Sky Italia challenges DAZN-TIM Serie A deal on antitrust grounds

MILAN: Sky Italia has appealed to Italy’s competition authorities against a deal between sports streaming app DAZN and Telecom Italia (TIM) for screening soccer matches, it said on Tuesday.

In a blow to Sky Italia, DAZN in March secured the right to screen all Serie A soccer matches in Italy over the next three seasons for 2.5 billion euros ($3 billion) and also struck a distribution partnership with TIM.

Under the deal, TIM would cover more than 40% of the annual payments DAZN has to make to Serie A, a document seen by Reuters showed, as it bets on soccer to promote its ultra-fast broadband and pay-TV services.