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Sky Italia lodges antitrust appeal against Dazn-TIM Serie A deal

Tuesday 22 June 2021 | 15:03 CET | News
Pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia said it has lodged an appeal before the country's antitrust and competition authority AGCM against the agreement between sports streaming service Dazn and Telecom Italia (TIM) to jointly air the top-tier Serie A football league for the next 3 seasons. Dazn paid around EUR 2.5 billion (EUR 840 million a season) to secure the rights to air 7 out of 10 live games each matchday on an exclusive basis after receiving around EUR 1 billion from Telecom Italia (TIM) earlier this year.

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Categories: Broadcast & Satellite / Internet
Companies: Dazn / Sky Italia / Telecom Italia / TIM
Countries: Italy
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