Italian Serie A
DAZN, Mediaset extend Serie A ad sales deal
DAZN has extended its contract with the Mediaset-owned Digitalia 08 for advertising sales around the subscription broadcaster’s live coverage of Italian football’s Serie A.
Serie A agrees five-year renewal to ISG virtual advertising contract
Serie A has agreed a five-year extension to its contract with the Interregional Sports Group (ISG) that sees the specialist agency deploy virtual advertising across all 380 matches in the Italian topflight.
Europe’s top-four leagues to generate €575m in commercial income this season
SportBusiness Sponsorship's 2024 European Leagues Data Snapshot examines the sponsorship portfolios of Europe's top four professional football leagues.
Eni becomes Serie A title sponsor, Trenitalia renews Coppa Italia deal
Serie A will have a new domestic title sponsor next season after the league announced a three-year agreement with the Italian energy company Eni.
Philadelphia signs off Serie A deal
Serie A has officially announced a one-year deal with Mondelez-owned cream cheese brand Philadelphia, covering the ongoing 2023-24 season.
Serie A derives marketing benefits from Made in Italy deal
Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will use players from each of Serie A’s 20 clubs to promote Italian-made products in a series of TV and digital media adverts as part of its sponsorship deal with the Italian top-flight.
Juventus leverages popularity in Asia to extend Ganten deal
Federico Palomba, managing director of Juventus FC's APAC office, talks about the club's recent renewal with Chinese mineral water brand Ganten.
Lazio targets Rome’s ‘Expo 2030’ candidate bid for front-of-shirt slot
Italian Serie A club SS Lazio is set to take sides in the host city contest for ‘Expo 2030’ by accepting the Rome bid as its main shirt sponsor.
Inter poised to agree back-of-shirt U-Power deal
Inter Milan is poised to agree a back-of-shirt sponsorship deal with safety shoe and workwear company U-Power, filling the last piece of available inventory on its shirt
Crypto Casino Rollbit strikes first ever sponsorship deal with Napoli
SSC Napoli has agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with Rollbit, marking the first ever sports sponsorship deal agreed by the emerging crypto casino and exchange
‘Fifa was amazing reputationally’ | Steven Kalifowitz, Crypto.com
Crypto.com’s sponsorship of last year’s Fifa men’s World Cup generated a spike in visits to its website and communicated ‘staying power and solidity’, according to CMO Steven Kalifowitz.
AS Roma agrees Asia-facing betting deal with 678.com
AS Roma has agreed a sponsorship deal with betting platform 678.com that will see the brand promoted on virtual pitch-side advertising boards in the Asia region
MSC Cruises fills final AC Milan shirt position, women’s team renews with Banco BPM
AC Milan has filled the final position on its men’s first team shirt for next season after announcing a sleeve sponsorship deal with MSC Cruises.
Computer Gross adds Empoli stadium naming rights to shirt deal
Italian Serie A club Empoli has signed a three-year extension to its main shirt sponsorship agreement with computer products company Computer Gross – and expanded the deal to include the club’s stadium nam…
Club owner’s family business Saputo fills Bologna’s main sponsor position
Italian Serie A club Bologna has named Canadian dairy company Saputo – the family business of the club’s president and majority owner Joey Saputo – as its main shirt sponsor.
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Inter extends with Nike, as main shirt sponsor talks continue
Serie A club Internazionale has extended its long-term technical supplier agreement with Nike, but has yet to agree a main shirt sponsorship for the upcoming season
Adidas makes AS Roma return official
Adidas has confirmed its return as kit supplier of Italian Serie A club AS Roma, having overcome the previous incumbent’s demand for ‘first right of refusal’ in an arbitration court in February.
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Serie A’s resurgence not translating into revenues, as clubs struggle to find sponsors
Going into the summer recess, 18 out of 20 Italian Serie A clubs are thought to not have a front-of-shirt sponsor for the 2023-24 season, despite teams from the league enjoying a revival in Europe. Frank Dunne examines the reasons for their struggles.