Serie A, Dazn and Sky TV rights until 2026? On Tuesday the vote on Milleproroghe-Corriere.it

The date to be circled in red is Tuesday 14 February and not only because the Serie A clubs will meet in the morning to discuss the future of TV rights. In fact, at 16.30 in the Senate the amendment that has as its first signatory will be considered Claudio Lotito, exponent of Forza Italia And, a va sans dire, president of Lazio. The amendment of paragraph 5 relating to art. 16 of the decree One thousand extensions had been approved on Thursday by the Constitutional Affairs and Budgets commission of the Senate and provides, where there are economic reasons, that the contracts with the broadcasters who broadcast the championship can be extended for the necessary time and in any case not beyond the total duration of five years, but only on one condition. This is subject to a market survey aimed at verifying whether other operators can offer better conditions.

In practice, according to the amendment – which will have to be voted on in the Senate on Tuesday – the contracts in place with Dazn and Sky and valid until June 30, 2024 could be extended to the current figures (927.5 million euros) until 2026. Automatically? No, exactly, but only if no attractive offers from an economic point of view come from the market.

Negotiation

In the last few hours, the hesitations of the Quirinal with the executive. Two underlinings: the argument would not be specifically the subject of the Milleproroghe decree; Colle would then be against an automatic extension of existing contracts with the TV licensees of the rights. The president of the Serie A League Lorenzo Casini however, he recalls that the amendment, in a moment of economic crisis and in the face of the prospect of low bids in the new auction, would protect the economic interests of the clubs. Faced with unattractive proposals, they would in fact have the parachute of lengthening the current agreements. It would only be an extra tool in the negotiation phase with broadcasters. clear that too Sky and Dazn they should agree. This is why, faced with any perplexities from Sky, only the contract with Dazn could be extended and the three non-exclusive matches that satellite TV now broadcasts could be banned.

Minister Abodi

The 5 Star Movement in the last few hours, with a note, he has dissuaded the government from continuing on the road to approval. We had already pointed out, in almost complete solitude, how the works in the commission for the approval of the Milleproroghe were bent on the will of Claudio Lotito who once again had amendments approved for the world of football. Lotito and the majority hadn’t reckoned with the Quirinale. It would be yet another fool for the government. On the other hand, the match had already begun in the budget law with the debt spreader for the multimillion-dollar football clubs and now continued in the Milleproroghe.

The Minister of Sport, Andrea Abodi, even recently did not hide their doubts. Anything that helps improve turnover on my part will always be supported. In this case there was a parliamentary initiative. Sovereign Parliament, I hope that the effect will be positive even if I don’t share its path. The A companies with their accounts still shaken after Covid are hoping, in the meantime the ball passes to the Senate.