RAI and Lega Calcio have found an agreement: the public tv will pay € 186 millions in three years for Campionato and Coppa Italia (highlights and live matches,respectively). it's a € 48 millions saving from the previous deal,more or less; also,a % of that sum are incentives for good ratings of 90° Minuto and Coppa Italia matches there will be 6 serie A matches played on sundays afternoon (3.00 pm) and when serie A stops serie B will be scheduled on sunday afternoon as well the other 3 serie A matches will be played on saturday afternoon,saturady night and sunday night it has to be pointed out that this agreement does not automatically ensure that serie A and b start "regularly" on september 15th though,as the issue threatening a further delay is the paytv deals for the smaller clubs: more news on that subject tomorrow
I trust that means that, at a minimum, RAI International will carry Novantesimo Minuto. Still hoping about the games themselves....
I'd hope FSW would get in there and negotiate a nice deal for themselves on Serie A in the U.S. and Canada.
It's nice to see that RAI got it, but word is that the International rights have not been agreed upon yet. Word is that it should get done soon, but nothing is concrete just yet. Without the International rights, RAI can't show anything and that include LDS and 90 Minuto. Both of which will be seen on Italian tv.
You mean, they couldn't even show highlights? LDS (and La Giostra, for that matter) often show highlights of things RAI doesn't have the live US rights to eg Champions League games. I'm sorry, but I have little doubt RAI will at least carry some calcio this season. Otherwise, their subscriber numbers would go down by half.
Just got this from soccerTV.com: RAI International holds US and Canadian TV rights to Serie A through June 2005. RAI International and TLN (Canada) will have one match live and one match via tape-delay each weekend. RAI Italia (Ch. 25 New York City, Ch. 13 Hartford, Ch. 56 Washington DC) and International Channel will have one tape-delayed match each Sunday.FOX Sports International is negotiating for US and Canadian TV rights to Serie A in English and Spanish. FOX Sports International holds EXCLUSIVE US and Canadian TV rights to Coppa Italia (in ALL languages), with coverage on FOX Sports World (US), FOX Sports en Espanol, and FOX Sports World Canada.
btw,the new contract with RAI envisages the permit to enter locker rooms with cameras players generally didn't take this well,obviously... the comment of "ringhio" Gattuso:"I'm going to dismantle the camera"
Excellent news! Can you get RAI International through DirecTV or is that a DISH thing? Right now I'll be getting the tape-delayed match and hopefully a highlights show on Sundays but would love to have RAI. Thanks
It's still just on DISH though I think a handful of digital cable systems carry it now, too. But not DirecTV.