis (all World Group matches live, all Italy matches live)
- ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2022 and 2023): Sky Sport (all tournaments live)
- ATP Finals (2022 and 2023):
- ATP World Tour 500 series (until 2022):
- SuperTennis (all tournaments live)
- Sky Sport (5 tournaments live)
- ATP World Tour 250 series (until 2022):
- SuperTennis (all tournaments live)
- Sky Sport (8 tournaments live)
- ATP NextGen Finals: SuperTennis and Sky Sport
- Laver Cup (until 2030): Eurosport
- ATP Cup: SuperTennis
- The Slam:
- Australian Open (until 2031): Eurosport
- Wimbledon (2022): Sky Sport
- French Open (until 2026): Eurosport
- US Open (2022): Eurosport
- WTA Tour (until 2023): SuperTennis (all WTA1000, WTA500 and WTA250 tournaments live)
- WTA Finals (until 2023): SuperTennis (all matches live)
- WTA Elite Trophy (until 2023): SuperTennis (all matches live)
Volleyball
- 2022 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship: Volleyball World TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship: Volleyball World TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- 2023 CEV EuroVolley: CEV EuroVolley TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- 2023 CEV EuroVolley Women: CEV EuroVolley TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- FIVB Volleyball Men's Nations League: Volleyball World TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League: Volleyball World TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- CEV Champions League:
- CEV EuroVolley TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- Eurosport (all matches live) (2021–22 and 2022–23)
- CEV Women's Champions League
- CEV EuroVolley TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- Eurosport (all matches live) (2021–22 and 2022–23)
- CEV Volleyball Cup: CEV EuroVolley TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- CEV Women's Volleyball Cup: CEV EuroVolley TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- CEV Volleyball Challenge Cup: CEV EuroVolley TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- CEV Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup: CEV EuroVolley TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- SuperLega Credem Banca:
- Volleyball World TV (all Regular Season and Play-Off matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- RAI (two matches per Regular Season matchday live, one match of Quarter-Final per game and all Semi-Finals and Finals matches live)
- Del Monte Coppa Italia SuperLega:
- Volleyball World TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- RAI (all Final Four matches live)
- Del Monte Supercoppa SuperLega:
- Volleyball World TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- RAI (all matches live)
- Serie A2 Credem Banca: YouTube (all Regular Season, play-off and play-out matches live)
- Del Monte Coppa Italia A2: YouTube (all matches live)
- Del Monte Supercoppa A2: YouTube (all matches live)
- Serie A3 Credem Banca: Legavolley.tv (all Regular Season, play-off and play-out matches live)
- Del Monte Coppa Italia A3: Legavolley.tv (all Regular Season, play-off and play-out matches live)
- Del Monte Supercoppa A3: Legavolley.tv (all Regular Season, play-off and play-out matches live)
- Serie A1 Femminile:
- Volleyball World TV (all Regular Season and Play-off matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- RAI: (one per Regular Season matchday live, one match of Quarter-Final per game and all Semi-Finals and Finals matches live) (2021/22 and 2022/23)
- Sky Sport: (one per Regular Season matchday live, selected Quarter-Final and Semi-Finals matches and all Finals matches live) (2021/22)
- Coppa Italia A1 Femminile:
- Volleyball World TV (all matches live on a pay-per-view basis)
- RAI (all Final Four matches live) (2022 and 2023)
- Supercoppa Italiana A1 Femminile (2022): RAI
References
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