Serie A: broadcasters in the Top 5 countries for Matchday 1 of the 2016-17 seasons

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AS Roma - Udinese Calcio, the opening match of the 2016-17 Serie A TIM season, will be co-broadcast in Italy on the pay-TV channels Mediaset Premium Sport 1 and Sky Super Calcio, on Saturday, 20/08/2016 (kick-off at 18:00 CET). The two Italian audiovisual groups will also co-broadcast the two other Matchday 1 matches in stand-alone time slots: Juventus - ACF Fiorentina, on Saturday, 20/08/2016 (kick-off at 20:45 CET); and AC Milan - Torino FC, on Sunday, 21/08/2016 (kick-off at 18:00 CET).

Mediaset will broadcast a total of 7 matches of the 2016-17 Serie A opening weekend, while Sky Italia will broadcast all 10 matches of Matchday 1. Sky Italia also offers a multiplex of all seven matches played simultaneously on Sunday, 21/08/2016, in the 20:45 CET time slot.

• In the UK, the opening match, AS Roma - Udinese Calcio, will be broadcast on pay-TV channel BT Sport, as are three other games of Matchday 1. The British group, BT Telecommunications acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights, in the United Kingdom to the Serie A for the 2015-2018 cycle, on 25/02/2015.

• In Germany, all Serie…

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